Why does nobody ever build Luden's Echo on Ekko?

datfatguy··1 votes·2,076 views

I feel like Luden's is an incredibly underrated item on Ekko. To me it makes him a lot more bursty than he would be with Protobelt simply because of the passive alone. Also, buying a Lost Chapter early on is actually super good for him as he does lose quite a lot of mana in the lane phase, and even later on, so having that extra mana is a huge bonus for him.

Usually my full build on Ekko looks something like item 3100 item 3285 item 3020 item 3089 item 3157 item 3135 (some items are interchangeable depending on the circumstances of the game) and I get a lot of success with it because he tends to kill enemies so quickly that they can't even react. Now I'm not saying that I think Protobelt is a crap item on him, because if Ekko falls behind the reliable damage from Protobelt can be super helpful. But what I'm saying is that people tend to build Ekko and Fizz pretty much the exact same way which confuses me because yes, Fizz is also a melee AP assassin but his kit is more build to one-shot enemies, while Ekko's isn't really like that. So building Luden's on Ekko for me helps him to burst multiple enemies a lot more quickly than Protobelt does.

9 Comments

preternatural2 votes

doesn't provide tankiness. if it had a hp component then it would be instabuy, till then there are better things to build. the ludens will work against people who are scared of you though, so you can probably build it while smurfing on kids.

Sinful Succubus1 votes

You don't build item 3152 for the damage. You build it for the dash, which is more useful on him than the damage he can get from other places already.

datfatguy1 votes

Fair enough, but is it really that necessary? His Q slows, his W slows and stuns, and he has mobility in his E and R. And let's not forget the insane movement speed steroid he gets from his passive.

Infernape1 votes

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Fair enough, but is it really that necessary? His Q slows, his W slows and stuns, and he has mobility in his E and R. And let's not forget the insane movement speed steroid he gets from his passive.

More often than not protobelt's dash is what he needs to get in range of someone for his E.

2Charmnot2Charm1 votes

Ekko already has enough wave clear that ludens isn't needed, and it lets him spike quicker than someone that has to burn 3K onto their rush item.

Also having more HP is nice since it counters burst damage.

Daddy Ants1 votes

Luden's Ekko

[slayer-jinx-wink]

Darkdemon6531 votes

I don't play Ekko, but my guess would be because a huge portion of Ekko's power is in his W, and having an extra dash allows him to utilize it more easily and reliably. I do know it's not for the damage.

Séance1 votes

Why does it have to one or the other? I usually buy both

RekSai CoffeeCo1 votes

Need a mastercrafted version of it specially for Ekko called Ekko's Echo.

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