When riot reworks midlaners/mages this year.....

Could riot also revisit Ekko. I know his kit is fine and he is a new relevant champ, but my issue with Ekko is I feel his kit failed to deliver what we expected from his theme and video teasers.

Ekko is a time mage fighter, but his kit didn't really do anything new in that sense. While his kit does offer good mechanical skill cap, the skills themselves are no different to any other skill that were already present in the game.

Out of all the champs released in 2015, (Bard, Ekko, Illaoi, Tahm and Kindred), Ekko design and theme really stood out as having a new game changing mechanic to it. I mean... look at his video reveal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEpp9lkfxA

This left me in awe.

However I was disappointed when I actually saw the kit and when you broke it down to its basics, all it worked out to be was a champ with 3 potential slows (his passive, q and W), a conditional stun/shield, movespeed buff, a dash and blink, ult heal/ teleport. Nothing new here.

When Yas was released, he brought a new mechanic to the game with his windwall. As broken as many ppl believe it is, it was a completely new mechanic and that was what I expected with Ekko.

The point I want to make here is riot did not effectively use the Time controlling aspect of Ekko theme very well and his entire kit could be place on any generic NONE time control themed champ.

They were rumors circulating the internet about how Ekko could rewind time for the entire game. Meaning if he did not like how a team fight went, he could rewind everything and do it again. As broken as that might be, that was what I think most ppl expected or something similar.

So again, can Riot revisit Ekko as I feel they did not successfully hit the mark on what Ekko can really be.

What I think would really make him interesting is...remove the slow/stun/shield from his W.

Enemies projectiles/skillshots inside the field are slowed down to 10 percent of their projectile speed. Enemies who cast their first ability within the W field get a debuff. The debuff delays the actual casting of the ability by 1 second while a hologram of the ability is displayed instead. The enemy has the next second to actually cast that ability otherwise it will go on a 2 second cooldown.

For example, if Yasuo was caught in this field and decided to cast his q, a hologram of his q will be displayed instead. He will then have the next second to cast his Q or it will be forced on a 2 second cooldown.

In the place of his shield, projectiles within the field are slowed down giving him some defense from outside elements. The W radius may have to be increased to help the effective use of it.

This will allows ekko to see what is happening in slow motion so he can access the situation, predict, dodge and counter much better as seen in his videos trailer. It would also bring a game changing mechanic that has never been seen and is well suited to Ekko or Zilian kit.

Let me know your thoughts....