New Eve has some -really- bad feels

Nibleheim·11/19/2017, 11:15:37 PM·2 votes·372 views

Look, I'm in the minority of one of the people who really likes the new Eve rework. I've been playing Eve since she had a stun out of invis way back in season 1(beta? Don't remember honestly) I will always main Eve and despite the many times you've tried ruining her, you might lower my attempts at her but never will delete my passion for the champion. ABSOLUTELY LOVE the artwork, though. Thank you SO much for making her hot. Tango Eve is my permalove now.

That said, I don't think it's power that's really causing the Eve hate. She's in a good place. I think it's the clunkyness and just some of the things that really ruin the game in moments for us Eve players. Here's some QOL issues that just really make life annoying for her.

W in the Jungle... I get it helps us charge up hp with our passive but can we make it like charge twice as fast on Monsters?

Her E is considered an auto attack, so Blinds, Jax E, Panth Passive, Etc can cancel out 50% of her damage making her feel even more helpless once her Q damage is done. This isn't a broad problem, but certain times this just makes her feel really unreliable. This is my biggest problem with her at the moment.

Her E will miss if someone walks into the bush the second you cast E and go on CD. Not sure if this is intended or not, but it's happened to me at least 15 times. Think it has to do with losing vision in the middle of the cast.

Her E will follow flash but not Ezreal's E? I don't care which you do, but make it consistent.

Being a lifelong jungler I really watch lanes and the map. Her new Q makes it really hard to juggle back and forth because you can't miss the initial hit. While I've gotten fairly good at click back click to, eventually I'm going to develop epilepsy doing this. I do like the spammy feeling of Q, but this takes it to a whole new level. If you want my 2 cents on QOL improvements here would be either take away the CD and double damage vs minions/monsters or add a "lock on" feature to Q if you hold down Q it keeps casting Q on CD and hits the same target if it is a Monster.

The delay after Q to E seems ridiculously long and unreliable. If I play zed I can execute his whole combo by pressing all 4 keys and dash away a lot easier than Eve can. Not to mention I have to hit Q 3 more times to do any real damage, assuming I hit my first Q.

In closing, this is not a complaint post but honestly just a plea to Riot to just take a look at a few of these issues. I think you've done nothing but amazing work and while I realize Eve isn't in your heart and you have the perception of the fan base as not caring, I feel like the rework has shown you really put your heart and soul into it - It's just being misconstrued due to some small clunky mechanics that haven't been ironed out yet. Also, most people don't have the hours in that I do with her yet so their understanding is less. I purposely waited nearly a month before posting anything because I wanted to have a grasp of what she needed, and I definitely feel I get it now.

Some other things other people have mentioned that I actually have no problem with:

Lane pushing ability - I think this is fine but having Q reset on minions/double damage vs minions(30% if you think) would fix. Stop to cast W - I get how strong it would be if you could walk and cast. W Length to charge - Don't change this, it would result in nerfs for other parts of her kit E Range - Same as above.

4 Comments

WolfChases11/20/2017, 12:13:20 AM1 votes

Yeah, I agree even tho I wouldn't like to see her any stronger because it could lead to further nerfs. I honestly think Eve is alongside Nocturne the most balanced champion in game. Your suggestion for her W against monsters is on point and that delay between Q and E is what makes her clunky and should be fixed. I have also noticed that E doesnt follow Ezraels blink but we all know Ez does what he pleases so I think it's intended.

What I didn't quite understand is "Stop to cast W - I know how strong it would be if you could walk and cast". As I recall Evelyn does not stop to cast W, it's instant. Or I am missing something?

Fertsa11/20/2017, 12:55:10 AM1 votes

My personal problem is one i have with every champion with a projectile skillshot but it's more prevalent on eve Hitting someone with a skillshot when standing right on top of them is extremely difficult That said, Eve's empowered E puts you right on top of them