Ekko with Naafiri
How to Synergize Ekko and Naafiri
based on 1,754 Ekko with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Naafiri
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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 Naafiri Will Play
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Ekko Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Naafiri helps Ekko perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ekko is an ally to Naafiri, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Naafiri does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Naafiri on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Naafiri does a poor job of covering Ekko during teamfights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no top champion pairing for Ekko that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Naafiri is a decent companion for Ekko. By being on the same side as Ekko, they improves their win rate by 1.5% to 52.5%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Ekko and Naafiri that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be very careful when lining up Naafiri allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Ekko players will likely see 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.
Conversely, by pairing Ekko and Naafiri together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough AP. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 pair well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Ekko and Naafiri synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Naafiri than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Ekko and Naafiri pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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