Does Ekko have ANY form of counter play right now?

Packun Flower··3 votes·1,116 views

No seriously, does he? because I can;t find it.

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Mecha MaIphite6 votes

His telegraphed W His telegraphed ult His impossible-not-to-dodge Q

Maple Crusader4 votes

Chogath

MisterHealYoGirl1 votes

His outgoing Q does very little damage and the ingoing is easy to dodge. His W stun and ult damage take a LOT of work to set up; keep moving and you'll be fine. The E and passive are frustrating, though, I can agree on that.

AstroFerrari 1 votes

His W is difficult to land correctly, his Q is quite slow, his ultimate is very hard to use offensively. His early mana costs are very punishable. In lane, resourceless champs and champs who aren't mana hungry can dominate him quite easily if the Ekko isn't good. The only thing he really has going for him is E if you aren't an adept Ekko player. He's really not overpowered. If you think he's that bad, play him.

God In A Condom1 votes

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Amélie Cauchemar1 votes

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YES TANK EKKO COUNTER PLAY IS WHEN HE GOES OOM, HOPEFULLY U HAVE A CHANCE AT KILLING HIM

how can he go oom when his spells cost no mana and he has 1,000+ mana?

I saw an Ekko go though three team fights + baron before finally being "low"

Zorasama1 votes

cost no mana? at max level : Q - 90, W - 70, E - 80, R - 100. That's above average. Are you sure it isn't because blue buff? without high mana items he's pretty mana hungry.

Amélie Cauchemar1 votes

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cost no mana? at max level : Q - 90, W - 70, E - 80, R - 100. That's above average. Are you sure it isn't because blue buff? without high mana items he's pretty mana hungry.

item 3110 item 3027 Oh, look at that, no more mana problems.

Zorasama1 votes

Oh, look at that, he buy mana items so he can use more skill? unacceptable.

Amélie Cauchemar1 votes

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Oh, look at that, he buy mana items so he can use more skill? unacceptable.

"YES TANK EKKO COUNTER PLAY IS WHEN HE GOES OOM, HOPEFULLY U HAVE A CHANCE AT KILLING HIM"

Oh, look at that. Another bronze lord trying to start a side fight over pointless stuff and isn't looking at the bigger picture. He's weakness is being oom, but he doesn't go oom because # items, then trying to re-circle jerk back to an insult =0.

Let me guess, you're held back by bads too?

Zorasama1 votes

His weakness isn't going oom. I won't argue that tank Ekko isn't annoying, because he is, but going oom as a weakness doesn't make sense, since mana items are everywhere. Pretty much every champion in the game can buy those two items and they no longer have to worry about their resource. (Maybe except champs with channel skill like Anivia, Swain, Aurolion Sol, etc.) If his only weakness is his mana then he need a serious nerf.

I'm not trying to be a dick here, but complaning about someone doesn't go oom because they have 2 big mana items is just rediculous.

Amélie Cauchemar1 votes

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His weakness isn't going oom. I won't argue that tank Ekko isn't annoying, because he is, but going oom as a weakness doesn't make sense, since mana items are everywhere. Pretty much every champion in the game can buy those two items and they no longer have to worry about their resource. (Maybe except champs with channel skill like Anivia, Swain, Aurolion Sol, etc.) If his only weakness is his mana then he need a serious nerf.

I'm not trying to be a dick here, but complaning about someone doesn't go oom because they have 2 big mana items is just rediculous.

There's a pretty good reason he's heavily complained about in plat +.

Because he actually is that much of an issue.

40% cdr spammable cc + he does ass loads of damage for building little damage.

Yeah, the 320 Q doesn't look that bad. Then you realize that the q stacks his passive, and just by hitting someone with E he can throw a Q into their body to slow them them auto them to proc the passive. After that he just needs to throw W. You either A: blow your gap closer, or B: Flash. Or C: Die at that point. If you do happen to be a special snowflake, you can dash out of that, but thanks to his passive +40cdr he's just going to E at you again, and if he got you low he's going to start doing Elise spider form Qs to your face with every auto attack.

You can't run from him, you can't kill him, and you can't fight him because if you do he'll just cc lock you and the enemy will come to kill you.

If you're far enough ahead in the game Ekko becomes a nonfactor, sure. But, if you're not insanely snowballed, Ekko can and will close a game because the tank Ekko build can make a mediocre Ekko look good and almost guarantee an aoe stun, and behind the handsof a really good player you're basically just fucked.

He also has the luxuryof having almost no counter top lane.

He counters: Bruisers, tanks, hard engage champions, high health champions, all in champions. About the only champions he doesn't royally ass rape are Graves and Quinn which are equally problematic as fuck champions. So, to say "well graves does X." Is also a nonfactor because he is also hilariously broken in plat+ thanks to warlords + PD + deaths dance.

Also, just so you know how much of an issue he's becoming. This patch alone his winrate has shot up around 4% on an avg basis, and a good 10 to 20% on the people that mained him. In case you're wondering, that's an ass load.

DarkLarvitar1 votes

you are basicly retarted if you get hit with his q and w he leads you into them both and if you get hit with his ult you are litterly standing on somthing you can see... you have to be stupid to lose to an Ekko Sincerly an Ekko main

bad manner kid1 votes

Hey the entire reason Riot flushed LeBlanc down the toilet:

"Engages are too safe due to blink recall"

"Can't be ganked while ult is available"

"Does too much burst damage"

Not to mention he heals and stuns but whatevs

Athenes Lulu1 votes

Lulu Nami I don't see a problem here.

Kodyack1 votes

he loses pretty heavily to any toplaner with sustain and good damage while building health; Renekton for instance.

Pandemic Punch1 votes

Chogath nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom

Truly Prideful1 votes

He has all of the same counterplay that he had before this patch.

Yuuuuu

Yasuo

God In A Condom1 votes

lmfao ur bronze if u think yasuo counters ekko, yah yasuo can kill him pre 6 but after dat its all over

Yuuuuu1 votes

I happen to be bronze atm, that is only because i have been busy studying for school. Got to get into a good university

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