Explanation on why the PBE Eve changes are bad for her
Eve is a DPS assassin. Other assassins do a better job at bursting squishies. Eve's niche is her ability to fight bruisers better than other assassins do. Her ultimate is a big part of that. Especially AD Eve works really well against bruisers.
The current PBE change slightly buffs AP Eve's ability to burst squishies - let's scroll up: Other assassins are better and that. Solely bursting squishies is not Eve's role. It tries to promote stacking AP while Eve can't afford to stack AP - because (let's scroll up again) she is a DPS and not a burst assassin. She has to stick in the fight thus she needs sustain or bulk. ** -> The changes don't fit her identity as a DPS assassin**
The more important part however is the impact on AD Eve. AD Eve is underrated (I'm currently at Plat II with 63% AD Eve winrate over 32 games). It has better duelling power than AP Eve and better objective control. A lot of this potential comes from her ultimate, since it allows her to nuke a good chunk of a bruiser's HP. With the current PBE change Eve loses MASSIVE amounts of damage against any target that has more than 1600HP and significantly worsen her ability to fight bruisers and tanks. Which is the one advantage she has over assassins.
Conclusion:
Either way the ultimate in its current PBE iteration must not go live at any cost. It worsens her performance in her niche, her identity and her damage compared to her current ultimate. Eve is NOT in a spot where she deserves a nerf like that.
