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Evelynn Builds in 5.5

Swampmajikk·3/23/2015, 10:45:05 AM·1 votes·1,158 views

I spectate a lot of diamond games and basically always zero in on games where eve is being played, since she is essentially my main (next to leblanc. what can i say i love QQ) I see pretty much all of them building her straight AP and it goes the same way. They do good early and then start feeding by mid game.. Is it not obvious that they blatantly gutted straight AP eve? Why do they still do it? If you're gonna play her at all, i've found that either hybrid (meaning an even split between AP/AD, mpen/armorpen) or half damage/half tank is pretty much the only way to get anywhere. The other thing i think most people don't bother with is her stealth. You basically have to use that to your advantage ALWAYS. The ONLY way eve is going to get anywhere now is with perfect positioning and timing. You basically have to be there at the worst possible time for the enemy. The other thing is a sheen item is always your best bet and I think at least a sheen itself should be rushed. Iceborn is good for tanky eve, trinitiy for damage. Lichbane is basically out since AP doesn't help much.

Ok so, I guess the point here is, do you guys have success with eve? How do you build her? More importantly, how do you PLAY her?

Lastly I also think they should give her back her scaling on Q. Gutting both the damage and missile speed on hatespike is what put her where she is. They should revert one of those.. I personally like eve not being freelo and taking effort to play, but at this point there is little to no payoff for playing her well. She's always a free kill by 15 mins no matter how well she does.

7 Comments

TheSlogs3/23/2015, 11:16:36 AM2 votes

I play Evelynn move speed AP as my main jungler. I haven't played her in ranked yet, but I am confident that it would go well. The core build is the item 3708 jungle item with item 3146 and item 3284. You then go for the new item 3285 with item 3100 and item 3089. I find success every time I play her like this as long as my laners don't feed hard.

Note: item 3285 is really good on Evelynn

mirAcIe3/23/2015, 10:57:37 AM1 votes

Full AP Eve is an examplary "high risk high reward" type of playstyle for soloq. You either hit hard or miss hard and people are learning atm because this build has been unpopular for the longest time. And you can't make it work consistently like the tank build, it's all about being at the right place at the right time and making the perfect decisions all the time. You can't do that all the time, but you can sit back and go only for the sure thing. There are obvious weaknesses of this build and of Evelynn as a champion in general, but if you like Eve, and how she's played, it's super fun.

Swampmajikk3/23/2015, 11:08:02 AM1 votes

well i guess my argument there is that if you're gonna go full damage, go with hybrid items. it'll give you more well rounded damage that is hard to counter because she has a pretty even amount of both since the E change. what im saying is full AP probably isn't the best way to build her full damage. the other thing that bothers me about the AP build and players is they neglect to use her auto-attacks. You have to. If she has to get that close anyway, why aren't you attacking? Essentially AP eves just want to poke with her Q and do a one shot burst with her E which is the definition of sub-optimal.

The line in her lore about being "expensive" is very true. She'll do best with the highest ticket items in the game. And then in her tip section it says "a balance of both may be ideal".

She's back to where she was right before the rework...which i still miss cuz she may have been very hard to play well but she was SOO much fun when you did manage to get fed.

Noctillio3/23/2015, 11:50:26 AM1 votes

I build AP and tank as Eve, that way I can chase and/or run in with more than one person there, hopefully taking them down and getting out safely. Building full AP isn't very reliable, as you'll be more prone to cc and have to rely on your teammates for help. She's a 'up in your face' champ, which is why it's good to build a bit tanky for her. Just my thoughts.

Swampmajikk3/23/2015, 12:07:24 PM1 votes

i still feel like she could use more AD or tankiness on that build. again i tend to gravitate towards hybrid builds on her. with that full AP build you need to be on your toes constantly cuz if you get caught out of position you're done, instagibbed. I think with the gunblade she still needs more tankiness to back up the spellvamp and lifesteal, which are great stats on her also. but if it works for you keep it up.