Darius with Ekko
How to Synergize Darius and Ekko
based on 6,563 Darius with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Darius Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Darius with Ekko
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Darius in LoL
The Darius 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, Darius sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ekko helps Darius perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Darius is paired with Ekko, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Ekko provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played alongside Ekko on the same side, 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 Ekko.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Ekko on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Ekko does a poor job of covering Darius during team fights.
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Is Darius better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Darius that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Ekko is a pretty good ally for Darius. By locking into the same team as Darius, he improves their win rate by 1.8% to 51.0%. This shows that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Darius and Ekko that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means Darius players must be careful when finding Ekko comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Darius players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Darius and Ekko together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Ekko teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Darius to pair well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to include in your Darius and Ekko synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Titanic Hydra. When Darius combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing alongside Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Darius and Ekko pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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