Ekko with Malzahar
How to Synergize Ekko and Malzahar
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Ekko Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Malzahar
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 Malzahar Will Play
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Ekko Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, 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 Malzahar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malzahar helps Ekko perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is an ally to Malzahar, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change may signal that Malzahar does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played alongside Malzahar on the same side, 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 alongside Malzahar.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Malzahar on the same side, he on average takes much more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Ekko during teamfights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no top champion pairing for Ekko that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Ekko. By being on the same side as Ekko, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 51.7%. This shows that there is not really a strong synergy between Ekko and Malzahar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Malzahar allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Ekko players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Ekko and Malzahar together, you may not be providing your other teammates much engage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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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 Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Ekko and Malzahar synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing alongside Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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