While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
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.
The Swain 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, Swain 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 fall shows that Ekko helps Swain perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Swain is paired with Ekko, he sees a little decrease in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Ekko does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played with Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ekko. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ekko.
Moreover, when Swain plays with Ekko on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Ekko does a decent job of covering Swain during teamfights.
There is no ideal companion for Swain that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Ekko is a very typical ally for Swain. By playing on the same team as Swain, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 51.3%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Swain and Ekko that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.
Ekko has a lower difficulty than Swain. That means Swain players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Ekko allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, Swain players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Swain and Ekko together, you will not be giving your team a lot of attack damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to work well with Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to focus on in your Swain and Ekko synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Ekko than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 51.3% helping carry Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Swain players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.
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