Talk:Ekko/@comment-26808509-20160507233029

The poblem why Ekko is able to build tanky and still deal this ridiculous amounts of damage is the amount of danage sources in his kit, I think. He effectively has 4 damaging spells, his passive after 3 hits, his Q, the passive of W, E and Ult. The base damages aren't over the top, one way riot tried to force him to build damage, but because he has so many damage sources (the AA's count in too) and so many ways to proc his IBG they don't need to be high. The cooldowns aren't high either and because of the mass of slows he has and the mobility he can stick to his targets and constantly spam his spells. This game design is hard to balance, I know that, but as it is now and with the overtuned tank items it is just toxic and unfun and unfair to play against. The only weakness assassins have is being squishy, but if yout take this from them we have Ekko. Sure, he deals less damage and most likly can't oneshot one, but he is one of the best duelists with a lot of utility, mobility and a second life.

Sadly I don't quite know how to balance him really without making his AP version underpowered, just as Riot it seems. Maybe they should take the slow off of his passive, because as AP Ekko you will most likly kill ur opponent with E Q and Passive proc, and if you didn't you shouldn't get rewarded with a slow AND a speedbuff. And maybe then lowering the base damage on it aswell or even remove it, because 80% AP is allready a huge ratio and as AP he can deal with a lower base damage.

Also maybe they could remvoe the passive of his W, because I never really saw the need of it, his other spells allready deal enough damage and this is just a hidden strenght you barely notice and really isn't necessary but a little unfair. But this is just my personal feeling, maybe some Ekko players would disagree and say, that he really needs this extra damage.

Maybe with these changes could balance or even delete tank Ekko, but I'm not really sure about it. Maybe it's the whole design of his kit, that gives him the opportunity to go full tank and still be a threat. Whatever, I guess we just have to wait and hope for Riot to do something so the nightmare has an end.