Ekko Needs to buy lichbane and not Morellonomicon

xxxMadLionxxx··1 votes·1,721 views

Ekko Q is almost useless.

Some might say its a good farm tool, but the mana cost is so high it forces you to buy item 3165 instead of item 3100 which he needs for his lack of reliable ap ratios as his ult is probably one of the hardest skills to land in the game and should almost always be omitted when looking at his ap ratios.

I mean, Ekko ap ratios are as follows....

Passive 80% ap Q - 70% ap W- no direct ap E- 20% ap R-130% ap

Total 300% ap which is amazing, but out of that you are only likely to land your E and passive bringing your effective/reliable ap ratios to 100% ap. That is amazingly underwhelming.

This is why Ekko needs to buy Lichbane. He needs it to make his reliable skills, do actual damage.

Being forced to buy item 3165 to use his Q to farm does not make sense because his Q is useless in combat. Not having lichbane makes him effectly weak.

I can go on about why his Q is useless other than stacking his passive, but my point is the mana cost needs to go down so Ekko can buy lichbane instead of Morellonomicon.

11 Comments

SaltyKracka5 votes

You know what's surprising?

Ekko can buy both.

shyv2 votes

holy shit

disregardable2 votes

I love your name.

shyv1 votes

and i love YOUR name :D

if i ever change this im becoming Very Toxic Leona lmao

disregardable3 votes

You should work on hitting your Q consistently instead.

xxxMadLionxxx1 votes

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You should work on hitting your Q consistently instead.

Ekko Q is hard to land on its way back unless your target is stunned by W. Just think of champs with dashes like Zed.

EndlessSorcerer3 votes

Looking over your item builds, I don't think having to get Morellonomicon over Lich Bane is your biggest problem building Ekko.

Nashor's Tooth, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Hextech Gunblade, and Rapid Firecannon aren't exactly the best items on him.

If you really want to rush Lichbane (as opposed to buying it after you have some AP), you should just get 2x Doran's Rings for mana sustain. That's typically enough if you don't spam.

xxxMadLionxxx1 votes

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Looking over your item builds, I don't think having to get Morellonomicon over Lich Bane is your biggest problem building Ekko.

Nashor's Tooth, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Hextech Gunblade, and Rapid Firecannon aren't exactly the best items on him.

If you really want to rush Lichbane (as opposed to buying it after you have some AP), you should just get 2x Doran's Rings for mana sustain. That's typically enough if you don't spam.

I've been testing varius items on him and I've found item 3165 should not me the starter item for him

shyie2 votes

The Q is good in my opinion. An expanding slow with good base and scaling damage, it's good for all phases. It procs your passive and is good harass. To look at your scenario however, I'll agree he does have mana problems and is forced into buying Morello's or some other mana item. But so do other AP mid laners. Imagine if Ekko could skip his mana item and have a scaling item like Lich Bane (which is god like on him) while the opposing laner only has his Morello's. Unfair right?

Commit Sudoku2 votes

ekko was nerfed to make his mana cost higher because he could just infinitely clear waves and had no counter play because if you tried to fight him he would just ult back and clear waves again

Woook3r1 votes

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Ekko Q is almost useless.

Some might say its a good farm tool, but the mana cost is so high it forces you to buy item 3165 instead of item 3100 which he needs for his lack of reliable ap ratios as his ult is probably one of the hardest skills to land in the game and should almost always be omitted when looking at his ap ratios.

I mean, Ekko ap ratios are as follows....

Passive 80% ap Q - 70% ap W- no direct ap E- 20% ap R-130% ap

Total 300% ap which is amazing, but out of that you are only likely to land your E and passive bringing your effective/reliable ap ratios to 100% ap. That is amazingly underwhelming.

This is why Ekko needs to buy Lichbane. He needs it to make his reliable skills, do actual damage.

Being forced to buy item 3165 to use his Q to farm does not make sense because his Q is useless in combat. Not having lichbane makes him effectly weak.

I can go on about why his Q is useless other than stacking his passive, but my point is the mana cost needs to go down so Ekko can buy lichbane instead of Morellonomicon.

Ekko has great waveclear. Get two dorans and abyssal scepter. U will clear the back minions w one q and kill the three melees with your passive from auto attacks. U wont even notice the mana cost. Its some of the best wave clear in the game imo.

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