Naafiri with Ekko
How to Synergize Naafiri and Ekko
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Naafiri Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Ekko
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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.
Naafiri Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Naafiri in LoL
The Naafiri Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Naafiri sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ekko helps Naafiri perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Naafiri is an ally to Ekko, they gets a small increase in their full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Ekko provides cover for them to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played alongside Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Ekko. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Ekko.
Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Ekko on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Ekko does a decent job of covering Naafiri in team fights.
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Is Naafiri better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no ideal synergy for Naafiri that will always be their ideal synergy. However, overall, Ekko is a pretty good companion for Naafiri. By being on the same team as Naafiri, he improves their win rate by 2.3% to 52.5%. This signals that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Naafiri and Ekko that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means you must be cautious when lining up Ekko comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Naafiri and Ekko together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to synergize with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Naafiri and Ekko synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when fighting alongside Ekko than with many other typical builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 52.5% helping carry Ekko with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
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