Ekko with Briar
How to Synergize Ekko and Briar
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Ekko Briar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Briar
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Briar
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.
Ekko Briar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Briar as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Briar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Briar, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Briar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Briar helps Ekko perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko tries to synergize with Briar, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change may signal that Briar supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played alongside Briar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Briar.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Briar on the same side, he typically receives much less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Briar does a decent job of covering Ekko during teamfights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Briar?
There is no ideal synergy for Ekko that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Briar is a decent companion for Ekko. By playing on the same team as Ekko, they raises their win rate by 2.6% to 53.6%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good synergy between Ekko and Briar that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Briar has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be cautious when arranging Briar teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Ekko and Briar together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of tankyness. We recommend you have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Briar ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 truly master Ekko in order to synergize with Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Ekko and Briar synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Ekko bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Briar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 53.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Ekko players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Briar with Ekko are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.