Ekko is the only champ I HATE

MegaShroom9000·6/8/2015, 3:22:04 PM·103 votes·8,313 views

Everyone has a few champs they don’t like playing against, but such is LoL. Ekko, on the other hand is such a bs champion, he is the first Champ I hate.

I might be able to stay even with him during laning phase, 1v1, if I play perfectly, with my full concentration on him alone. But the second any other enemy joins, his kit is so full of mobility tricks, you are overloaded.

Just about every ekko I see, on my team, or the enemy, is fed early.

[No, I’m not going to repeat all the ways he is OP, they have been covered by several posts. I’m not going to repeat the FEW weaknesses he has (that don’t amount to crap in the end.)]

I HATE Ekko.

107 Comments

KazaLyn Shao6/8/2015, 4:38:05 PM20 votes

I hate everything about Ekko. His overloaded kit, his no mana ult, his mobility(Riot just loves to ignore the community on the mobility issue), and his retarded lore. His lore and his gameplay don't match up. His lore gives him ONE ability, to reverse time. Well, he can't do that. It's technically impossible to code in a way that won't ruin the game. So, they give him a bunch of random crap that doesn't even resemble rewinding time. A stun, because freezing 1 person totally = rewinding time. A zillion slows, because we can't rewind time, so we'll slow it down... for one enemy. A dash, kinda goes with the release video I guess but sigh, mobility creep sucks ass. A shield, because... we're Riot, we have zero imagination. And a teleporting ult with huge damage and a heal. Because that's rewinding time, right? Well almost, except for the whole damage part(seriously, remove the damage from his ult, problem solved). He isn't the Ekko we saw in the video or in the comic. He's just some black kid who can slow and stun the f*ck out of you, then heal and reset to safety. Lame.

Colgate Gator6/8/2015, 5:32:48 PM18 votes

Obligatory "that's racist post.*

Jeije6/8/2015, 4:03:58 PM15 votes

Nautilus

C'mere boy.

Celeste Benal6/8/2015, 5:28:54 PM12 votes

Translation: "Leave me to farm in peace so we can group mid and push to win at 40 minutes."

DeusVult6/8/2015, 7:06:21 PM7 votes

I hate Ekko, but I hate Kalista so much more

Keevalroy6/8/2015, 10:36:22 PM6 votes

He's the third addition to my list of things I don't consider actual champions.

Yasuo Kalista and now Ekko . Which is funny considering I was expecting another one of CertainlyT's monstrosities.

Svddenly6/8/2015, 6:15:17 PM4 votes

The only champs I despise with a passion are Ekko and Kalista

For Carthage6/8/2015, 5:28:51 PM4 votes

Ahri Annie Swain

What, you mean the assassin champion with the most predictable movements out of all assassins would be easy for high-timed CC mages to stomp? Who'd have thought?

His dash literally puts him directly in front of you from whatever direction he came from. He will always be right there if he wants to go balls deep. The amount of times I was in lane with Ekko as Brand and completely shut him down just because of how stupidly easy he is to predict is enough to make a player ragequit. E/Q and he's down for two seconds while my jungler and I beat the everloving shit out of him - or occasionally just me with all my damage.

TyraelMode6/8/2015, 9:19:36 PM4 votes

or is it because he just came out and you haven't played enough games as him or against him?

Chespin20136/8/2015, 9:50:00 PM3 votes

the only champs in this game i hate with a passion that need attention from riot are these monstrosities Ekko Leblanc Kalista

Daedalus8716/8/2015, 4:36:46 PM3 votes

Ekko is the sole reason I haven't spent the money to get OotL Irelia.

A Miss Fortune6/8/2015, 6:48:28 PM3 votes

I've seen multiple Ekko pentakills since his release and even the first day I saw one. For him being a rather difficult champion to play (definitely not the hardest, but far from the easiest) he obviously has to be very overpowered if people are getting pentakills as their first time playing the champion.

He needs multiple nerfs and I think Riot needs to cut down their mobility champions. Mobility was a unique aspect a champion had who usually gave it in trade for damage. Now not having mobility is considered a weakness and great champions are rarely played due to not having infinite dashes or a blink.

theragingnerd6/8/2015, 5:24:42 PM3 votes

Vayne HOW DO YOU NOT HATE HER? THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE

Fowus6/8/2015, 6:42:14 PM2 votes

Ekko isn't that bad for me because a lot of people don't know how to correctly play him yet

theGodODeath6/9/2015, 6:46:58 AM2 votes

ekko is so broken... vs a really good and hard team nad our ekko still went 32/9...

DarthSpectrum6/9/2015, 12:29:55 AM2 votes

You clearly have not been playing League for very long if Ekko is the champion you hate most. I am not saying that your opinion is wrong, but of all of the B.S Riot has pulled out on champion release, Ekko is probably around the ~3rd most balanced in a while. I am actually relieved that he isn't more OP.

Even though his ult costs no mana, his bread and butter Q and E are some of the most expensive abilities in the game. In addition, his health regeneration is terrible and he generally doesn't have access to LF or SV. Most competent players can hold their own on their mains against an Ekko of equal skill level. Most of the outplays I seen so far with Ekko were because the enemy got greedy or didn't keep track of his ultimate indicator and got nuked.

The last time Riot tried to create a skirmishing assassin like Ekko, they made this abomination Fizz . Despite excelling in long fights, he also had the HIGHEST AP + AD RATIO on his 3 second guaranteed dash with Sea Stone Trident and Lich Bane up. Fizz's kit had so much damage that he was infamous as the assassin who could kill without his ultimate.

Furthermore, when Rek'sai first came out, she had crazy ratios as well on her Q. In fact, Rek'Sai's Q combo would out damage Riven's. She can essentially fight 3 people at once and still come out on time since she was literally doing Riven level of burst damage to all 3 targets.

Yasuo had 1.2 AP ratio on his E which stacked up to 4 times upon his release. His level one cheese was basically landing 2 full stacked Es on the enemy and first blood was guaranteed. He also regenerated an x% of his shield per dash. At max rank of his W, his formerly 690 hit points shield is up every 4 dashes.

Almost every champion was broken upon release except for the cases of Vel'koz and Bard. Besides the exception, all of these champions pretty much took over the role they were made for for a few patches. Current Ekko stands absolutely no chance against any of these pre-nerfed champions.

Objectively speaking, Riot could have done a better job, but relatively speaking from their past performances, they did do a better job.

thePandev6/9/2015, 3:32:24 AM2 votes

The only thing I don't like about him in general is his comeback potential. 0-2, 1-3, killed for FB, it's simply so easy to comeback. It doesn't really feel satisfying when you kill a champion over and over again but you know that they might end up acing your team @ 30 minutes with a LB and Luden's.

DOOMPORTER6/9/2015, 4:09:34 AM2 votes

Fizz is still so much worse.

GenHero6/9/2015, 6:36:28 AM2 votes

QQ more item 3070

allthemuslims6/10/2015, 4:03:59 AM1 votes

Someone's never played an immobile mêlée champ vs Kalista

Emperor Time6/9/2015, 4:08:21 AM1 votes

ekko is kind of broken. They need to remove the ridiculous shield he gets on his w. Ekko's W is basically a better version of Morgana's ult.

Ancestor0076/9/2015, 4:29:00 AM1 votes

I have no problem with him. When i see him, i just pick Kata( my main) and proceed to dominate him. Just pay attention to his w and his ult

Borbland6/9/2015, 11:20:52 AM1 votes

I prefer to have Ekko in lane then LeBlanc, Zed, Kata, Talon, Diana, Akali and other bs assassins

In term of counterplay Ekko is the healthiest assassin, because you can actually dodge his burst pretty well.

SunriseSkaterKid6/9/2015, 2:19:52 PM1 votes

How to counter ekko:

Play ap Cho mid. When you see him dash rapture yourself so when he dashed in he gets knocked up, silence, ignite, execute with feast. Gg ekko mains (literally works everytime)

iamthegoatofwar6/9/2015, 7:04:50 PM1 votes

Gang plank tends to fight ekko fairly well at most stages in the game

Kanzler6/10/2015, 2:00:03 AM1 votes

obligatory post stating how you arent even level 30 and cannot understand exactly where his weaknesses lie.

Demonsolder216/10/2015, 2:05:31 AM1 votes

The reason as to why I hate ekko is purely because he is a new champ. Pretty much it really.