Is ekko jungle still a thing?

I was a D2 ekko jungle OTP last season and I can say that while he CAN jungle he is trash tier currently. He just can't clear well enough to be considered really viable imo. I've tried all sorts of starts and runes and so on and it just doesn't really matter, after first 3 camps and level 3 you are coming out at half health if the enemy jungler doesn't just invade you, making ganks very risky cause if the enemy shows up they will most likely be near full health. On top of that second buff rotation red / blue still kick your ass and take you down prettttyyyyyy low.

So you CAN ekko jungle and I've made him work decently i guess so far. Just to show the difference though I had a 65% winrate when I was in D5-2 last season, this season I have a 57% winrate with him, but i'm only in plat 5-3. So that's a 8% winrate difference in an entirely lower league. I will say I'm not as good as I was back then but it still shows.

Yes. Start w and then w camp. Get passive kite around. Get q then do same thing. Get scuttle before getting krugs or gromps. Go to wolfs or Red depending if your on red or blue. Gank lane once your 3 and go red smite then regular build.