Ekko with Irelia
How to Synergize Ekko and Irelia
based on 4,437 Ekko with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Irelia Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Irelia
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 Irelia Will Play
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Ekko Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Irelia helps Ekko perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is paired with Irelia, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Irelia does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Irelia.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Irelia on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Irelia does a poor job of protecting Ekko during team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Ekko that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, Irelia is a very typical teammate for Ekko. By playing on the same side as Ekko, she increases their win rate by 0.6% to 51.6%. This demonstrates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Ekko and Irelia that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Irelia has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be careful when finding Irelia allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Ekko and Irelia together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough tankyness. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Irelia teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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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 pair well with Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Ekko and Irelia synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Irelia than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 51.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Irelia with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Ekko players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Irelia with Ekko are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.