League of Legends is nerfing its new time-bending champion in a big way: by making his go-back-in-time-four-seconds ult actually cost mana. This change, which will go live in the 5.12 patch, follows player criticism that Ekko is both “overpowered” and “overloaded.” Phew! Read more
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Calling all League of Legends players: what do you think of Ekko? Cool? OP? Too many similarities to Transistor, or just enough? The time-traveling champ came out this week, and players seem divided on him. So let me know what you think! You can leave a comment, or send me an email at yannick.lejacq@kotaku.com. Read more
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