Ekko's ban rate

I find it hilarious that they nerfed Kassadin into the ground for having a kit that made it very difficult to escape from or catch him and then introduce a champion like Ekko with (currently) 0 mana cost ult and that massively overloaded kit. His ult is basically an undo button for being an idiot and the rest of his kit contains so many slows you may as well start the game with 100 movement speed. Then there's the high burst. Please, Riot / Meddler / someone with an insight into this. Tell me why it's ok for Ekko to be so bursty, safe and strong when you leave Kassadin in this state.

Let me kick off the usual "he's not OP because..."

1. You can dodge his Q on the way back! Just like you can dodge many skillshots - if you have the space and option to do so. Dodging it where you have to go closer to a tower and take a shot or are trapped against a wall means stopping or going backwards which is just what he wants with the dash blink.

2. He has to plan his slowstunshieldbullshit Oh wow. Something that does all that requires a tiny bit of planning in order to fully abuse? It's still dumb, the stun duration AND massive shield coupled with the size make it guaranteed to hit sooner or later.

3. He can only dash X distance Yes and then he blinks instantly to the target if they're within 425 range after his 325(?) dash as well as getting bonus damage for it. Why? Why does it have that? I just played against an Ekko, did poorly, haven't played Kassadin for a while but when my only escape is a blink and his blink makes him follow me what chance do other champions have? Flash away and he follows just the same.

4. His ult shows where he's going to go so you can always avoid it Oh ok. I just have to avoid the constantly moving shadow as well as all of his kit while trying to kill / escape. Gotcha. He dives in, does his combo and if he seems likely to die just goes back to where he was while damaging you and healing himself. It's a very cool mechanic but it also has far too many benefits.

Am I salty? Damn right. If it's ok to trash Kassadin (still has 0 abilities that do 200 damage at rank 5) and make him take the whole game to scale into something useful why is it ok for Ekko to exist as he does in any form?

ekko is a cancerous champ to play against, he can kill you in one cycle if you're playing the wrong champion. top reasons i ban him are

1. still cancerous laning phase with too much slow to go into middle of lane even.

2. get hit by shield stun and you lose.

Ekko's problem is Numbers and not his kit. He's not Broken, he's overtuned.

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is now at 80%, giving him a cost on his ult isn't enough ( IK its not out yet ).

Make sure to read the entire patch notes. His Q is also taking a hit to the AP ratios. Which will slow down his laning phase and make him more reliant on his single target damage from his passive. (which are perfectly fine for an Assassin.)

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ekko is a cancerous champ to play against, he can kill you in one cycle if you're playing the wrong champion. top reasons i ban him are

1. still cancerous laning phase with too much slow to go into middle of lane even.

2. get hit by shield stun and you lose.

1. And again, Q is getting nerfed. making his laning phase weaker.

2. Stay away from the shield stun and you win.

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2. He has to plan his slowstunshieldbullshit Oh wow. Something that does all that requires a tiny bit of planning in order to fully abuse? It's still dumb, the stun duration AND massive shield coupled with the size make it guaranteed to hit sooner or later.

That is by no means fault of the Balancing. It's suppose to be strong but Unreliable. Realistically it's a Zoning tool, cause you don't want to get hit by it. Don't treat it as such and your doing everything wrong. The only part of that ability is reliable is the shield. Yet the duration is so short that it can be waited out. (shorter than the stun) It's practically a riven shield in it's application.

4. His ult shows where he's going to go so you can always avoid it Oh ok. I just have to avoid the constantly moving shadow as well as all of his kit while trying to kill / escape. Gotcha. He dives in, does his combo and if he seems likely to die just goes back to where he was while damaging you and healing himself. It's a very cool mechanic but it also has far too many benefits.

It's very difficult to benefit from all those abilities at once. He won't be in range to damage you with his ult unless he's in combat for the 4 seconds, Which is unlikely unless your building him tank. Using his ult to dive is pretty much just an escape tool. Though I noticed that this is really good at turret dives. Because you heal the damage from the turret while moving out of range. And even if you don't go out of range. Lastly he's still vulnerable to being stunlocked, but his Ult is way less effective against constant poke. Try not playing another Assassin into him.

Am I salty? Damn right. If it's ok to trash Kassadin (still has 0 abilities that do 200 damage at rank 5) and make him take the whole game to scale into something useful why is it ok for Ekko to exist as he does in any form?

This is why I say he's overtuned. His Kit is dead on for a utility Assassin. So the numbers should be Adjusted. I'm thinking his base damages because he gets way much benefit from Tank build as well as High CDR builds. So make him Chose between Tankyness, utility, or Damage.