Ekko with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Ekko and Tahm Kench
based on 4,224 Ekko with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Tahm Kench
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 Tahm Kench Will Play
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Ekko Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, 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 Tahm Kench. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Tahm Kench helps Ekko perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, he sees a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Tahm Kench does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Tahm Kench.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a poor job of covering Ekko in team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no ideal synergy for Ekko that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Tahm Kench is a good ally for Ekko. By locking into the same team as Ekko, he increases their win rate by 1.2% to 52.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Ekko and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Tahm Kench comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Ekko and Tahm Kench together, you may not be providing your side much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold 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 learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Ekko and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.2% when playing alongside Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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