Does Evelynn Go Gunblade?

Nope, gunblade compliments sustained dmg, aka long trades something that evelynn wants to avoid since she is an assassin AND lacks the tools for an prolonged trade. The active is good but the stats are not worth since almost all of your dmg is multi target, and lifesteal attributes scale best with single target to get the full of it.

No, go protobelt instead.

Yes, when ahead go Gunblade, when behind go Protobelt. Both accomplish the same goal(catching people) but don't do it the same way, gunblade does more damage, give you the nice heals but requires much more gold. So you go Protobelt if you can't afford to go Gunblade. In addition Protobelt should be taken if you need more Survivability(health) since it gives health instead of just Spellvamp.

Edit: Also gunblade gives more AP so if you can afford it, best to keep the snowball going. It's also suitable to go Lich Bane second instead of either Hextech item's.

If your trying to win a match, you shouldn't be picking Evelynn.

What she needs is both Q and E to have AD scaling back.

I won't ask her R to have AD scaling as it is OP as it is.

Hey ItsMaybelline!

In my honest opinion, going Hextech Gunblade may be seen as a niche item. If you have tons of AP already, this item will help you stay at full power throughout your jungle clears, where normally you'd have to wait out for your passive to get into a Health range suitable for at least an engage.

It's real value is two-fold:

First: Obviously it's active can help you close distance or secure the kill. Being that the active scales with a percentage of your total AP, you gain a lot of power through basic usage of the item.

Second: It, as an item active, does not count as an ability damaging attack for the purposes of getting Evelynn's Charm detonated. This mean, the item does have a high value for Evelynn if she is in need of the extra help in closing the gap (and saving Smite for an objective).

Simply put, it is a matter of decision, a means to an end. You should decide for yourself if you feel that your opponents should require that much effort to gain control over (thinking of speedy champs like , the active is not a projectile vs Windwall and helps you close distance and CC him).

The items you choose and how you use them is the expression of your skill. You use what you have to the best of your abilities.

What works best for you might not always work for others, so never let anyone tell you that an item is good or bad. Items are only useful for different things.

I have personally purchased Eye of the Watchers on her for additional health, bonus movement speed on passive activation, and the additional vision that helps me Charm distant foes in their jungle. This is just one of my back-up styles with her, and it isn't my most effective, but when I see the need to put pressure on roaming champions, this is my most effective form of skill expression against mobility roamers.

I hope you see that you can really do anything you want to some means and have it totally be effective (within reason of course).

Don't limit yourself. You can't grow and expand your universe if you limit yourself.

The AD scaling buffs got reverted. They are only keeping stealth changes live. Protobelt is in many ways better than Gunblade, but Gunblade has it's niche. Lich Bane for your second item after smite is generally what you want first. Try to make cdr as fast as you can, because most of your damage is coming through the ultimate and the charm proc.

Also Evelynn is currently underwhelming right now, even when ahead. She lacks any real clear which is why protobelt helps solve that bit, even though it has a mini-ult cooldown itself. It also offers a gap closer, which Evelynn needs to help get closer for the W mark.