Hey, they reduced the base % heal on ekko's ult and increased its ap ratio.

kasfas··6 votes·701 views
8/25 PBE Update

Chronobreak (R) Heal reduced to 10% of damage taken over last 4 seconds from 20% AP ratio on heal increased to 12% per 100 AP up from 6.6% per 100 AP

And there it is, I knew this would be a good idea. For those of you who don't know I suggested something very similar to this less than a week ago, here's the link.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/GYaE1iwl-riot-have-you-tried-removing-the-base-heal-on-ekkos-ult

Maybe their changes will be enough to make tank ekko unviable.

15 Comments

Kivolan4 votes

Still doesn't fix his ridiculous utility. He's more useful for his plethora of slows and stun to help out the rest of his team rather than his damage, hence why everyone still builds tank no matter how many times they nerf him.

Dominick Destine2 votes

Or, and get ready for this, give him a straight nerf rather than being constantly coy with buff/nerfs that get us nowhere.

TyrekGoldenspear4 votes

Dude this is a nerf to tank Ekko. He has to build AP now for it to be as good.

I'm sorry if he makes jungling as Evelynn a pain, but she isn't in the best spot to begin with. She is getting looked at in the assassin update, so be happy for that.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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I'm sorry if he makes jungling as Evelynn a pain

My stats show that I destroy Ekko players quite consistently. If you wanted to talk Evelynn counters, maybe pick one that isn't devoured by Evelynn (Ex: Jax).... not that I'd expect a bronze to understand....

Ekko needs nerfs, not buffs.

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

Never said he was a counter, I only said that becuase I assumed that since you as Evelynn would have trouble sticking to him he would be trouble if he was the enemy's jungler.

But it's interesting to see you use a underpowered jungler to get to diamond/platinum. Proves that I can climb with my champs...

Also that shows how recently you checked my profile. I'm Silver IV now. :)

Dominick Destine1 votes

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Never said he was a counter, I only said that becuase I assumed that since you as Evelynn would have trouble sticking to him

Then you're just whining and talking nonsense.

But it's interesting to see you use a underpowered jungler

Evelynn is performing within established parameters and is not underpowered.

Again not that I'd expect a bronze to understand.... http://www.lolskill.net/summoner/NA/TyrekGoldenspear/summary Here are stats to support my statement though; https://champion.gg/champion/Evelynn 49.8% win rate with a 4% pick rate (Plat and above).

I'm Silver IV now.

There is no appreciable difference between Silver and Bronze. I have no compunction to call them the same.

Having played at all brackets, the difference between bronze and silver is the difference between drinking 500 shots of vodka and drinking 501.

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

Interesting, she went up this patch.

In fact why did you even bring up my profile? I know what rank I am, and yet you call me bronze in the same sentence.

Believe it or not, I am proud of my accomplishment, I haven't played that long and I'm only getting better.

Anyway, if you have played at all brackets then wouldn't your perspective of individual differences shrink as your overall perspective of all brackets gets bigger?

And back to the original point of this post, this is a nerf. Just because you don't want to count this as a nerf doesn't mean it isn't.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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Interesting, she went up this patch.

She's been at 49.X% for a very long time.

She oscilates between 48-51% which is a healthy range for a 4-5% pick rate champ. For comparison, Lee and Thresh have often dipped below 45% across several patches and yet competent players would hardly call them "Underpowered".

In fact why did you even bring up my profile?

You brought up mine. You opened the door for criticism so do not try to pull a shy act now.... did you already forget?

{quoted} I'm sorry if he makes jungling as Evelynn a pain

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

I brought up your profile becuase you played Evelynn, who I thought at the time had trouble with Ekko.

I never once mentioned your rank until you brought up my rank. You only brought up my profile to point out my rank. And while you basically used my rank to disregard my statements and belittle me, I used your rank as a compliment, knowing that off meta picks were harder to climb with.

I understand a lot more than you give me credit for. Trust me, I know better than to try to be "nice" around you. Before you mention my previous comments I assure you that I am being "nice" in comparison to how many would respond to your statements.

So how about instead of belittling me and saying things like "you wouldn't expect a bronze to understand", why don't you act like the professor you claim you are and actually teach. Give useful advice instead of putting people down. Tell people what specific nerfs you think Ekko needs, not just say he needs nerfs. Anybody can say that.

I am actively interested in climbing and I will get better at this game. But I will never think for a second that I'm better than the people in Bronze. My skill is higher but that doesn't make me a better person. And while you think you are better than I am becuase you throw around the rank card, let me just remind you that you were not always where you are now.

/End rant.

Have a nice day.

Dominick Destine1 votes

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I brought up your profile becuase you played Evelynn

Oh okay, so when **you **try to pull stats for completely unrelated-to-the-thread reasons, that's ok and makes sense. When I do it for balance-discussion relevant reasons, it's not ok and doesn't make sense.

You want to try again ?

I never once mentioned your rank until you brought up my rank

What's your point? you pulled stats first and then cried foul when I did it right back. We have a word for people like you but I'm afraid it's not a nice word and I do not want to tempt the wrath of the moderation.

It's not complicated, do not pull stats unless you are ok with people doing the same to you. No one appreciates having another pull stats the way you did, but it's especially egregious when you try to pretend it's only okay when you do it.

you think you are better than I am

Uhh yeah despite what some people on the forum might believe; Multi season Diamond players are indeed better than people that are Bronze. That's an undeniable fact.... /boggle

Bronze and Diamond are not the same.

Boulderox2 votes

problem being, he can make 1-2 ap items go further, and go back to tank ekko build, but now with more ability damage instead. Feel this will not fix him like all the other changes failed to do.

kasfas1 votes

Well, at least he isn't building full tank + triforce.

Boulderox1 votes

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Well, at least he isn't building full tank + triforce.

yea... that is so stupid how he could build it and still be relevant damage wise, but then again, he is still getting 1-2 offensive and then tanking...

LankPants1 votes

Tank Ekko will still have disgusting damage with way too much utility and he'll still be far too hard to kill. There's no way these changes will make tank Ekko unviable, they probably won't even move him out of the top tier unless Riot stacks on more because they're just very insubstantial. The AD change will probably have a larger effect than the ult nerfs since they hurt his ability to build Triforce but I doubt it will be enough.

My money's on that these changes do literally nothing to effect tank Ekko. He's still going to be the top top laner and he's still going to build Tri into tank. If Riot really wants to hurt this build they need to hit the ever-living shit out of his AD growth, and I mean into the ground. They need to put his base AD into a place where building Tri is just bad.

Spoofghoul1 votes

item 3027 and then the usual now with increased damage and healing

i really dont like how for every tank ekko nerf, ap ekko gets double the powerbudget in buffs

pretty soon we end up with tank ekko unviable but hes still goign to be permabanned ebcause ap ekko will be sooooooo busted

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