PBE data reveals the next champion to be "Ekko"

Deep Terror Nami·May 6, 2015·22 votes·4,879 views

http://www.sega-16.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/07/2.gif

that's "Ecco the Dolphin" for those not in the know

35 Comments

Daedalus871May 7, 20154 votes

Ekko has a passive: can't move out of River (well she can jump over mid, but she can't stay there).

Rew711May 7, 20151 votes

Her voice sounds so masculine.

Daedalus871May 7, 20157 votes

All dolphins are girls. Even the male ones.

Rew711May 7, 20151 votes

Are dolphins related to seahorses?

Chaotic ReksMay 7, 20151 votes

sooooo river Shen ....

Daedalus871May 7, 20151 votes

River shen can leave the river to gank top and bot. Ekko cannot.

Chaotic ReksMay 7, 20151 votes

looks like scuttles gonna have a new buddy

IntambulanceMay 6, 20152 votes

Really?

AkeydelMay 6, 20152 votes

I assume this is related to the manatee Urf, maybe they're connected by lore.

Dunkrius2gMay 7, 20151 votes

Zilean

CronofugeMay 6, 20152 votes

Clearly his ultimate will summon a giant tornado from the sky to suck up your team and your dolphin friends.

GreenLoreMay 8, 20151 votes

Dolphnado confirmed!

TheGrandAllianceMay 7, 20152 votes

PLEASE RIOT: NO MORE NEW CHAMPIONS UNTIL YOU FIXED THE ONES YOU LEFT BEHIND (that means gameplay "non-meta"mechanics Fiora OR Lore)................

Deep Terror NamiMay 7, 20157 votes

MY ANNOYING TEXT IS MORE ANNOYING THAN YOURS

http://persephonemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HitchhikersDolphin.gif

TheGrandAllianceMay 7, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Valkyrie Witch,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=Xtp5jbfQ,comment-id=00050000,timestamp=2015-05-07T04:37:11.493+0000)

~~MY ANNOYING TEXT IS MORE ANNOYING THAN YOURS~~

http://persephonemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/HitchhikersDolphin.gif

Uhm.... my post wasn't supposed to be annoying.... just informative of the truth.

Of course I could give a long 190234750128947 page essay as to the lore reasons why there are too many; and seemly randomly conceived champions, such as Bard RekSai that otherwise have 0 lore reason to be in this game, but since few people care about lore these days....

AnidanMay 7, 20155 votes

This is about lore now? Because we both know that lore team's funding is going straight to the "technical problems" account.

I'm kidding at their expense, but I doubt lore team is going to "fix" Rek'sai and Bard's lore to fit the terms of the former IoW. They're in the Summoner's Rift because reasons that aren't the Institute I suppose, so maybe Bard senses some sort of cosmic imbalance there and Rek'sai is just like "screech screech scraw scree! (fuck you guys.)"

The lore team implemented those champions with their lore like that after the retcon, so I highly doubt they're gonna change it.

TheGrandAllianceMay 7, 20151 votes

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This is about lore now? Because we both know that lore team's funding is going straight to the "technical problems" account.

I'm kidding at their expense, but I doubt lore team is going to "fix" Rek'sai and Bard's lore to fit the terms of the former IoW.

The lore team implemented those champions with their lore like that after the retcon, so I highly doubt they're gonna change it.

Yes... but it would be nice if any new champions could at least have some logical justification as to WHY THEY EXIST. And one paragraph lore pages just isn't enough either...

NinjaToad99May 7, 20152 votes

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Yes... but it would be nice if any new champions could at least have some logical justification as to WHY THEY EXIST.

Easy. MAAAAAAGIC!

GreenLoreMay 8, 20151 votes

Well why do you exist?Why does anyone exist? They simply do,because they simply started to exist at some point.

Also Rek'sai does have an additional lore piece about a noxian guy visiting shurima hoping to capture her,not an indepht lore,but it is more than one paragraph.

Deep Terror NamiMay 7, 20152 votes

It doesn't matter if you were making the State of the Union Address or just random characters, putting it in all bold, caps, and with an unnecessarily long ellipses and string of greater-than arrows will still be a nuisance.

You should practice on not being annoying. Also, the lore had zero positive impact on gameplay; it was retconned because it impeded the champion creative process. Lore is just an afterthought when the game isn't an RPG.

TheGrandAllianceMay 7, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Valkyrie Witch,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=Xtp5jbfQ,comment-id=0005000000000001,timestamp=2015-05-07T05:13:18.254+0000)

It doesn't matter if you were making the State of the Union Address or just random characters, putting it in all bold, caps, and with an unnecessarily long ellipses and string of greater-than arrows will still be a nuisance.

You should practice on not being annoying. Also, the lore had zero positive impact on gameplay; it was retconned because it impeded the champion creative process. Lore is just an afterthought when the game isn't an RPG.

Its called readabily not annoyingness... I doubt when the headline is "new champion OMG" that anyone would even see my articulated point therefore.

ALas if it OFFENDS YOU THAT MUCH I will edit the post.

BTW

Also, the lore had zero positive impact on gameplay; it was retconned because it impeded the champion creative process. Lore is just an afterthought when the game isn't an RPG.

...is the reason why this game sucks now, and will forever be relegated to .<1% of the game population because it has no reason to be played unless you are into PvP. If this game is now just another DOTA... why not play DOTA?...

Deep Terror NamiMay 7, 20151 votes

No. Just, no.

All caps and bold is not for readability, it's for making a specific segment stand out. The gameplay is only about PvP. There are no if's, and's, or but's about it. You can make up little numbers about how little LoL is played, but that's a ridiculous lie; it is literally the most played PC game in the world...and if everyone who played for the lore quit, nobody would notice.

P.S. You are naturally annoying even without the bold/caps nonsense, so I won't read any reply. Please do not waste your time on one. If you want to say "OH YOU PROVED ME RIGHT AND ARE RUNNING AWAY", that's nice, scream it to yourself.

TheGrandAllianceMay 7, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Valkyrie Witch,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=Xtp5jbfQ,comment-id=000500000000000100000000,timestamp=2015-05-07T05:26:14.658+0000)

No. Just, no.

All caps and bold is not for readability, it's for making a specific segment stand out. The game is only about PvP. There are no if's, and's, or but's about it. You can make up little numbers about how little LoL is played, but that's a ridiculous lie; it is literally the most played PC game in the world...and if everyone who played for the lore quit, nobody would notice.

P.S. You are naturally annoying even without the bold/caps nonsense, so I won't read any reply. Please do not waste your time on one. If you want to say "OH YOU PROVED ME RIGHT AND ARE RUNNING AWAY", that's nice, scream it to yourself.

LOL no I just find this logic of yours fascinating. Disregarding the debate you started for now I find it interesting you would take a post of mine completely out of context and as a direct insult to yourself.

Congrats on the OP concering a potiential "scoop" on upcoming content. There isn't anything offensive to be had there.

My original post was a message to RIOT and not yourself. If you must defend RIOT because your apparent "fanboyism"; I believe the term is, that compels you to do so, you cannot argue with the fact that many champions have been left by the wayside such as Fiora and instead of adding new champion all the time: They should spend time reworking the "non-Meta compliant" ones they have now so that LCS players will USE them.

There is a thread on the Gameplay section with 600+upvotes with people who agree with this logic.

And BTW... being that this is your thread not mine it would be hard for you to run from anything but alas no matter...

SimplicateMay 7, 20151 votes

Fiora has something scheduled for her in the future. I wish I had the thread that listed reworks/tuning for about 10 different champions but I can't find it. Any how it's planned and the list was posted by a Riot employee. I'd suspect the list is pretty accurate since Ashe was on it and about a week later she got her "tuning."

IAoh2q15yvMay 7, 20152 votes

Having been consulted on Ecco's animations for the original Genesis version, this pic made me <3 so much

Deep Terror NamiMay 7, 20151 votes

Nice. I played the Windows port :3

MrBuffingtonMay 6, 20151 votes

I'm just waiting for Riot to be like "lol jk Zilean(selection quote relates to time)/Sona(name relates to sound)/Ezreal(voice clips seem to be of a young-ish male) skin/chroma/VO-update"

bradMay 7, 20151 votes

YO THAT GAME THO

HOLY FUCK

adoptedboyMay 7, 20151 votes

very exciting Rammus

OhPleaseKnotMeMay 7, 20151 votes

i remember i played that game and i couldnt get past the octopus? cuz i try to swim under him and he just went all ham and i died :( then i remember i jumped out of the water as high as i could and then all of a sudden a tornado sucked me up into the clouds everything was spinning crazy!!! and then dropped me back into the ocean. . .and the ocean was quiet o.o