Talk:Ekko/@comment-33172118-20171012184039/@comment-7095057-20171126221222

Even then Ekko can be pretty nasty and the new runes mitigate his need to set up somewhat now. I personally don't try to rely on W's stun or my ult doing damage. It tends to work better in my favor if I can use W to zone players out of fight areas or even into potential ganks because they didn't want to get stunned.

But on a more serious note, with the new runes Ekko can nuke you into next game as a deadly mage assassin, as both Electrocute and Dark Harvest just give him enough burst power to nuke down squishies better than any other rune does at the moment. The scalings on his W give him enough AP that you don't need to give Ekko much in terms of tank items. a RoA or Rylias is more than enough for him to survive most encounters when he has a near 1k shield and 600+ heal (assuming 600 AP), and with Ultimate Hat he can get his CD on his ult down to 30 seconds, making him a pretty nasty threat now. He can reliably flank and dive your back line, near nuke them with Dark Harvest or Electrocute, and if you don't have the CC to lock him down, he'll ult out and try again in about 30 seconds after healing up with Ravenous Hunter on jungle or minion mobs.