In this – Season 11 Champion Guide, we’ll take a look at Ekko in the Jungle. We’ll show you what makes the Time Breaker so strong and how to play the Assassin on the strongest position of the Solo Cue. You want to make life hell for your opponent’s Carries? No problem with our – Season 11 Ekko Champion Guide.

If AD Assassins like Zed are the classic Assassins of the Mid Lane, then Ekko is probably the atypical variant. Since LoL Patch 11.17 the AP Assassin is back. However, not in the Mid Lane, but in the Jungle. And that’s exactly where Ekko belongs. Today we explain how to play him in the Solo Queue and why Ekko Jungle is the right choice in the current meta. In less than two weeks, his pick rate has risen to 13%, but he’s still getting banned much less than the other S-tier junglers. Take advantage of that while you can!

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Ekko Jungle Guide: Runes and Itembuilds

The days of Mid Lane Ekko are over and so is Conqueror. Your main skill tree is Domination with the following runes:

• Keystone: Dark Harvest
• Sudden Impact
• Eyeball Collection
• Ravenous Hunter

Domination brings everything the modern assassin needs and perfectly complements Ekko’s kit. Even if you don’t get a kill on a gank in the early game, you’ll get Dark Harvest stacks. This way you become more and more dangerous as the game progresses. Sudden Impact procs on your E. Every time you dash, you get the Lethality and Magic Penetration. Eyeball Collection and Ravenous Hunter on top provide even more damage and sustain for each kill. And trust me – you’ll score some in the solo cue!

Your Secondary Tree is inspiration with these two Runes:

• Magical Footwear
• Cosmic Insight

Magical Footwear is your go-to. Ekko is not a hyper-aggressive early game jungler, so you don’t need to rush boots. Footwear will ensure you get strong boots later and save you some serious gold. Also, you can shorten the time of Magical Footwear with kills.

Cosmic Insight gives you Ability Haste and Item Ability Haste.

• Don’t worry, nothing about Ekko will be changed with LoL Patch 11.18. He will remain as strong as he is.

The Haste bonuses are self-explanatory once you know Ekko’s core items: Sorcerer’s Boots and Hextech Rocketbelt. Assassins need to be mobile and Ekko already is with his E and the port of Ultimate. Especially for ganks in mid game you need to be fast enough on the lane. Rushed the Boots and the Rocketbelt for the extra portion of Mobility, Magic Penetration and Burst.

Ekko Jungle Guide: Early Game

Ekko is one of the few meta junglers that gets clear damage in the first Jungle and doesn’t target level 4. There are two possible routes: The 5 camp clear, then scuttle, then gank, or the 5 camp clear, then gank and the scuttle after that. So depending on the side you start on, you don’t clear completely, but only 5 camps. Unfortunately there is no general statement to start with Ekko, because it depends strongly on the champions of your team mates and of course on the opponent’s jungler.

Before level 6, Ekko is a target for many bruisers like Jarvan IV, which simply have much higher base damage. So think carefully about which scuttle you contests and work together with your solo laners. Only use your W to break the Crab’s shield if you know where the enemy jungler is. Otherwise, you’ll be wasting a valuable tool to escape, or rather, fight.

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Ekko’s passive was buffed at 11.17, which greatly improved his first clear. But as weird as it sounds now: Proc the Passive only on the big Jungle Monsters! Many Ekko players make the mistake and auto attack the small wolves and raptors after the second hit by their Q. But this is wrong! To have a port left for the fights in the river after the 5 camps, you have to focus on the big jungle monsters. Because the small Adds live longer, you can heal much more and by more Auto Attacks on the big monsters you don’t even lose time.

If you land a successful bot lane gank, launch the Dragon as a team only. Anything else is not an option.

Ekko Jungle Guide: Mid Game

Now it starts to get fun. You have your core items and so really, really much damage. A combo with Rocketbelt kills pretty much every carry that comes in front of your lens. Play more around the last platings now and focus on objectives, like the Herald and Drake. With Ekko’s Ultimate, you can dive incredibly efficiently and as long as the laning phase is not over, you should take advantage of it. You can go very far with Ekko as long as you keep an eye on your opponents’ CC.

There are a lot of Bruisers and Assassins being played in the mid and top lane right now. None of the champions like Irelia, Camille, or Renekton are overly tanky. Bag quick, easy kills and get some free platings!

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Ekko Jungle Guide: Late Game

With 4 items Ekko becomes an assassin like he is in the book and can easily compete with his AD alternatives. He is even better! Ekko is the only Assassin who can get out and escape with the Ultimate, and even with his W he is the only one with an AoE stun.

In the late game you have about 40 seconds of cooldown on the Ultimate, so you can go in and out super often. Team Fights are not what you want, of course. Rather hunt the enemy ADC or Mid Laner and get the Free Kills. For Ekko, it’s all about Vision. Always take 2 Pink Wards while you can and use your Sweeper Trinket once you’re in the enemy Jungle. If the enemy team doesn’t have Vision, there’s no way they can risk falling into one of your traps.

If there are team fights for the Dragon or Baron, play with your team. Wait for the right moment and flank the Enemy Carries. If you can and the enemies are stacked, use Zhonyas and wait until your Ulti Image is on them and your W has activated. After that there will be a huge explosion and hopefully double, or triple kills for you.

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Ekko Jungle Guide: Good and bad matchups

Be aware of your weaknesses in the early game and don’t force yourself into bad positions around the Scuttle or in the Jungle. In the end you will not only lose the crab or the camp, but also your life. Only one person will benefit from this – the enemy jungler.

If your solo lanes don’t absolutely dominate, it’s quite normal to give away the first dragon or to lose both scuttles. But don’t worry, your power spike is coming and Ekko can win any matchup sooner or later.

I hope you liked my Ekko Champion Guide and you feel more confident now and will test it in the Solo Queue today!

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