Talk:Ekko/@comment-26459891-20150615194527/@comment-24496127-20150618044740

Riot, more specifically gysplord, has said that a tank Ekko removes a lot of the counterplay from his kit. While I haven't seen the tank jungle build (Mostly because I only play ranked, and he's kind of been perma-banned) If it is really a strong build I can almost promise it will be nerfed.

The link to the Q and A I'm quoting. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/xEVZQjPL

The post I'm citing is 49 of 96 if you use the Rioter comments thing, and it's the tenth question he answers. Yes I read through all of those to find this. With that out of the way, here's the exact words.

10) The bruiser build, similar to stuff like PURE AD ASSASSIN VI may be good as an offbuild if you want to train and CC people more but burst them less. I'd be worried if it's good as a primary build because I think Ekko being tanky removes a lot of the counterplay you have against him and a lot of the decisions he has to make about staying alive.