Shen with Ekko
How to Synergize Shen and Ekko
based on 3,101 Shen with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shen Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Shen with Ekko
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
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.
Shen Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Shen in LoL
The Shen 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, Shen sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ekko helps Shen perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen plays on the same team as Ekko, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Ekko helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ekko.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Ekko on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Ekko does a poor job of protecting Shen during team fights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no perfect synergy for Shen that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Ekko is a very typical companion for Shen. By being on the same team as Shen, he raises their win rate by 0.1% to 49.8%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Shen and Ekko that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Shen. That means Shen players need to be cautious when arranging Ekko allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, Shen players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by aligning Shen and Ekko together, you probably will not be providing your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ekko teammate, you should focus on increasing 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 Shen to pair well with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Shen and Ekko synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Ekko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing alongside Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Shen players should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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