Tahm Kench with Ekko
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Ekko
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Tahm Kench Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Ekko
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
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.
Tahm Kench Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench 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, Tahm Kench sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Ekko helps Tahm Kench perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Tahm Kench is an ally to Ekko, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Ekko provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with Ekko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ekko.
Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Ekko on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ekko does a poor job of covering Tahm Kench during teamfights.
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no top companion for Tahm Kench that will always be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Ekko is a very typical companion for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same team as Tahm Kench, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 52.2%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Tahm Kench and Ekko that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means Tahm Kench players need to be cautious when lining up Ekko allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, Tahm Kench players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Tahm Kench and Ekko together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much attack damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Ekko ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to synergize with Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Tahm Kench and Ekko synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ekko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 52.2% helping carry Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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