Talk:Ekko/@comment-25932195-20150607065659/@comment-25932195-20150607150250

Deal damage while in stasis (yes actually). You can throw Q out and then hourglass, which will do damage at least once, and set up W or R. Ekko, despite his mobility and slows, will get forced to use his ult as an escape 9 out of 10 times against compentent teams.

Do either need to be rushed? Typically no. I like picking up CDR first, his mana costs are quite high and he doesn't really have the manapool for extended laning without blue buff. His cooldowns are quite large, larger then most that would buy sheen or luden's.

All in all, buying both makes him very squishy, and makes it easier to play around his all in. Against the glass cannon build Alistar is a perfect counter as he can ult off ekko's stun, then CC him off the carry while providing items to save the carry, who would MELT ekko. Of all the AP assassins, ekko is the least impressive as a glass cannon because of the counterplay that's available.