Talk:Ekko/@comment-3460935-20161101171200/@comment-7095057-20161120040515

A personal build I've been doing with my Ekko is a bit less conventional but has some insane sticking power and tank stats. This is from me playing enough to get Rank 7 with him and using him in my Ranked Flex games (currently 23 games in, in Silver IV again. Getting to gold again is a pain in flex).

Doran's Ring + Pots > Codex > Blasting Wand+ Boots > Protector > Rod of Ages > Nomicon > Sheen > Needlessly Large Rod > Giant's Belt > Rylias+Lucidity or Sorc boots > Lich Bane > Rabadons

The combination of Nomicon, Roa, and Rylias gives a huge mana pool to spam skills non-stop without having to worry about mana in the slightest, while giving him enough damage and hp stats to tank out early fights. With Rylias, the loss of Ekko's passive becomes less of a hit as Rylias slow can ensure Ekko not only lives, but has kiting and chasing power.

As a personal note the early damage over survival is based on confidence in lane for me. I normally will go with damage if I am confident that with more AP I can secure kills for snowballing. It's because of this I personally do not take Teleport and take Ignite on Ekko. I don't get Rabadon's early because Ekko really doesn't need it. if you land your skills properly, the return hit from timewinder, Ekko's E, Thunderlords, Sheen and Passive normally combine to make a monsterous 300+ (210% AP) damage hit, which in the early game is more than enough to force squishies to get the heck out or suffer from Ekko's W passive. Most ADCs will not have the damage to nuke a 2k HP ekko quickly, so he'll get his W and ult off like it's no big deal and continue the harrass.