Ekko, Black jesus boy.

just a brief look at his kit will convey an immediate sense of "orlyrito?" let us compare him to a couple of other melee ap champions.

1. mordekaiser was once a supreme destroyer of noobs in the league during the height of his power, however compared to the new melee ap on the block let us see what he lacks on a comparative level (to ekko)

1-burst 2-mobility 3-survivability (and no the shield aint worth crap compared to ekko's) 4-gap closing 5-tank busting (%damage) 6-hard cc 7-soft cc 8-any kind of range (outside of his ultimate) 9-movement speed boost (and no mord's shield doesn't count) 10-smaller hitbox (against skillshots)

what mordekaiser has to his benifit that ekko does not:

1. he looks cooler 2)ability to make ghosts of enemy champions (provided they first which is unlikely) 3)does not use mana 4)end of list

another AP melee champion we can compare ekko to is katarina, which may be better as they are both classified as assassins.

1-ekko's burst is unstoppable (katarina's ult is the easiest countered thing in league) 2-tank busting (see mordekaisers comparison) 3-survivability (regening all the health you just lost is pretty nice aint it ekko?) 4-hard cc 5-soft cc 6-reliable poke (unless dagger is thrown directly at target) 7-reason to auto attack

now for what katarina has that ekko does not

1-breasts 2-cooldowns reset on kill (except for ult) 3- minor damage reduction (which is almost irrelevant in the face of ekko's sustain) 4-does not use mana

another melee ap is cho'gath, and while he's not an assassin he has noms, so let's compare

1- ekko has higher mobility 2-much MUCH smaller hitbox 3-hard cc 4-reliable escape 5-gap closing 6-tank busting

what cho'gath has over ekko

1-size (not that it matters) 2-aoe auto attacks 3- omnomnomnnomnomnom 4- a silence 5-better color scheme

the list could go on and on but compared to pretty much everyone of the same classification as him ekko has everything +1 i don't know why riot thought he was going to be even slightly balanced against anything, for ekko the question is not will he do good, it's oh god they have an ekko and we don't surrender at 20 no hope /wrists