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Ekko Review

Bultz·5/29/2015, 3:44:01 AM·1 votes·2,575 views

I'm just sharing my views so far of the new champion Ekko, please feel free to share your opinions, but be polite even if you disagree.

So far what i have seen is one of the most underpowered champions that i have played in a long while. As far as new champions go he is not really that strong.

Early-Game:

Early on Ekko is very weak and squishy, well he stays like that most of the game, but early on it becomes a problem. From what i have seen so far farming for cs is very bad with Ekko. his basic attack is melee. he uses his sword to hit creeps, but the level of damage done does not feel good enough to be able to keep up with other laners when they can long range, usually mid, or are tanks, usually top. Because of the lack of speed and power Ekko is most likely to harass and farm with his Q. The problem early on is using your Q to farm means a ton of loss in mana and when confronted by the other enemy champion your to low on mana. On the other hand if you harass with Q, you end up having a terrible farm, and farm is very important. His Q does slow down the enemy, but not long enough to do melee damage and not enough magic damage is done with the Q. Ekko is not fast enough to hit more than once during the slow down and not powerful enough to ward off the enemy.

Mid-Game:

Ekko is an ap champion, but his basic is ad and though he is both, you are most likely going to build ap. So his basic does very little damage and because of this and because of slow cool downs, you're almost useless in lane fights. Later on in team fights your whole game will be from the sidelines. Your role as an assassin or fighter are completely useless, you end up being a bad support. His W creates a field which slows and can freeze the enemy, but because the enemy can see it, you are basically out of luck and have to be very lucky to trap them. The only way is if you're not the squishy they are on at the moment. As an assassin you have no dash in and become unkillable move like fiora, zed, master yi and others have. once you're in, that's it you're in and though you have a dash, against other assassins and champions who build speed, you're out of lucky. you have crowd control, but that just builds you up to being a bad squishy support. Your ultimate does do damage but in the long run, not enough to be proud of and it places you next to your enemy, and again you're just a squishy, get caught next to a good adc and down you go.

Late-Game:

Unless you are feed or verse a very bad team, you are going to have a lot of trouble. You will most likely build ap and your skills are ap, but your basic is ad. meaning your cool downs leave you hitting with your sword and you don't do all that great amount of damage. You don't have any take down moves and are mostly a bad support character. You have holds, but they won't last long enough for you to do enough damage or take out the enemy carry. You E dashes and teleports you, but that is a one trick poney and verse a more maneuverable enemy you are out of your league. His ultimate brings him back to 4 seconds before his current space, but it's basically a run away technique. it does do damage, but to do so you need to be close to the enemy, and you are squishy mcsquishy squisherton. In other words vs a strong team there will never be a penta for you.

Skills:

basic: sword hits, but because you are meant to build ap your basic leaves your underclassed. Q: Sends a dish type object at opponent, but doesn't do enough damage being your key source of attack.
W: creates a forcefield, but because it is visible to enemies, it is very easily dodgeable. E: A dash followed by a teleport, but since your squishy going in on an enemy is risky especially since you have very little power in either ap or ad. R: does do damage and heal you and teleport you, but in the end it does little to benefit you more than an escape from being taken down fast in team fights.

Overall:

He is the worst assassin in the roaster. Not strong enough to take out a carry. Also Because he has no lock on skills it's all aim and try your best, very unbeneficial as an assassin. in the end you are a squishy support and not good enough to carry well.

My opinion might change, but from what i have seen so far, it really isn't the greatest choice to play if you are use to assassins or fighters.

2 Comments

EliteGunm4n5/29/2015, 4:10:19 AM1 votes

Unless they severely nerfed his scaling since I played him on PBE I disagree entirely.

Basic: he's an AP champion so this should be pretty unimportant (though it does add to his passive in a similar manner to Aatrox, making last hitting easier)

Passive: scales off AP and procs lichbane and ludens after three hits (but can be stacked using Q and E so its really only one AA, With these 2 items ive done 1000 dmg on an autoattack)

Q: Did (unless they lowered its scaling) nearly as much damage as ahri's Q which we can all agree is her main source of damage in lane and has a slow. It can also apply two stacks of his passive meaning his next attack with proc his passive(and the Q on his release skin is very tough to spot and dodge)

E: Passively makes assassinating much easier on low enemies (including lasthitting minions) with a better ratio than other champions that deal % health dmg (Nasus for example). The circle is only visible for the last .5 seconds before it expands. I dont think any champion can make the distance from its center to the edge in that short a time (as it has a very large area). Unless you back way away or guess correctly where it is when he uses it, you're going to be inside the area for him to stun.

W: Allows him to blink within range after using Q to apply bonus magic dmg from W and his passive (and lichbane and ludens if you've got them). In conjunction with a 1/2 second visible AOE stun this is essentially death to lane opponents.

R: im fine with his ult except maybe how much life he gets back from it. But with the rest of the kit it is an untargetable invulnerable escape after obliterating your target.

This is also only talking about his damage. On top of that he has a movement speed steal (thats not very hard to apply), 2 AOE slows (with a potential stun), a dash, and a blink.