Sion with Ekko
How to Synergize Sion and Ekko
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Sion Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sion and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Sion with Ekko
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
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.
Sion Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Sion in LoL
The Sion 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, Sion sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Ekko helps Sion perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sion is paired with Ekko, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Ekko supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sion is played together with Ekko 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 alongside Ekko.
Moreover, when Sion plays with Ekko on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ekko does a poor job of covering Sion during team fights.
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Is Sion better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Sion that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Ekko is a very typical teammate for Sion. By locking into the same team as Sion, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 50.9%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Sion and Ekko that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Sion. That means Sion players must be very careful when arranging Ekko comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Sion players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by aligning Sion and Ekko together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Ekko ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Sion to pair well with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Sion and Ekko synergy build consist of Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Sion used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ekko than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sion boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Minion Dematerializer, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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