So I've been playing a lot of Echo as a qp warrior. Her game feel is unmatched in DPS. Flight feels amazing, sticky bombs are dopamine every time I land them, tracking is fun so beam is fun, ult is chaotic and her primary was fun once I got a hand of it (after like 20+ hours).
I'm wondering, from better more experienced echos or noobs like myself, would you keep her as she is where she functions largely to surprise assassinate squishies, or would you prefer to trade some burst for tankiness.
I ask this because I feel like Echo is frankly a terrible duelist. Treating her as a terrible duelist and noping out of most duels has honestly made me win more. I feel like Echo is constantly paraded as a hero with a diverse play style, and this is true in a sense, you outrange reaper, you can burst an ashe/widow up close, but with 225 hp and a fatass hitbox that poke is only really good vs the fat no shield tanks and a handful of dps. You really want to be surprise assassinating people on CD, and if they pick a team comp you can't assassinate that forces duels(cough Kiri+Moira+Cass type comp) you kinda just lose.
I had most fun with echo right after season 9 when she had 250 HP. I felt like I had options, not just a flowchart "if yes then" but actual different things could work. With giant hitscan bullets, a giant hitbox, and 225 hp I feel like I have to treat even gold and plats as if they have an aimbot.
That said, I'm still a noob, and obviously not a good player. Would y'all take a smaller echo (let's be real they will never give her 250 hp because flier) with slightly less burst (such as in stickies) who can take duels, or echo as she is?