Perhaps a Nerf for Ekko

xRalinx·6/13/2015, 5:59:43 AM·1 votes·535 views

Personally I don't think EkkoEkko is over powered, hes easy to lane against if you smart, and its easy to proc him to use his ult or cc him or just poke him out of lane without letting him get cs. I've played Ekko u[ to being a cutthroat with him, and i do see why people get ad that they have to lane against him, and why hes looked at as overpowered by the community. I will say that I would be happy and excited if he did not receive a nerf, but if you guys will nerf anything it should be a reduction in range of his E auto attack. Currently the E range much like Vaynes Vayne tumble is roughly the same, but afterwards the E auto attack which is practically at par with any marksmen auto attack. Its a fair thing to add to his mobility, but if someone flashes away I shouldn't be able to tumble with his E then auto right back to where I was for an easy kill I hate to say it but Riot for all the noobs on the planet who cant deal with this reduce the range of the Phase dive auto attack and balance him for all the poor people who had to lane against me in his free week.

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NemeBro6/13/2015, 6:09:21 AM2 votes

After playing more games and seeing Ekko (just played against him in fact), I've decided Ekko is sort of like Katarina to me. I can lane against him just fine. It's my team mates that worry me, both in terms of laning against him and doing silly shit.

I had a kill on Ekko mid as Cho and was out-CSing him. I daresay I was winning lane. However, he roamed bot. And that would be fine, I was coming back to lane and heading bot myself. There were four people bot lane, with two defending the turret, our jungle Gragas and Vayne. The enemy team gets too close, and two people get low, with Vayne and Gragas having maybe half of their HP. Vayne and Gragas dive in, hoping to net Vayne two kills that should be easy. Then Ekko presses R (Don't chase Ekko) and gets a quick and easy double kill, lol. I then head bot and, because I'm a snowballing Cho'gath who gives no fucks, chase the low enemies away and bait Ekko out, getting myself a quick snack. We won this game pretty hard, but Jesus man, later on the same thing happened, with someone blindly chasing Ekko.

So if I ban Ekko, it's not because I have trouble with him in lane. He's basically okay. His early game damage is higher than I'd expect, but it's not a huge deal. The issue is that I can't trust my team to not feed him. That doesn't really mean he should be nerfed, though.

xRalinx6/13/2015, 6:03:09 AM1 votes

By the way to everyone who reads this I don't want the nerf, i like the easy kills i get as Ekko its for all the people that agree with this that want it because they don't know how to fight him.

-Sincerely the Bronze II that's better than you :P

xRalinx6/13/2015, 5:53:16 PM1 votes

I know all that, i kite people to easily when i play him because I'm waiting for cooldowns, I found while I was experimenting in mid lane of the pre level 3 1v1 and found that TalonTalon (duh) easily out matches EkkosEkko early 1v1 and will quickly out maneuver him. Its primarily that right now that people don't know how to fight him yet.