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.
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
The Ekko Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ziggs helps Ekko perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is paired with Ziggs, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Ziggs doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played alongside Ziggs 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 with Ziggs.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Ziggs on the same team, he often takes more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Ziggs does a poor job of protecting Ekko in teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Ekko that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, Ziggs is a good companion for Ekko. By being on the same side as Ekko, he increases their win rate by 2.0% to 52.3%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Ekko and Ziggs that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Ziggs comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Ekko and Ziggs together, you will not be giving your side much sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Ziggs teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to pair well with Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Ekko and Ziggs synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Lich Bane. When Ekko used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Ziggs than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ziggs with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ekko and Ziggs pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Ziggs with Ekko are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.