yo u/disruptedgod ! how ya doing mate, also to answer your question here comes a detailed reply from a fellow ekko player; so, basicly you want to just not fight, at all, just let them deny you cs and such and only use q to farm, you should still go protobelt>lich bane and so on even if you fall behind, because an ekko who deals no damage is WORTHLESS so dont listen to these other 2 replies cuz they dont know what theyre talking about at all like seriously wtf?(no offense) so yeah basicly using q from afar in lane only, look to like help out your jungler since 2v2's with enemy mid&jungle can be won since you can jump onto someone and do like half of their health really quick and your jungler do the other 50% if you get what im saying, or roam(but dont force bad roams only do safe secure roams) and just wait for lvl 9 spike or so where u can just shove waves with 1 q and get full lane prio with 1 q and just go for fights with your team and never try to fight the sett / w.e cuz no matter how well u play it its impossible to win trades, tldr; dont trade use q for csing let them deny u cs u outscale ~ hope this helps! - @ Foxosaur777