Ekko with Akali
How to Synergize Ekko and Akali
based on 4,968 Ekko with Akali pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Akali
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Akali
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.
Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Ekko Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ekko sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akali helps Ekko perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is paired with Akali, he gets a measurable drop in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Akali does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Akali 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 Akali.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Akali on the same team, he often takes significantly more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Ekko during team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Akali?
There is no perfect companion for Ekko that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Akali is a very bad teammate for Ekko. By locking into the same team as Ekko, she decreases their win rate by -3.7% to 47.3%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Ekko and Akali that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Akali has a lower difficulty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be careful when enlisting Akali comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working together, Ekko players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Ekko and Akali together, you may not be providing your side a lot of tankyness. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Akali ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to work well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Ekko and Akali synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 47.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Akali with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ekko and Akali pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.
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