Ekko with Sona
How to Synergize Ekko and Sona
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Ekko Sona Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Sona
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Sona
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 Sona Will Play
Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.
Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.
Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.
Ekko Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, 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 Sona. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sona helps Ekko perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is an ally to Sona, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Sona doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played with Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Sona on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Sona does a decent job of protecting Ekko in team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Sona?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Ekko that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Sona is a good ally for Ekko. By locking into the same side as Ekko, she increases their win rate by 1.5% to 52.5%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Ekko and Sona that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Sona has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Sona allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Ekko and Sona together, you probably will not be granting your team much engage potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Sona 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 do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to pair well with Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Ekko and Sona synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Sona than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
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