Why I personally don't like Ekko

Clarity. I can dodge his ultimate and his W fine, but there is one huge factor that people don't always point out.

When I'm just laning against an Ekko, he might hit me with his Q and go a little aggressive. All I can do is fight back or back up a bit, whatever. If I'm by my tower I might as well back off before he can proc his passive. It usually goes like this:

"Uh oh, look like he did anyway, oh we- HOLY HELL HE DID 1/3 OF MY HP. Okay, gotta try to not trade with him..."

"He's going agressive again, better back off, his Q put me down to 1/3, good thing I'm safe under tower Ekko auto attacks me and I explode"

It's just crazy that he can do that. His power is in the all in, like most assassins are, and I can respect that. But his poke (Q) does an EXTREMELY small amount of damage compared to his all in, and his all in doesn't require many more steps. It's extremely misleading and I'm just sitting there wondering where my health went every single time.

And the other thing, his slows. Man, you really wanted to make sure you can't escape, didn't you? If he only had a slow on his passive, he would be hard to escape from. He also has a slow on his Q, and on his W.

Why.

He does NOT need this much sticking power. At first when I saw Ekko, I thought he looked like a burst mage/assassin, but one that needed some set up time. So the slows made sense to me. I was wrong, this guy is just a burst mage with high mobility and a lot of slows, he doesn't need them.

All I REALLY want, is for his passive to be toned down. That is such an easy slow to pull off it shouldn't be that powerful. I understand it decays, so it only averages about a 40% slow overall, but it also speeds him up. And why slows? People keep complaining about mobility, but do you know what the only way to counter a slow is? With gap closers.

Here's what I would change about Ekko after having played a few games against him: Make his passive very slightly less strong. Tone down the max slow to 50%, since it also speeds him up and 80% is kind of ridiculous. And take away his W's passive. There is absolutely no reason for that to exist. He is a burst mage that requires set up, there is no reason to give him a 2nd passive that ALSO gives him dps. All it does is make you explode a lot sooner, and it's really not needed at all.