@RIOT Eve is still at a 42% winrate, do you even care?

Foxy Brown··2 votes·755 views
Champions - League of Legends

Since patch 4.20 there have been tons of threads about the state of Evelynn. Although the new jungle pushed Evelynn out of the game entirely it did spark a huge amount of discussion about her, which is great because she's needed to be examined for a really long time now. The problem is you let it get way past the point of "Eve doesn't feel good anymore," and to the point of "I can't even pick her."

I've seen a lot of great conversations about Eve and some really good ideas. Please don't waste this opportunity to give Eve the attention she's needed for ages. Anyone browsing the forums since patch 4.20 has seen alarming threads about Eve, so Riot, why are you absent from the discussion?

Some reading to get you caught up: (http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/pAqqMhjw-what-exactly-does-riot-want-evelynn-to-do)

(http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/ZwYL0KU2-i-feel-like-eve-stealth-just-has-to-go-or-at-least-be-heavily-restricted-for-her-own-sake)

(http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/VAUit3Lx-how-to-make-eve-balanceable)

(http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/ZeE1n5ks-a-possible-way-to-fix-evelynn)

5 Comments

AetherKingdom1 votes

they dont /thread

Knight Devout1 votes

They probably don't , evelynn has been a problematic champion since her passive rework and the pink becoming visible, she is a costant gold drain, it's like a negative cs counters for all lane. Assuming all she does is going around clearing wards and applying pressure to relieve their laners and make the enemy stop pushing, she's already winning trades by lowering the enemy cs of 3-4 for ward cleared.

Foxy Brown1 votes

I agree that her passive is a problem, and I linked several threads offering ideas on how it could be changed. I'm not saying we need to buff her current kit, I'm saying Riot needs to acknowledge the problems with her and get involved in the conversation about how to address them.

Rebonack1 votes

The most we've gotten about Eve are some vague promises about what may or may not being going on with her VU/GU that is an unknown amount of time in the future.

Also because I'm posting in here: Eve's current Innate needs to go rot in the ground with Determined Killer.

Foxy Brown1 votes

I'm inclined to agree that her core identity is that of an assassin and her current passive doesn't allow for that, because you can't balance an assassin with permastealth. But on the other hand, many Evelynn players focus less on her character (which is being rewritten anyways) and instead believe that she's defined by the map pressure from her passive. That's something I can get behind too, as I did love Evelynn in season 4.

This is why I'm calling for Riot to get involved. We need the developers to weigh in, because what I'm seeing right now is that some players want to emphasize her ability to kill things and other players want to emphasize her element of surprise. The people responsible for her need to help us talk through who this champion is and what she should accomplish in a game, and then use those conclusions to move her to a healthier place in terms of viability and counterplay.

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