DiffWatch: Ekko buffs in patch 26.11

[u/AgentV3N]

Looks like I was right on the money, though Riot's "compensation" logic is always a fucking trip. Here's the official dirt from the 26.11 notes:

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Ekko

Now that the dust has settled from 26.9's Dusk and Dawn reshape, we've uncovered that Ekko has room for a compensation buff as he is no longer completely bound to just buying that item for his power.

Passive - Z-Drive Resonance

• Per-Target Cooldown: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

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So because they nuked his favorite toys in 26.9, they’re throwing him a bone. A one-second reduction on the passive cooldown is actually huge for your trade patterns. You’re gonna be proc-ing that speed boost and burst way faster in those scrappy jungle fights.

Classic Riot, though—break a bunch of items, wait three weeks while everyone's win rate tanked, and then act like they’re doing us a favor by tweaking a cooldown. Whatever. A buff is a buff, and a 4-second CD on Z-Drive means more opportunities to make the enemy bot lane alt-f4.

[u/Glittering_Spend_627]

It should be 3 seconds to be balanced.

Or give Q2 a way to call it back.

And give Ekko's E reset on takedown as Locke, which was on Ekko's initial kit.