One thing (of many) that bugged me with Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the lack of care with some of the echoes. Too many do a similar thing but worse, making them redundant. I would have preferred fewer echoes with more interesting synergies. Water block breaks too many puzzles - hammer to a nail.

I tried this trick with Tornando where I would summon and quickly bind to it to cross gaps - however there's an input cooldown that prevents you from doing this consistently. So I just use Water block instead. Dull!