Keep Ekko's damage intact please

viken·4/10/2016, 2:04:30 AM·2 votes·672 views

No amount of nerfs or buffs will keep Ekko balanced as a tank or assassin, period. Nerfing his already piss poor base damages just to get tank ekko in line would mean destroying mid lane/glass cannon Ekko. Honestly, a champion being played regularly in 3 different roles since release for almost a year now means he's just too good in too many areas. Something should be done to make Ekko's weaknesses easier to exploit. Nerfing his base stats would give him an actual tradeoff for his utility/damage, it would reward him less for building tank, and it would hurt his first jungle clear, which is a known weakness of his. Making his passive stack duration shorter would force him to stay in combat more, giving people more opportunities to kill him. Hitting his W shield and/or ult heal would stop him from getting out of mistakes he shouldn't get out of. I know Riot doesn't like dismantling champion's identities, so I'd like it if Ekko was changed in a way that maintains his feel and gameplay, whether it be a tanky DPS bruiser or a burst assassin.

3 Comments

SoundChaosDebug4/10/2016, 2:09:32 AM1 votes

You say it hurts glass cannon ekko, but wouldn't nerfing the base values only hurt those that relies on scaling and not those who push the numbers beyond the build of tank or bruser??

if anything glass cannon ekko's with proper placement and timing should be the last build to be harmed???

WinBoat4/10/2016, 2:11:55 AM1 votes

Actually, they are buffing his AP ratios meaning if he builds AP, he gets the best bang for his buck.

Nerfing his base damage hurts tank Ekko because well, he relies on part of the base damage to do the work, along with his passive while he builds tank. This in no way hurts the AP Ekko since he will have better ratios, and hopefully be able to be AP and be that glass cannon like riot wanted him to be.

Haihefa4/10/2016, 2:46:31 AM1 votes

I'm afraid that glass cannon ekko will be superrrr strong now. It already does pretty well.