How viable is hybrid tank Ekko now?

Ternt·Feb 10, 2016·1 votes·782 views

I've been playing Ekko since he started getting nerfs (a patch after his tank Ekko nerfs), but still found success last season playing him as that. With Runic now in the mix, I find that it adds a huge power spike to all AP junglers. I've been consistently trying different builds per game, but I prefer the tankier version to the glass cannon version. I've been building him like this..

Most games don't last long enough to get a sixth item, but I would probably put some AP in that slot if need be. If am I snowballing, I usually skip the Iceberg and go for > > instead. But always round my 4th item off with or (viable in this patch). My build usually just depends on what we need in the game at the time, but for the most part, I really miss tank Ekko with .

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TheVishualFeb 10, 20161 votes

Cinderhulk is still probably better IMO if you're going the tanky route

You want to be able to drop down your W easily and zone people in fights if you're not doing the max amount of burst damage; to do that the extra health from cinderhulk helps alot more than runic

TerntFeb 10, 20161 votes

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Cinderhulk is still probably better IMO if you're going the tanky route

You want to be able to drop down your W easily and zone people in fights if you're not doing the max amount of burst damage; to do that the extra health from cinderhulk helps alot more than runic

Which makes sense. But since I don't usually rush health, it's why I stopped running Cinderhulk as a whole on Ekko. The Iceborn makes Ekko extremely sticky in ganking situations. He also benefits greatly from all of it's stats with 20% CDR, Sheen passive, 500 Mana and the armor.

VetalaFeb 10, 20161 votes

I could see this ideaworking, and would probably consider being more of a burst initiator and build him similarly to Diana jungle with a little less burst and more resistances

item 1410 > item 3001 <----> item 3157 > item 3742 > Situational Item

TheVishualFeb 11, 20161 votes

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Which makes sense. But since I don't usually rush health, it's why I stopped running Cinderhulk as a whole on Ekko. The Iceborn makes Ekko extremely sticky in ganking situations. He also benefits greatly from all of it's stats with 20% CDR, Sheen passive, 500 Mana and the armor.

the new IBG is an amazing item on him, but building defensive stats isnt as good if you dont have the HP to back it up

I usually go cinderhulk ibg sorc boots as my core build, then you can get tanky items like spirit visage (makes his ult give you more hp + cdr and defensive stats) and deadmans plate for armor/hp and being even faster to chase people

last item is up to you, sometimes i get abyssal/zhonya depending on the team comp

TerntFeb 11, 20161 votes

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the new IBG is an amazing item on him, but building defensive stats isnt as good if you dont have the HP to back it up

I usually go cinderhulk ibg sorc boots as my core build, then you can get tanky items like spirit visage (makes his ult give you more hp + cdr and defensive stats) and deadmans plate for armor/hp and being even faster to chase people

last item is up to you, sometimes i get abyssal/zhonya depending on the team comp

Wow, this was amazing. I was queued up when I read this and was playing vs an Udyr so I decided, hey why not. I went..

item 1409 item 3025 item 3020 item 3001 item 3116 and never got to finish the build because it was over. But I managed to do exceptionally well. He still feels really strong even with just Iceborn and Cinderhulk.

TheVishualFeb 11, 20161 votes

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Wow, this was amazing. I was queued up when I read this and was playing vs an Udyr so I decided, hey why not. I went..

and never got to finish the build because it was over. But I managed to do exceptionally well. He still feels really strong even with just Iceborn and Cinderhulk.

Yup! He still has high base damage even after the nerf so building mpen/tanky hybrid is actually better than AP imo (cause his ratio is so low)

forgot to mention liandry's torment as a damage option as well, works with his slows and cc + has hp and mpen stats