Talk:Ekko/@comment-15280970-20150601031147/@comment-25855686-20150602005352

from my expierience yes, i started play him like an assassin but in this meta i think his hybrid build is superior and i shifted to play this build only.

the reason are the following

q damage is actually strong IF he land the second component, and to be honest against decent opponent this is not often the case, but it is strong regardless for the cc it provides so if you play bruiser that is just more time you are slapping his face knowing he cant oneshot you in the process

w is the whole key of his kit as bruiser, once you purchease botrk you can sherd high hp target  until 30% hp and then just keep shredding missing health thanks to the passive, and unlike fizz's w that apply dot effect that dont overlap, ekko's missing hp component keep proc every hit as full that mean attack speed is fully exploited. the active componet lose the bonus ap ratio on shield but as compensation is more effective due to shield scaling with resistences

e is obvious gap closer/escape and you wont feel the much the ratio loss (is just 0.2)

r is what really change, simply put it wont deal damage at all, is just an escape/engage(vs stupids) with a brief untargetability mixed in

the combo is also a bit easyer to pull off, with ap build you rely on landing w > q> and just lastly go in with e for the final blow, with ad/hybrid you just go in with e proc passive for the slow then cast w and q is for adding even more cc and be sure your w detonate.

is a different playstyle but given the tank meta is perfectly viable in my opinion