Malzahar with Ekko
How to Synergize Malzahar and Ekko
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Malzahar Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Ekko
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar 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, Malzahar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ekko helps Malzahar perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar is an ally to Ekko, he sees a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Ekko does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played alongside Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ekko. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ekko.
Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Ekko on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Ekko does a poor job of protecting Malzahar during teamfights.
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no perfect synergy for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Ekko is a pretty good companion for Malzahar. By playing on the same team as Malzahar, he raises their win rate by 1.2% to 51.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Malzahar and Ekko that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players need to be careful when lining up Ekko allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Malzahar and Ekko together, you may not be giving your team enough protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to work well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Malzahar and Ekko synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 51.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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