Talk:Ekko/@comment-26524931-20150623160856/@comment-26441222-20150625080451

That's exactly why Ekko is not an assassin, in spite of what Riot says. Assassins sacrifice utility or tankiness to kill things quickly. Ekko "has a lot of utility", but does NOT have a lot of "kill things quickly". He's a skirmisher. He's forced into extended fight situations in spite of having no sustained damage, so there's a lot of in and out over time.

His counterplay requires more effort over a greater period of time because he simply spends more time fighting you. The punishment for failing to counterplay him effectively is a bad trade, whereas failing against any real assassin gets you killed pretty much instantly.