Zilean with Ekko
How to Synergize Zilean and Ekko
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Zilean Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Ekko
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean 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 Zilean perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Ekko, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Ekko does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Ekko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ekko.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Ekko on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Ekko does a poor job of protecting Zilean during teamfights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no ideal synergy for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Ekko is a decent teammate for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 1.2% to 51.9%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good synergy between Zilean and Ekko that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players should be very careful when arranging Ekko teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Zilean and Ekko together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of attack damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to work well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to use in your Zilean and Ekko synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 51.9% helping carry Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Zilean and Ekko pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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