Talk:Ekko/@comment-8506165-20160410111138

I honestly feel like they could remove Ekko's base damages and make him all scalings and people would still play him with a tank build, at this point.

Jokes aside, I don't know why don't they just get rid of his W passive and give him damage elsewhere to compensate. It's the %missing health that really lets him deal relevant damage without any significant AP, without it he's just an AOE stunbot who only really deals damage if he gets a lucky ult off. Besides that... sure, he has his passive slow and Q slow, but I don't think it's really enough utility to support a tanky build given how unreliable his W can be. And more damage elsewhere would incentivise people to actually build him AP - if you don't have to stand there for ages punching things in the face until they get low enough for you to unlock a big chunk of your damage then people won't feel they have to build tanky to survive that long, when they can just kill things in a few seconds instead with the right plays.