Garen with Ekko
How to Synergize Garen and Ekko
based on 6,436 Garen with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Garen Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Garen with Ekko
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
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.
Garen Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Garen in LoL
The Garen 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, Garen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Ekko helps Garen perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Garen plays on the same team as Ekko, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Ekko provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ekko.
Additionally, when Garen plays with Ekko on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Ekko does a decent job of covering Garen during team fights.
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Is Garen better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no perfect synergy for Garen that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, Ekko is a good teammate for Garen. By locking into the same side as Garen, he raises their win rate by 1.8% to 50.5%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Garen and Ekko that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means Garen players must be very careful when lining up Ekko teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing together, Garen players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Garen and Ekko together, you will not be giving your other allies a great deal of support. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Garen to pair well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Garen and Ekko synergy build include Phantom Dancer, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Ekko than with most other common item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ekko with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Garen players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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