Ah, what a great day to play games, isn't it? Today, I'll share one of the fun games I played in the new patch with you. As you know, Diana was significantly nerfed in the last patch, but of course, another champion took her place! Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Ekko!
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Tahm Kench paid us a visit and said he'd grant us gold at the start of each round. One of my favorite universes—more gold means stronger compositions.
Since I wanted to play this composition from the start of the game, I chose the Team Building augment. This augment will grant me a total of two small champion duplicators. The sooner I get Ekko to 3 stars, the better.
Ekko performed exceptionally well in the early game. Despite my composition being weak, I won 3 out of 5 fights. With the right items, I could have won even more.
For the second augment, I needed to find a good combat augment, but I didn't have any good options. So I chose something that would help me get Ekko to 3 stars even faster: Heroic Grab Bag+. This augment also gave me 2 small champion duplicators XD Now, if I can just find 5 Ekko, I can get him to 3 stars.
I managed to get through the entire mid-game win streak with just a 2-star Ekko! Actually, I had the opportunity to make Ekko 3-star, but I'm thinking of making Neeko and Vi 3-star as well. My only problem right now is setting up my items correctly.
I chose Celestial Blessing as my final augment. I'm not entirely satisfied with it either, but I wasn't lucky with augments in this game. So maybe I won't be able to get 1st place.
In the previous patch, Diana was overpowered. In one game, there were 2-3 people playing, and they could all get into the top 4. In this patch, Ekko is so powerful that a 3-star Ekko with the right items can win the game for you, and unlike Diana, Ekko does this without infiltrating your backline. It's very frustrating that he wins fights for you by killing your tanks up front and tanking all the damage.
Alright, I'm almost done with my composition. Now I just need to level up and find strong champions. As for the best items for Ekko, they are Guinsoo's Rageblade, Titan's Resolve, and Bloodthirster. These 3 items are very important because they all contribute something. Hopefully, I can find all 3 items by the end of the game.
Ekko is so powerful that he can easily defeat even the strongest composition, Tryndamere. The upcoming patch will definitely nerf him significantly.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the right items for Ekko. Titan's Resolve was especially important because it grants Ekko immunity to stuns after accumulating stacks. For example, I lost this fight because of that. Lissandra's ability targeted Ekko and killed him.
This crowd control situation is starting to get really frustrating. Champions like Swain stun a huge area, and Ekko gets hit by it too.
Even though Ekko deals a lot of damage, it's not enough right now. I think I've reached the natural limits of my composition. Now I need something to strengthen me. For example, reaching level 9 and adding Ziggs to my board would be great.
I easily defeated this Bilgewater composition. I think the Bilgewater composition doesn't get you first place unless you make a 4-gold champion 3-star. But if you play it right, you usually end up in the top 4.
I just want you to watch this fight. Actually, Ekko heals really well and deals a lot of damage, but the crowd control he takes is enough to kill him. Now you probably understand better why I always choose Pandora's Items augment in every game.
The Tryndamere composition I easily defeated earlier beat me this time because I didn't have the right items, but I still finished the game in 3rd place. If I'd been a bit luckier, I could have even finished 2nd.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments. See you tomorrow, hopefully :P
