so i play mostly for fun (play ranked only till gold v then i stop, cant deal with that) but i want to play evelynn as she was intended to be played like, full ad or full ap, as an assassin, and not "get botrk and go tank"
so, any tips? eve mid/top also welcome
BlackEyesBlue2 votesHey! Not sure if yur still interested, but came up with a pretty effective AP Eve build.
Buy 
and as much of 
as you can on first back. The sustain is important! Then finish Cinderhulk, which covers your def.
Once you have hulk and the gunblade, offence is your defence. As long as you hve something to attack you should out brawl all but the burstiest fighters ( IE sated Yi). Lich bane gives you a lot of punch and crystal septer gives you the perma slow you need for enguage and escape. You still have to be careful though. try to only fight w/ equal or superior numbers. Good luck, :P
BlackEyesBlue1 votesI've had good success with this.
Jungle : 
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Mid : Pretty much the same , but start 
, Hate spike is a great move in the early game, and as long as your last hitting, you can spam it near endlessly.
Cowgirl Ed1 votesI've had good success with this.
Jungle :
Mid : Pretty much the same , but start
So basically when you reach late game you have to go 1-2 defensive items anyway or you get blown up? What about Luden's Echo + Lich Bane?
BlackEyesBlue2 votesNothing wrong with AP, I just found I often do better with the AD build. Evelynn plays different from most assassins in that she has no heavy burst. Most of her abilities scale off of Both AD and AP... BUT she'll still need to land a few AA's to finish the job; Add in the fact that ravage activates on hit effects and grants turbo attack speed makes the life steal grant her a lot of trading power!
Still, she's kinda squishy for a melee anything... No mater how you build her you have to pick your engages carefully! A carless all-in will likely get you killed. ...In this regard, she's pretty much the most REALISTIC Assassin in the game! (IMO :P )
As for Dead man's and Ice born, It's not just Eve, I usually build at least one def item on every champ I play. ( on 
is gross!)
Lich Bane isn't the worst way to go, but I prefer Ice born for it's on hit effect. Eve's ONLY CC is her ult which has a huge CD. I've secured a lot of kills with the perma-slow this grants. Between it and Eve's W, VERY few champs can escape w/o flashing!
Evelynn is one of those champions that looks simple on paper, but actually requires a decent amount of practice to play properly. It took me a long time to get her right! If you want to go AP, Maybe consider and .