Im Watchin a High Elo Ekko go 1/5/3

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I saw a goat in the mountains. Therefore, all goats are from mountains.

i like to think that a truly over powered champ is one that cant really be held down by two ganks before 25 min. Which is what happened. His laning phase is a problem for him.

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I saw a goat in the mountains. Therefore, all goats are from mountains.

Maybe I should say, I am watching another high elo ekko fail to carry his team. And since I have NEVER seen a high elo ekko carry very hard (even tho I am clearly looking for that) I am leaning towards his balanced nature.

In my experience, the only reason I am ever able to carry is because I play very passivly, almost like an adc (which I main) untill someone makes a mistake, stands next to my clone with low hp, or just allows themselves to get low in general.

I think that overpowered champions should be noted for their ability to FORCE the game. When I watch ekko, and when I play him, I notice that he is just taking advantage of situations and mistakes which can be denied to him more than any other playstyle.

When I have success in the jungle, it is because I am never invaded. When I have success in a teamfight, it is because of an isolated carry. BTW, leona wrecks ekko. He is a melee ranged carry. One of his highes dmg abilities, the blink, requires that he get into melee range. If he gets out due to ultimate, then fine he had to burn a 100 sec cooldown for his life and the 1 kill he got with his other abilities. Fine.

He cant even spamm his harrass like zed can. His mana issues are present at EVERY point in the game. His q costs 100 mana. He cannot build chalice. He shouldnt bother with tear (he will loose lane).

Just a point I'd like to say in response (not arguing) Morello synergises quite badly with Ekko. It doesn't add what he needs, the cdr and mana is nice, the passive if almost useful, but his damage will be significantly lower, his CD's are so big that the CDR won't make any difference in individual skirmishes (he will only be able to use 1 w, 1 e and MAYBE 2 Q's no matter how much CDR he gets) it's better to get more damage to make the most of his skills, then try to use them more often. The regen doesn't compensate for the mana costs, so not only does he not really get to use skills more often, but he still runs out of mana while doing it. An early lichbane or even better Ludens Echo, even Hourglass makes him SOOOO strong so quickly, something like Morrello is better to purchase late instead of early, because he has mana issues all game, and his CD's drop with levels so eventually it gives him more spam power (plus the unique passive of course) Think early game, Ekko has to engage and kind of take you out, the passive from morrello "rarely" helps because sustain champs will use their sustain after morrello is no longer in effect, as Ekko can't freely reapply it like say, Ahri for example.

Sorcerers shows is nice however, I still think about ionion boots because CDR is hard to build, but the magic pen on him is most effective. and Sheen is a core item on him, not having it is really stupid. I usually build it first, even if I don't complete it, it procs with AA's (cause of passive) and gives more mana, so it really helps him with sustain issues. While maintaining early game damage.

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what makes you think those items are bad?

Because they werent helping him at that point in the game. That is all. And I know why he took morellos. I have something else that I take for those reasons. I like to keep it secret for now hehehe.