PSA for those who think Ekko is overpowered

If you think Ekko is a "free win", you're bad at the game. That is just simple reality. You're QQing about a champion who...

1. Needs to hit one of the slowest skillshots in the game, twice, (because the boomerang effect is where his Q actually hurts) to have consistent damage output or proc his passive on anyone (unless they're completely incompetent).

2. Has to be smarter than you (get the hell over it, if you're that predictable, he's smarter than you) in order to predict where you're going to be 3 seconds into the future to land the stun you QQ so hard about, and has to also account for the fact you get to see where the field will be with plenty of time to get out of it, not to mention position in a spot that allows him to enter that zone in a very short timeframe at the same time as his target without tipping them off to where the zone will be.

3. Needs to hit you with an ultimate that you will always know the location of and whether it's off cooldown as long as you can see Ekko. His ult is literally the most telegraphed skill in the entire game. And you QQ because you get hit with it. You're bad.

There's a reason the people who don't think Ekko's overpowered say "I never get hit by him". Because he pukes counterplay potential all over your face. The people whining about the champion's design are just your typical "I refuse to actually bother learning the new champion because that's hard and I don't wanna". Learn the character, use any of the windows you have to fight against him (because there are a lot) and stop blaming the champion for your refusal to actually adapt or improve.

That said, if he's going to get nerfed from the whiney bronze V's who think learning is hard, here's my list of Ekko nerfs that I think wouldn't completely cripple him:

• Raise Ultimate cooldown to 110/95/80 seconds from 110/90/70
• Lower W shield to 150/180/220/260/300 (+65% AP) 150/195/240/285/330 (+ 80% AP)
• Passive proc damage lowered to (+60% AP) from (+70% AP)
• W passive execute damage lowered to 1.6% per 100AP from 1.81 per 100AP.

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Granted, I don't think he should be receiving ANY nerfs until a month from now when even the most ignorant of players has to, gee, I don't know actually learn what the champion does and how to play against him, nor do I think doing any more than one, maybe two, of the above nerfs should happen, but there's a list.

You have a boatload of ways to avoid getting killed by Ekko built into Ekko's own kit. Even when he's hard snowballing, the same counterplay still exists. It's not like, say, Leblanc, who you have almost nothing you can do against if she has the damage to 100-0 you. Ekko still has a ton of things you can do, including:

• Don't let him hit you with the 3rd proc of his passive. Like you wouldn't let Xin Zhao.
• Don't be obvious as fuck so he can't land his W field on you.
• Don't chase after an AP STACKING ASSASSIN when you have <30% your hp and his cooldowns are up and expect to not die (unbelievable how friggin' stupid people are, I swear).
• Don't ignore his W field (Like seriously? People do this. You're idiots.)
• Don't get hit by the return of his Q (or any part of his Q, but the return is much more important)
• Don't get hit by the ultimate. For god's sake people. NO CHAMPION gives more information about when and where their ult can be used than Ekko. Not a single one. If you get hit it is your fault. You know if hurts, so WATCH OUT FOR IT. You don't ignore a Fizz's fish, or Orianna's ball, or Kat's ult, and then QQ about dying do you? I hope not. I hope you're not that stupid.

It's also worth keeping in mind that Riot apparently intends to seriously nerf Luden's Echo, a very-much-core item on Ekko at the moment, which means a nerf to Ekko via one of his most bought items. So there's that for you to look forward to.

Shower with me downvotes haters and whiners, so that I might bathe in your tears (or make a great martini out of them, I haven't decided yet).