The Secrets of Xiao Lao Ban, World’s Best Ekko

Chinese Super Server Ekko 'Xiao Lao Ban'
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[@XiaoLaoBanEkko]

thank you for making this video, you are a legend. I take a break because chinese new year, and I will continue to climb Korean server after some days :)

[@natdaone5075]

Happy new year!

[@solidderx7]

Xiaolaoban, thank you for everything! You are many of us Ekko players inspiration! You are the goat! 新年快乐！

[@exoticbreadstick8661]

i know you probably would rather not say, but how do you beat ekko? i struggle so much against him...

[@LoLDobby]

I can't believe it. The legend has appeared ! Please continue playing on the Korean server. It's enjoyable to watch your gameplay. Thank you too :)

[@eebbaa5560]

crossover of the century my two goats 🔥

[@oniuserjh]

Lol that Katarina just shutting down accepting that her ankles got broken

[@natdaone5075]

Watching his KZbin vods (especially his lane phases) have made me much better at looking for solo kill angles, because I usually associate Ekko as a scaling champion that wants to farm most of the time. Amazing video as always.

[@giatungau4426]

While playing ekko jg, i always prefer kills

[@baal8938]

@@giatungau4426I always focus on grubs and drake. emerald junglers are morons so 9 out of 10 times they dont even show up at spawn

[@Smolder1]

Can you check my smolder I'm doing my best to be the best smolder 😉👍

[@viktorgombos4975]

​@@baal8938always is probably not the best, early dragons and grubs can waste a lot of valuable time

[@baal8938]

@@viktorgombos4975 heavily depends on champ though

[@alien3355]

at 7:58 he doesn't hide the animation (you can see that the enemies avoid it just fine). The trick he's actually using is the knowledge that for about 0.1 seconds after the animation seems to have finished (it looks faded) you can actually step into it and still trigger it. You can see that they assume the animation is done and it's safe to walk in but in actuality the trigger window for ekko W is still open. XLB realizes this and walks in to get the free stun on the enemies who lack knowledge of this interaction (or were focused on something else). Great video!

[@StoneDeceiver]

yes he does, he is doing QW animation cancel

[@alien3355]

@@StoneDeceiverHe does partially cancel the animation but he still has a few frames of the W animation. You can cast W while being in the E rolling animation which is a full animation cancel (if memory serves right) but even this would have little impact on him actually getting the stun here. If you are in vision your “shadow’s” windup animation is visible anyway which usually matters more than animation cancelling. You can see that when it lands both ivern and tristana are not in the W but walks back in when the animation seems finished. So XLB’s superior knowledge of his W is what actually gets him the stun here; Not his partial animation cancel

[@chocolatemilkliker]

@@alien3355 this is true, and mainly with true damage ekko as well. other skins have different timings, but true damage is the most egregious when it comes to the animation ending faster than the actual ability.

[@alien3355]

@@chocolatemilkliker haha i was suspecting it to mostly be with true damage skin but i didn't play with any other skin back when i mained him so i couldn't remember

[@jeff910828]

This guy XLB is a MONSTER. Been follow him for a while, tks for the content, Dobby.

[@2xHooligan]

Learned how to disguise the W from XLB when I first started learning Ekko a few seasons ago. Great main to vod review if you're learning him

[@Sanyamight]

bro finally you did it, im waiting so long, and review xlb complete

[@sergeievtra4858]

Dude I surprised myself to regularly check if you release new videos. It's like, your videos are my "fix" it's insane. Keep the good work, I'm so obsessed with ranking up and your videos definitely making the trick. Thanks for the smolder one, definitely violating the soul of my opponents since a week.

[@Playmaker150]

A video suggestion idea: There's a 1500 LP EUW Challenger player with the in-game name 失敗者 #ZOYP who recently reached rank 1 on EUW ladder playing AP Assassin Galio with a 73% win rate on the champion over 150+ games. He gets Dark Seal+Boots on 1st recall into Sorcs Shoes-Lichbane-Shadowflame-Deathcap every game. He also runs Aftershock and Flash Ghost.

[@markoilic417]

That build is cracked on galio , once you get lich bane + sorc shoes , you just roam around the map oneshoting people and winning your team the game

[@LoLDobby]

Oh Thank you for suggestion ! I'll spectate him

[@7Roxer]

Even though that Ekko ult trick is cool, its even crazier how Viego still dodged it

[@nguyenhuuhiep1505]

i mean chall mindset and reflect

[@ayberesen767]

Been a while since i enjoyed watching someone play this much

[@aydenfellerhoff3160]

lol i reccoomended this on your katarina video :) good to see

[@renatinn]

I love playing ekko and I liked this video very much and I just subbed and I

[@ayberesen767]

this guy sees the game on a different level. Really fun to watch him play

[@YuaGacha]

Crazy how I have ironically been running this type of setup for years now on ekko it just feels so good to have that attack speed and people don’t respect how quickly you can get your passive with just autos

[@MinisculeBug]

I am convinced no one actually knows what irony is.

[@ez8828]

@@MinisculeBug what are you blabbering about bozo

[@MinisculeBug]

@@ez8828 can't you read?

[@randhyLeksu7288]

im convinced he the best the lol dobby covered him more than once :3

[@quieness]

I follow his yt and i've learned so much from watching him. He truly is the father of all Ekkos

[@TPW_1]

Wow Dobby made a XLB video! I must be dreaming or something

[@monstergarou3848]

Everytime Dobby comes out with video, I have to fight the urge to play Ranked again…

[@aspookyscaryskeleton5238]

Now this, is what i want to become, gotta keep practicing

[@abdoudescend887]

Fire

[@LoLDobby]

After an 11-game winning streak in the Grandmaster, he suddenly disappeared. www.deeplol.gg/summoner/kr/xlbekko-1999

[@Hilight277]

Bro’s coming for the toughest region, NA, next

[@quynguyenkhanh5983]

>Having a 11 winning streak in Korean GM elo >refused to elaborate futher >left

[@badbunnyfreaky]

He left because of lich bane nerfs, XLB only appears when ekko is extremely strong, then after the nerfs he disappears. He's been doing the same since the last two seasons. He appears for the preseason (times when ekko is in general OP) and then after the preseason balance he vanishes

[@JustAViewer44]

:(

[@wenyichen5515]

@@quynguyenkhanh5983 Man's gone for new year. Look down the comments

[@alextun7959]

very useful video

[@JustAViewer44]

No way, man. I truly feel slow when they do all those fancy tricks that we can't even see.

[@vinnndra7025]

OMG HE DID ITTTT!!! Did you see my post on ur blog?

[@LoLDobby]

I saw it by chance ! Nice :)

[@ethannguyen9638]

Bro I was literally watching davemon talk about how hidden op hob is a few days ago

[@nhamtran7405]

The moment has come, the moment when this build spreads out all over the world😂

[@beebeeice]

Did that level 5 Twitch try to jump a level 10 Ekko?

[@ThatGuyBobby]

"But this one you haven't seen" Shows the same clip as he started with.

[@vkknoell]

4:31, I would love to know what happened bot lane this game for that Twitch to be 5 levels below Ekko.

[@alexzhang3232]

yedaoshen next?

[@alessandroarroyo1731]

Uff...we don't Hail of Blades on Wild Rift yet. :( all we can go is First Strike. :(

[@eden6386]

Another thing I've realized after playing some Ekko games using XLB's technique is: using True Damage skin makes ur play more smooth. That's why XLB uses that skin on every accounts of his.

[@ITZBROKENhotDOG12]

😂😂😂

[@blueicer101]

Hail of blades is so good for lissandra matchup. You're trades actually work so well compared to electrocute.

[@derp_sherpa]

🎉

[@clicktoaddtext7933]

xiaoming aatrox vid when? takes flash tp, phase rush gathering storm or arcane comet scorch beats jjking on fiora

[@jeomaxx7499]

xiao lao ban is finally here :)

[@Shaduww]

When to take HoB vs Electrocute?

[@Light-qi8ol]

i love seeing both lichbane and nashor being built, i built nashors>lichbane>rabadon on sona before they nerfed her to make room for seraphine twitter-champion.

[@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541]

1:18: Come out, we won't jump you we swear

[@Rubenar93]

leblanc video please i wanna learn her thanks so much dobby

[@adnanalsyouti8791]

Saw this, played ekko mid, got 18 kills and was super fed, lost to splitpush lethality yorik 😢

[@hagriddelux8522]

Hi can anybody tell my shuld i play elecrtocute or hail of blades for my games im not talking about specific matchup

[@MrDiehardNoob]

' ... already impressive, but this one you havent seen" shows clip from the intro again .-.

[@Kovar99YT]

im sorry but what was so amazing about the first play @0:17

[@WTF453452]

Ah so back to the rotation of buil.

[@nicks6980]

Ekko is a great champ, but its easy to die, especially if you mess up e and get smacked. Not a good chanp when behind. But super fun, i got a penta on him once

[@Magie-ug4jm]

Father of all Ekko mains is Saint Kilian

[@tohmo8576]

Xiao Lao After seeing this video be like

[@ISAK.M]

I mean Ekko without Nashors is like Nasus/Vlad/Darius without ghost (unplayable). Other then that ive watched enough Midbeast vids by now to already know this stuff XD

[@MrAdas-pe9fk]

Hello :)

[@LoLDobby]

Hello !

[@monke2103]

What do you mean by electrocute rune in standard matches

[@fusionxtras]

If you arent against a mage i suppose

[@LoLDobby]

@@fusionxtras That's right. Thank you !

[@vantamnguyen5567]

With Mage , use hail of blades . With ranged like tris luci quinn and melee , use electrocute

[@thatonekidinschoolwhoeatsglue]

what chroma is that in the thumbnail

[@Musmus28]

4:55 This is what truly separates this player from everyone else on Ekko, he Qs, ults back to connect the damage which viego flashes, then flashing in front of viego to get the Q2 proc, absolutely insane mechanical display.

[@Moonflush]

4:20 A moment where lvl 5 afk Twitch attacks lvl 10 Ekko, and Ekko outplays him by deep towerdive with flash and ult was so epic! (seriously though, wtf is that and why did it get in the video)

[@KJShinra]

I was going hail and nashor on ekko all last season but no one noticed cause I’m trash lmao

[@rempacious]

Is his R trail bugged in replays?

[@locroyal4400]

he doesnt lvl his ult so it doesnt show and it suprise the enemy

[@rempacious]

@@locroyal4400 Oh I thought it's bugged since his R spell was highlighted in 4:28 and the trail isn't appearing

[@natdaone5075]

⁠@@rempaciousYh it does that a lot

[@B0ucleD0r]

What about Ekko jungle ?

[@khoahoang2449]

Can anyone tell me which matchups to use HOB and which use Electrocute ?

[@yoggalo1766]

mage: hob. Not a mage: electrocute

[@sunokeey]

im an otp ekko and the counter arrent really right, u have LB, akshan and akali. Yasuo is skill match up and galio can't kill u in lane

[@vantamnguyen5567]

Galio is ekko's counter because ekko can't kill him and Galio can massively push lane and then roaming to 2 sides , ekko if cannot get kills , he so useless

[@sebastianaguilar1042]

whats him settings?'

[@speedqq5939]

He never build zonya (i forgot lol ).

[@iloveumyisis]

16 de febrero de 2024, 11 27 a. m.

[@testingsecretaccount]

I've been using ekko this way since many years ago, it feels much better than the rocketbelt ekko build.

[@ianmattson2651]

first

[@ItGirlCaliiopx]

"counters: pantheon, yasuo" after showing entire clips of XLB making yasuos and pantheons eat absolute shit 💀😭

[@blackcarnage1435]

True dmg ekko is a pay to win skin ong

[@wiljagerhardt1219]

8:30 kata????????????? could be easy a 1 for 1 xD

[@Masterpouya]

Curious how. She got outplayed, she has no E left, can't walk fast enough to her dagger and has no flash left. The difference between this challenger korean katarina and you, is that she knows all that and take the death, where you would have run trying, but died without any other difference. They truely know their champion limit while you *think* you know them. you are the kind of guy who spam ping others for impossible moves, I see it in your eyes.

[@wiljagerhardt1219]

aha sure he couldnt pick dagger up to reset E, yeye@@Masterpouya

[@wiljagerhardt1219]

theres a big difference between (she cant walk fast enough and your low reaction time) Mr.Wannabe Chall@@Masterpouya

[@Masterpouya]

@@wiljagerhardt1219 Well let’s get into the details as you insist without any arguments, let me give you some to prove my point. (These players are way better than us, they are on the best server of the world and challenger there + mostly OTP they know each others champions perfectly). - Katarina base MS is 335, Ekko base MS is 340 ; Δ = 5 Move Speed. - Both have the same MS runes (+5MS with relentless hunter) - Both have same T1 shoes (+20MS) - Ekko has Lich bane −> +8%MS Total : (base + runes + items including boots) Ekko MS = 395 MS ; Kata MS = 360 MS. Δ=35 MS (huge). It’s more than T1 vs T2 boots diff (25). They are lvl 7 so katarina W that gives her MS is only rank 1 (she skills the 2nd point on it lvl 14) and is currently on CD (15s CD at rank 1, she uses it at 8:22 so she don’t have it at 8:32 when she would need it). Her E is on cooldown as she just used it on Ekko and is rank 2 [12.5s CD]. Catching a dagger lvl 7 gives 84% CD reduction on the remaining time (not 100%). Which means even if the dagger would have felt ON HER, she needs around 1.5 to 2s to be able to use E again. But the dagger isn’t even on her, she needs to walk 120-130 units of terrain (so at least 0.4s assuming her current move speed and assuming 0 reaction time to the flash) to catch it. Meanwhile Ekko is barely at the right distance to shumpo (I’m unsure at 8:31 but at 8:32 he clearly is too far for a shumpo). So that’s 3 explicit reasons why there is absolutely no hope for kata to kill that Ekko at that moment and she knows it. So she accept the fact she got outplayed and dies here pressing S as respect. Respectfully. PS : Edit −> timers.

[@wiljagerhardt1219]

i just answered back because you said "she couldnt run to the dagger fast enough" because he had time, the only thing that could still make my point wrong is that he still wouldve have cd on E after picking up the dagger. And finally u wrote ''better than US''. I wont go into calculating if he had E or not, but for me it seems like after 0:3 he just gave up.@@Masterpouya

[@Smolder1]

I wanted to main ekko but too many ekko mains already, so now I'm a smolder main and waiting for riot to buff hem 😑😓💤💤

[@Shizuka136]

??

[@Smolder1]

@@Shizuka136 exactly

[@Masterpouya]

Buff smolder ?! You are on crack brother, the champion is insanely strong, if you find him weak, you need to train him more and better.

[@Smolder1]

@@Masterpouya I'm getting better and better but I still think traditional adc's late game deal waaaay! more and consistent damage than this champion

[@Masterpouya]

@@Smolder1 Your damage are directly linked to your stacking. If you don’t stack efficiently in lane by poking other champions in lane (W can be proc on supp+adc −> +2 stacks) your champion will feel weak. If you do poke efficiently (every single of your spells stacks like a veigar), at 225 stacks you are WAY WAY WAY more powerful than any other adc in the game. You basically have a mini-elder drake buff on all of your kit (the burn, the execute and everything). So no, smalder is just good in good hands and bad in bad hands. Learn from the best players, improve and become number one if that’s your goal. But he is anything but weak at the moment. Oh and in lane, start W, max Q and use W early to push the wave, poke your opponent and stack ALL at the same time. For the runes, play the comet setup, it’s way stronger (even if you go AD) than the PTA one. Peace.

[@amdanthony5255]

I saw him get owned, alot, he's not good hes just vsing bad players in these clips

[@AlienSliker]

welp ekko is just op rn. hes literally a fizz but wasnt nerfed unlike him

[@ptbro3334]

Fizz but require some brains

[@purpletheoriesone4013]

Am I the only one who dislikes Absolute Focus as an a literaly an a Rune for KDA Perfectionists? this rune doesnt really appeal much to my liking especialy since the Transcendence is better over all and the Celerity is good for so many characters providing more mobility while AF is just bonus stats if u are on high HP

[@MakZkovich]

You don't get to oneshotq at level 7 with dring darkseal 2 amp tomes without it, that's the whole point of going it

[@purpletheoriesone4013]

@@MakZkovich still i just dislike it as an a Perfectionist rune

[@MakZkovich]

@@purpletheoriesone4013 wtf are you even talking about "perfectionist rune"

[@purpletheoriesone4013]

@@MakZkovich u see the stats are lowered the less hp u have and the people who taking this rune on someone like Vel Koz Akshan etc are usualy the people who know they wont make bad trades at any point of the game and it`s kinda pointless cause Transcendence for example scales better and has more uses outside of trading

[@yoggalo1766]

ekko ult heals you and then deals damage. Absolute focus always boost ult damage

[@slickwilly691]

Galio isn't a hard counter to Ekko. You're better off playing Gragas.

[@reiryghts639]

meh, electrocute is still better

[@coconutplayer7763]

IM better B)

[@vgamedude12]

I wish everyone didnt use this ekko skin its so obnoxious

[@ahnadiri]

it's legit top 5 best skins in the game wdym

[@vgamedude12]

@@ahnadiri not for me. Hate the way he moves and walks. Hate the voicelines and the look. "YO GET OFF MY STAGE" so annoying

[@kogitha3134]

@@vgamedude12 keep hating it, True Damage Ekko is the top skin for ekko

[@mustafaerkan8235]

​@@kogitha3134keep loving it i hate this skin

[@Evoary]

The video did not show all the features and functions of Ekko. In the video, he was shown as a common player with a low elo. The common gold-plat Ekko mainer. I didn't see anything new, some opportunities were not shown, missed. The build is not the most effective. There are quite a lot of options for builds on Ekko, but you need to collect according to the situation. ... If this is really the best Ekko, then a maximum half skills are shown here.

[@tellimanh]

he's challenger, u are gold player

[@yeno2385]

The common gold-plat Ekko mainer vs Xiao Lao Ban, World’s Best Ekko gc

[@ThunderTK]

yeah bro go get a 70% winrate in korean grandmaster then maybe you can chat man

[@hachireloaded5717]

he's soloq legend, u are gold elo pig

[@jeff910828]

Do better kid💀💀💀

[@F4CT0R]

ngl this one wasnt as good you can tell by the level of detail and nothing really special about it either, liked your other s14 videos more this far!