Talk:Ekko/@comment-24884995-20170124073819/@comment-44494597-20191202234351

the damage nerfs really only affected him as a tank....

the reason he doesn't win lane early anymore is because WHEN they nerfed his base damages(and buffed his AP scaling to compensate), they also nerfed his passive considerably(not damage). His passive used to be on a lower cooldown, but Ekko's single biggest nerf was removing the slow from his passive. Before, you used to be able to go in with a quick E + Q combo(you know the one where you E forward, then Q, and right click them), and then by the time the slow from the Q runs out/returns and you hit them proccing the passive making them slow for the same duration that ekko gets the bonus movement speed. It was REALLY good, and made him terrifying in the midlane. The Q only slows for as long as they're in its zone, so it's not as hard to avoid getting stunned anymore without the passive slow. Before it was really easy to stun with W because they would be slowed for so long. They couldn't just walk straight back within turret range and be safe, they would have to predict where the W was going to be and walk around it knowing they would be slowed for the next 3-5 seconds.