Talk:Ekko/@comment-24036535-20150620041151

So, something I've noticed in ALL of these discussions, is everyone considers Ekko to be an assassin, something I disagree with. Assassins generally have a means to avoid damage outright (Not sustain it), such as Zed's ult, or Talon's ult, or Yi's Q, coupled with their mobility and burst, this makes them excellent at killing someone, and being hard to catch. Ekko on the other hand, has both more limited mobility, as his E's range is low, and he has to auto attack something, and he can't easily choose where to ult to.

I'd call him something more like Riven, not exactly an assassin, especially because Ekko usually doesn't burst someone down instantly without his ult, which again, is unreliable. He has ways to regain, or sustain damage, similar to Riven's own shield, but again, it's not reliable.