Tank Ekko is still busted

Streep·4/24/2016, 1:13:26 AM·51 votes·3,981 views

Minor base damage nerfs to ekko's abilites are not enough to kill this beast. Plz gut tank ekko, its impossible to kill him and he can still oneshot squishies. He was not made to build tank, and now that all everyones been building on him. Why go full ap ekko when you can still get the job done as a tank?

44 Comments

JerulEon4/24/2016, 6:19:14 AM6 votes

I just played against a tank Ekko. He definitely felt weaker compared to before the IBG nerfs and stat nerfs. He's bearable now but still tough yeah. He's not the best anymore at least.

The Loveless4/24/2016, 10:49:03 AM4 votes

Because his slow and stun are ungodly. Nothing to do with his damage, everything to do with his annoying utility and sticking power.

Akali is SO HOT4/24/2016, 1:21:10 AM3 votes

Sunfire + Gauntlet + Passive + W will always make tank Ekko good.

Woook3r4/24/2016, 1:18:22 AM3 votes

Its not ekko. Its mobility + sunfire + frozen gauntlet. I cant even play him ap, hes about 70% ban rate in bronze.

zLuminova4/24/2016, 8:00:51 PM3 votes

Lol the only games since 6.8 on your match history against a tank ekko was a game where he built WOTA and one where tank ekko was super fed and probably coulda been a tank leblanc and still one shot your carries. Trust me, there are other things that are much more broken this patch.

Grashnim4/24/2016, 1:16:43 AM3 votes

MasterYi Jax Trundle Poppy Graves Nidalee

You forgot a few more than just tank ekko. I quit listing them after I got bored.

Choo64/24/2016, 5:12:42 AM3 votes

Aside from the OP tank items, I don't think it's mainly the damage Tank Ekko does that's OP. AP Ekko still does it better, and quicker. It's how he can disrupt so many teamfights and be generally the biggest nuiscance out of all champions in history, while being unkillable. Bascially I'm saying it's his CC and how Riot tries to design him as a skirmisher (note: not an assassin), which allows him to spam lots of spells on a low CD, making everybody either stunned or super slowed all the time.

ModKnightsKemplar4/24/2016, 7:16:07 PM2 votes

He has too much cc. It'll be like that until they finally decide to make real changes to his kit. Damage nerfs won't be enough unless they take assassin ekko all the way to unviability.

Smitty Manjensen4/24/2016, 10:57:44 PM2 votes

I've seen people swap an item with roa, still tanky but deals much more damage

Dengeden4/24/2016, 10:42:00 AM2 votes

Katarina is still busted, Yasuo is still busted, Yi is still busted, Udyr is still busted, Fizz is still busted, Fiora is still busted blablabla, I don't wanna learn how to play against champions.

The Deckowner4/24/2016, 10:59:37 AM2 votes

ICG nerf+ base dmg nerf on e and w=op stood there and letted ekko auto him to death because he dont know how to play against ekko.

KarmasPolice4/24/2016, 11:56:44 AM2 votes

If he gets ahead, he can still kill squishies, but that's true for every tank.

The problem is that just as a tank, even with no damage, is still very good. Assassin Ekko is unreliable, as a tank you have an Amumu ult on a small cd, that's easier to hit once you are in the fight as a tank.

Nerf the stun to 1.5 seconds or make it go up with W level, increase shield duration(which scales with AP) to 3 seconds to compensate. Also, please please revent the ult radius nerf...that shit is so hard to land if you are not on top of the target.

Midnight Fox4/24/2016, 3:35:07 PM2 votes

I actually haven't seen tank Ekko since the new patch dropped. Probably because he's still nearly permabanned. I have seen tank Fizz in nearly every game now. Also broken.

The Whamboozler4/24/2016, 4:05:05 PM2 votes

Judging from his kit, he was made to do EVERYTHING. If assassins become a thing again, he'll just go AP ekko and still be obnoxious. I can't really imagine him ever falling out of meta unless his numbers are gutted into the ground. Little pecker can do and build nearly ANYTHING and be really strong.

DU Baymax4/24/2016, 4:07:13 PM2 votes

I don't seem to have too much of a problem fighting tank ekko as Darius

SouL1ess4/24/2016, 9:12:39 PM1 votes

Maybe because Full AP Ekko is not viable due to the nature of his kit?

Majestic Sock4/24/2016, 9:35:42 PM1 votes

I don't think anyone mentioned it but I really cant stand the fact his W cannot be seen till the last possible second. Now i'm not sure if its only me and the handful of other people i've asked but hearing the sound of it and then not knowing where they have thrown that skill till the last possible second pisses me off that such a concept made it past PBE. Its essentially a invisible stun, because if you cant predict and move out of where you "think" it is going to be, then god forbid when it does land your screwed since you cant get out of it while Ekko is also given the shield which generally covers most primary damage he will take from jumping on you.

I cant think of any other stun in game that doesn't have graphics to indicate where it will be, Anivia Q has 1 direction, Victors trap is pretty obvious, both Vel Koz and Nami knock ups have the circles so why is it that Ekko's is invisible to the enemy team till the last second?

Fina1Boss4/24/2016, 9:39:37 PM1 votes

Not broken anymore. People just like to whine about anything that they can't go 10-0 in lane against.

Grashnim4/24/2016, 10:28:15 PM1 votes

Sorry, should have explained more. I wasn't commenting on just OP tanks. I was talking about insanely good champions who are rather busted. Oh well, ragers.

Monkey D Luffy4/24/2016, 10:34:12 AM1 votes

So sick of seeing "busted" recently -_-