Nautilus with Ekko
How to Synergize Nautilus and Ekko
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Nautilus Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nautilus and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Nautilus with Ekko
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Advice to Understand How Ekko Will Play
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Nautilus Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Nautilus in LoL
The Nautilus Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nautilus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ekko helps Nautilus perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nautilus is paired with Ekko, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change could signal that Ekko does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played together with Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ekko.
Moreover, when Nautilus plays with Ekko on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Ekko does a decent job of protecting Nautilus in team fights.
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Is Nautilus better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no ideal synergy for Nautilus that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Ekko is a good ally for Nautilus. By playing on the same side as Nautilus, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 50.4%. This proves that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Nautilus and Ekko that results in them performing better together than alone.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Nautilus. That means you should be cautious when lining up Ekko teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Nautilus and Ekko together, you may not be giving your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nautilus to pair well with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Nautilus and Ekko synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Ekko than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Ekko with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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