Idea on how to Nerf Ekko

The Lexer·Jun 15, 2015·2 votes·281 views

A big part of his kit is his W passive, additional damage on targets under 30% health. No doubt removing it would take away Ekko's burst and clean-up potential. However, there might be a way we change it so it isn't so powerful.

Think about Zed's passive for a minute. Added damage to enemies under 50% health that *cannot affect an enemy more than once in a certain amount of time. Ekko on the other had applies it on every hit.

My proposed change is the Ekko's W passive is moved to his E active. The blink-attack will deal X damage plus addition damage based on targets missing health. This gives him the burst back but not the consistant 200+ auto attack damage, however, hurst his team fight clean up ability (If anybody has an idea on fixing his clean-up please share. If anybody thinks he shouldn't get clean up also tell me). Not that this will also effect his ability to cs.

2 Comments

ChaosThiefJun 15, 20151 votes

Moving it to the E would be a terrible idea, as you just give him an even stronger level 2. Thematically the bonus damage makes no sense whatsoever; I would be fine with it's removal.

ErockandrollJun 15, 20151 votes

His Clean up tool is fine for his role as an Assassin. (it's not much different from the CC resets kat has)

But to compensate for it, take away damage from his magier aspects of his kit. Like say, his Q damage. Considering the fact that it stacks his passive up to two time, it doesn't need to do too much damage up front. It would also slow down his scaling since it's his primary wave clear tool.