I am trying to understand the Scope of the project she is going to be put through. Initially I thought it be similar to Twitches VU. But now people are making it out like with be on the level of Sion/Taric. Where does she fall?
I'd figured if she is in the twitch realm, she might be worked on coincide with Taric/Yorick. But obviously if that's not the case, then what level does she fall?
Elikain1 votesI don't remember Riot giving any info about Eve's update except telling us that she could use one. Mainly because it's ways off and probably not the worst offender. I personally think that Stealth System should be looked at first. Considering that stealth champions are a few and far between and that the ones we do have it all have some sort of a different mechanic that needs to be balanced per champion basis, it's very restrictive and won't probably find a way on new kits + add another level of complexity to the game of how to deal with another stealth champion, rather then how to deal with stealth.
Also about Eve, I used to main her but the changes to Magus and her getting nerfed constantly just turned me off. For what i have gathered, she is supposed to be an assassin or a fighter but her pattern of play doesn't give her kit a lot of burst in the kit (maybe nuke E and constant Q spam) and relies heavily on surprising the enemy to deal that damage.. Outside of the escapes and no flat damage R, she doesn't have much going for her. I haven't tried her out after the new season started (where Thunderlords and Runic Echos roam free) and i can't help but wonder if the early game winning prerequisite can help her or not. She can help and win the early game but if her team is losing, she can't do anything.
IMHO, she could use a new model (Riot did tell us this) and maybe freshening up her skills. A part of an future update (like Juggernaughts, Marksmen and future Mages - she isn't a part of the mage update) but honestly, i don't feel like her assassin-y pattern is healthy for the game or delivers her fantasy. The only thing i like about her kit is perma stealth. That's the only thing i find unique about her that should be kept. And a full new kit build around that passive.
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That's what i'd like to see anyway, this is just a discussion, Riot did not announce anything except that her model may be outdated.
LaoBushido1 votesWe did do some exploration into a possible Shaco direction a year or two ago. That was a gameplay only update that didn't hit the mark at the time however, so got put on hold (it was some opportunistic work to see what was possible in some free time, rather than a prioritized project). Evelynn we haven't looked into a major gameplay update for since her rework years ago. I do think we'll need to take a look at how stealth/stealth detection works again sometime in general though (possibly as part of an assassin class update at some point).
As far as VUs go I'd expect both to be pretty sizeable projects given the age of their current models/anims/VFX etc. Taric's our current priority, and Yorick's the likely full relaunch after that. After that it gets less certain. There's some argument for Shaco or Eve certainly, some other champs we'd really like to tackle too though (Urgot and Warwick for example).
There is a quote that riot won't do Vu only anymore but I'm having trouble finding it
