Xin Zhao with Ekko
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Ekko
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Xin Zhao Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Ekko
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
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.
Xin Zhao Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao 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, Xin Zhao 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 decrease shows that Ekko helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Ekko, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Ekko provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with 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 synergisticly with Ekko.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Ekko on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Ekko does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao in team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no ideal synergy for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his top ally. However, Ekko is a pretty good teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 2.2% to 53.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Xin Zhao and Ekko that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be cautious when lining up Ekko teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Xin Zhao and Ekko together, you may not be giving your team much utility. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to get in your Xin Zhao and Ekko synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Ekko than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 53.1% helping carry Ekko with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Xin Zhao players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Xin Zhao and Ekko pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.1% winrate overall.
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