Ekko with Galio
How to Synergize Ekko and Galio
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Ekko Galio Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Galio
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Ekko Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Galio helps Ekko perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ekko plays on the same team as Galio, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This difference may indicate that Galio does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Galio on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Galio does a poor job of protecting Ekko in team fights.
Synergies between Ekko and Galio
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Galio?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Ekko that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Galio is a very typical teammate for Ekko. By being on the same team as Ekko, he decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Ekko and Galio that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Galio comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, Ekko players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Ekko and Galio together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Galio teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to synergize with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Ekko and Galio synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Ekko combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Galio than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Ekko players 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 used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Galio with Ekko are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.