Hello everyone, my name is JefferXpr3ss (IGN is now Jansonn) and I am here with a guide for Ekko Jungle. I have been playing Ekko quite a lot lately and I thought i would share my strategy for building and playing Ekko Jungle. I am by no means considered good at this game, nor do I consider myself good at the game but I do believe I have sufficient knowledge to make this guide. Keep in mind this is only a guide to building Ekko and not any game play advice. So without further delay, here is my guide for Ekko Jungle in Season 9.

Ekko is a very mobile melee AP assassin with the likes of Katarina or Akali in some aspects that has a very high gank potential with a stun, a slow, a gap closer, and a very hefty amount of damage. He has a decent jungle clear time with very strong dueling potential against most enemy junglers. He is also a very strong scaling champion with the runes that we take in this build making him very unlikely to fall off. His ult also allows for very strong team fighting. This why I play Ekko jungle and why he is a very strong pick for that role.

The spells for this build are fairly straight forward. You take smite and flash as the standard jungle spells which make the most sense. You don't really need the ignite and smite combo because you already have enough damage as is.

The runes for this build are a little different from most builds. The standard runes though are Domination with a Sorcery secondary, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, and Eyeball collection. But I like taking ravenous hunter instead of relentless hunter for the extra sustain in the jungle and after fights. Then for sorcery, we take absolute focus for extra burst early game and gathering storm for continuous scaling into late game. I think these two runes are very effective on Ekko because of his very strong AP Scaling ratios and also that he does not need the speed boosting runes because of his passive. These are what I believe to be the most successful runes on Ekko because they allow for insane burst while also allowing late game scaling.

Starting Items:
- Hunter's Talisman
- Refillable Potion
- Warding Totem
We take talisman instead of machete because ekko has a lot of AOE clear that he can utilize the talisman better than the machete for quicker and easier clears.

Core Items:
- Stalker's Blade: Runic Echoes
- Sorcerer's Shoes
- Hextech Protobelt
These items are pretty standard and make sense for Ekko. Stalker's Blade into runic echoes since he is an AP assassin, and then protobelt for an extra gap closer.

Other Options:
- Lich Bane
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Void Staff
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Banshee's Veil
- Spellbinder
- Hextech Gunblade
- Liandry's Torment
Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap are also both pretty standard items but can be not as effective if behind or in some matchups. Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil are both defensive items for enemy teams which are either heavy AD or AP respectively. And Spellbinder and Hextech Gunblade are good against teams with little to no tanks

Example Build:
- Stalker's Blade: Runic Echoes
- Sorcerer's Shoes
- Hextech Protobelt
- Lich Bane
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Void Staff
This is the most standard build for Ekko Jungle as it incorporates a large amount of AP with magic penetration. This build is best against a team with at most 2 tanks and a typical Mid lane and Bot lane.

There you have it. This is a very effective build for Ekko Jungle and I hope you all enjoyed this guide. See you out on the rift!