Talk:VPBE/@comment-24951773-20150513184115/@comment-8468980-20150514053517

"there's so much in it I'm worried that Riot may have trouble balancing him."

imo, they've cleared the biggest balance hurdle with him already. giving your enemy a visual to where ekko was 4 seconds ago cuts down his frustrating factor enormously.

" He isn't a 100-0 assassin,"

I think that's one of the worst comments a Riot dev has ever made. What exactly is an assassin that needs another champ to deal damage in order for him to work? That said, I'm not sure ekko is going to fulfill this "not a 100-0 assassin" moniker. His base values, ratios, mobility, and CC seem very good. He combines a lot of strong aspects from other assassins. I doubt he'll have damage problems.

"Fizz was meant to be an AP bruiser"

Fizz was made during a time when devs frequently just made champs that seemed interesting to them and let players decide what to do with them. Skarner, Shyvana, Voli, and Riven are some other champs made around this time. Riot didn't foster a more role focused kit creation philosophy until Ziggs and Naut launched. Obviously, not all the champs made then were ambiguous, Graves and Xerath had clear roles and laning assignments, but most were not as static.