Kennen with Ekko
How to Synergize Kennen and Ekko
based on 1,197 Kennen with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Ekko
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Advice to Understand How Ekko Will Play
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.
Kennen Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kennen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ekko helps Kennen perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen tries to synergize with Ekko, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This may signal that Ekko doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Ekko on the same side, 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 Ekko.
Moreover, when Kennen plays with Ekko on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Ekko does a decent job of covering Kennen during teamfights.
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no one best companion for Kennen that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Ekko is a very typical teammate for Kennen. By locking into the same team as Kennen, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 48.6%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Kennen and Ekko that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Kennen. That means you must be careful when arranging Ekko allies to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Kennen players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Kennen and Ekko together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a great deal of tankyness. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down 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 learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to pair well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Kennen and Ekko synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ekko than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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