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Ekko is broken as hell

Alpha Stigm4·5/30/2015, 3:39:20 PM·13 votes·5,580 views

Before being accused of being a noob, I still have to lose against a Ekko. But that's not the problem since he has been relased recently and no one can still play him decently. But just look at his set. He has three slows and a 2+ seconds area stun. A 2+ seconds AREA stun! "but that's so easy to dodge!" yeah, but when you fight him you are ALWAYS slowed. So if you don't have some teleport skills like Leblanc w you can consider yourself stunned. Not to mention his stupid shield. At level 5 with a full build it absorb nearly 1000 damage. And it lasts TWO seconds! And people complain about Riven shield! Now his ulti. Makes him untargetable, restores a massive amount of hp and deals a ridiculous amount of damage. How is it balanced? Just one of those effects would be strong enough for a ulti. What's your opinion on this matter? I'd like to hear serious and motivated comments, not people trying to make themselves look like pros telling he's not strong and they can destroy him whenever they want to

17 Comments

Dragonface5/30/2015, 3:45:56 PM4 votes

My opinion is that almost his entire kit is overpowered. The exact words in his spotlight was "Ekko is a skirmisher assassin who lacks the raw power to burst down targets"

Excuse me Phreak, I think you must have been playing someone else, because when a champ can use JUST his ult, not being fed, and it heals him, makes him invuln for longer than a Shaco ult, blinks him to a different location, AND deals a shitload of damage...........there's a serious problem. It's essentially Shaco/Soraka/Malphite ult with a few bits taken out but with all the good parts left in.

aaronconlin5/30/2015, 9:54:18 PM4 votes

Most of his abilities have a decent amount of counter play, the only thing that's actually overpowered is his ultimate, and adding a mana cost to it would fix that I think

Dreadlocks5/30/2015, 6:59:25 PM1 votes

Broken? idk his kit is okay to me, but balanced? nah... his W is always 2.25 seconds (stun) at every rank, which to me is pretty dumb.. why not make it scale? 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 seconds This would also make his shield feel more engaging when he duels someone inside the W. This is just 1 of the few things i think could be adjusted..Thats my 2cents...

ShoddyG6/8/2015, 10:49:17 PM1 votes

Ekko Lol everyone thinks he is so broken when he isn't. His Q slow can be avoided because of its moderately slow speed. His W plays an animation which is very clear in what is happening, you just have to be aware and watch for it, as well as ward bushes so he can't do it where you cannot see. His Shield is only if he gets inside the W so by avoiding his strait up rushes you can defeat its purposes. His E jump can be predicted by him conserving mana or coming closer to you suspiciously more often. If you really think he is that bad get a knock up or stun on him, then burst him. He gets busted very easily if purely built for killing.

nrj64906/13/2015, 11:16:40 PM1 votes

u know Ekko's rly broken when he can get double and triple kills while taking 0 damage his farm is insane with his q's true dmg, he is one of the less squishy mid mages, the sheer AoE on his w makes it rly hard to dodge, and even if u dodge ur probably out of position because of it, his passive stacks do WAY too much, his q shouldn't apply stack, and his ult don't even get me started on his ult. even if its used for defense it can be used to just completely turn the tide of a fight, even if it was intended as an escape mechanism. "burst him down"? he can just ult, get ALL his hp back while u retain the dmg he did to u. and if he uses his ult for OFFENSE? faker (god) help you.

creatureplex4/24/2016, 5:21:08 AM1 votes

No what's really broken about Ekko now is just the fact that he builds like a tank but is an assassin and it works works way too well, nerf the shit out of his damage so he'll have to build full offense or at least mostly offense again he's not supposed to be a tank it's not his kit he's an assassin fighter but he's only op now because of the same reason ezreal is op, it's the items they build ekko should be a perma band he was nerfed and nerfed hard but he's still too broken it's not his kit that's the problem it's just the items that he builds with his kit that makes him op same with ezreal make iceborn gauntlee and guinsoo's rageblade melee, and nerfed the living crap out of Ekko down to where all other assassins are his damage should be cut by about half so he'll be force to actually buy items that are meant for assassins not tank because Ekko is not a tank he's an assassin that builds like a tank and that's not what riot intended at all.