So I did some math and I figured out that with some masteries/runes, a morellonomicon, and lucidity boots, Ekko's abilities will have really low cooldowns (at max rank) His Q and E would have a 4.2 sec cooldown granting him great mobility and poke, his W would have an 8.4 second cooldown making him a lot safer and making it easier to engage with another ult (such as an amumu/sej ult) and his ult would have an extremely low cooldown of 42.
idk I just thought I'd share this.
Commit Sudoku3 votesits not about how often you can use it, it is about how effectively you can use it.
The Snatch 691 votesZING! Great information nonetheless. A 4 second E is ridiculous!
Vilderavn2 votesI think that Riot made his cooldowns on those abilities intentional with the 40% CDR. It's like an easter egg. 42 is the answer to everything and whatnot. 4.2 Q CD, 4.2 E CD, 42 R CD. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Firestartertot1 voteshaha you read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy too?
Drunk Rummate1 votesHow would you go about solving the serious mana issues that 40% cdr would generate?
NorthernDruid1 votesMorellonomicon/Athene's Unholy Grail and Elixir of Sorcery.
tbh, the elixir is the most important here. Until he's almost max level it gives more mana regen than Morellonomicon anyway.
junglerboy161 votesYeah, that's great and all, but from what I've seen, Ekko is one of the most mana hungry assassins in the game later on, especially if he's spamming E (80 mana) and Q (100 mana) (both of which are pretty expensive for the amount of spamming you'd be doing).
Luckily, his ult has 0 cost (which seems a little strange to me) and 40% CDR leaves it on only a 42 second cooldown.
Firestartertot1 votesyeah I guess that's a good point. I've seen my friends experiment with seraphs Ekko to solve his mana issues but I don't know if it's working :P
IcyPepper1 votes
may work if you're not building full AP and build Nashor's
IcyPepper1 votesYou know, I've seen that a lot of assassins don't have a resource cost on their ultimate, but are usually compensated with high costs on their normal abilities or higher cooldowns.
Katarina is the obvious exception for many reasons, but Zed has no energy cost on his ult, Lee (although he's a bruiser, but bruisers can be built as off-assassins or off-tanks) has no cost, Leblanc has no cost, and so on.
It's a bit odd, but I've noticed a few.
junglerboy161 votesI think that has something to do with Riot wanting Assassins to at least be able to have some impact when OOR, especially if they planned and used there ult (which in a well played situation should usually give them a kill), and the high base ability costs ensure that they don't just murder everyone without their ult (part of why Zed and Kat in particular feel bad to play against, it doesn't feel like their normal abilities have significant gating).