Riot, I love Ekko, but these buffs....

WadeWilson1337·Mar 9, 2016·6 votes·752 views

are simply not needed.

Ekko avg winrate - 50.93% Ekko winrate with 125+ games played - 55.87%.

Ekko is a high skillcap champion with alot of flashy outplay potential, and is a fun champion. I think its great yall are trying to make him viable again as he is a very, very strong user of runic echoes and is highly underated even in his current state. However...

Z- Drive Resonance (Passive) haste duration now 3 seconds at all ranks Phase Drive (E) Cooldown lowered to 11/10/9/8/7 from 13/11.5/10/8.5/7

..im afraid this might push him over the edge. Like i said, i love Ekko, and thats why im making this post. I do not want him to receive buffs only to become too strong to inevitably receive nerfs that outdo the buffs that were chosen with him. Im not entirely sure if these would do that, but i find these buffs somewhat uneccesary.

5 Comments

disregardableMar 9, 20161 votes

You're referring to jungle tank ekko's winrate. MId lane assassin Ekko's winrate was 46% this patch.

It's true that with experience assassin Ekko has a 53% winrate, but there's a reason most of the people playing him are not playing him more than a few times.

I don't understand why people are complaining about these buffs when assassin Ekko is clearly doing really poorly. Also not sure why people think Ekko is high skill lol.

WadeWilson1337Mar 9, 20162 votes

Wasnt aware item 1402 item 3009 item 3025 item 3001 item 3742 item 3157 was a tank build.

Offtank or AP bruiser is appropriate, but that is by no stretch of the imagination tanky. Glass cannon assassin Ekko isnt very good because he has such high base damage, it simply isnt needed. Its like how MasterYi builds 2-3 damage item and then goes tank, because adding any more damage is just overkill and sacrifices your sturdiness.

WinBoatMar 9, 20161 votes

Honestly, Ekko is my favorite champion. Almost 100K now on him on this 2nd account. Only buff I really wanted was for them to swap his Q damage around. Instead of doing more damage coming back, it should do more damage when he casts his Q outward.... That would make me happy. That would help him trade against a Zed who basically knocks half his HP down before level 5 from a Zed Q.

Why can't they do this? He doesn't really need a buff for his E, the E in itself is fine, it's the crappy damage from the Q. It should be swapped.

That's the only buff he needs, not a passive, nor E buff. He needs a more scary harass tool.

Owell, least he is getting buffed.