Surprisingly, seeing Little Man Ekko and Powder face off in mock sparring as their adult selves prepare to fight to potential death was way more emotional than I could have predicted.Īnother thing I didn't expect was for Mother Medarda to show up and make Mel's life (and Jayce's, too) so complicated. There's a significant shift in the animation of Act 3 fight scenes to emulate the video game action. : You'd be surprised what you can pull off when your life depends on it.Heimerdinger: How were you able to accomplish so much so quickly?Įkko: You'd be surprised what you can pull off when your life depends on it.
Those are basically my two favorite characters kicking it together under that gorgeous tree. I love that he connects with Heimerdinger. : It's not enough to give people what they need to survive, you have to give them what they.It's not enough to give people what they need to survive, you have to give them what they need to live. Having Vi reunite with Ekko was great, but seeing the Firelight haven he'd helped create was even more inspirational.Įkko, all grown up, is a diligent and honorable leader with an eye to the future while firmly grounded in the lessons he learned from Vander and Vi. Backing up to examine Episode 7, "Boy Savior," I was feeling pretty clever, having predicted that Ekko was the Firelight Leader after Arcane Act 2.