Ekko with Annie
How to Synergize Ekko and Annie
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Ekko Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Annie
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Annie
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 Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Ekko Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Annie helps Ekko perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is an ally to Annie, he sees a noticable drop in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Annie does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played with Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Annie on the same side, he typically receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Annie does a poor job of protecting Ekko in team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Annie?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Ekko that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Annie is a not very good ally for Ekko. By being on the same team as Ekko, she decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 48.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Ekko and Annie that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Annie has a lower difficulty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be cautious when arranging Annie teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Ekko and Annie together, you will not be giving your other allies very much tankyness. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Annie teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to work well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Ekko and Annie synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Annie than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 48.7% helping carry Annie with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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