@Riot can someone comment on the "leaked" Evelynn rework?

WinTheWarOnPants·3/25/2017, 4:45:53 AM·17 votes·19,001 views

So for those who don't know, there was a "leak" that contained a number of skins, the current urgot rework, maokai rework, zac rework and most importantly the Evelynn rework. I have "leak" in quotes, because we obviously can't confirm any of it until it's released. With that being said according to these leaks Evelynn is now

"nearly naked, moving shadows for clothes, 2 tentacles on her back, and new stealth visual"

First "nearly naked"- I have no problem with this inherently because it makes thematic sense that clothes would get in the way of her bodies natural ability to stealth. I'm a little bit worried that it will be used instead as an out of character way to objectify her(dear god i'm not a feminist, I am in fact anti feminism so ffs don't comment saying "autistic screaming* WarOnPants is just a feminist trying to ruin video games again_ glorp_" just... don't...)

Second "Moving shadows for clothes"- i just really don't understand how this works... It might be cool, but shadow control was not Eves thing. Zed andNocturne already do this so i really don't think Eve needs to copy other champs themes when her "natural stealth and spikes" is plenty unique.

Third "2 tentacles on her back"= This could either be purely aesthetic or play into a new kit. If it's the former then i have no problem and could be really cool(was kinda hoping for a tail, but good enough i guess). If it's the latter then I'm very disappointed, since this tell me that riot is doing a way with her spike theme which(can't know until it's released) is just dumb change for the sake of change. There is so much thematic potential with spikes on an assassin like Eve that would be amazing. If "agonies embrace" was changed to where she "embraces" her target and grows spikes on her whole body that impales her target. There are so many options since "spikes" is such an underutilized power in comic and other media.

Forth "new stealth visual"- sounds pretty straight forward as being a purely aesthetic thing and i hope it is. For the love of god don't change her passive, and PLEASE! don't give her a damn mini game!

Hope i can get some clarification on this, but probably unlikely.

One last thing I would like to say is please(to any rioter reading this) don't remove Eve from the game. She is the only reason I have kept coming back and playing this game all this time. I've had so much fun with her and i love the little bit of character she present in her very small VO. VGU's have consistently removed characters from the game and replaced them with someone entirely different (see- Galio Poppy Sion for reference) I know that riot can keep a character if they want(god knows they have enough money) cause we have Shen(they left his VO intact and updated everything else) Tristana Lux voice update, and probably more that i'm not aware of. I have had a ton of fun with this game, even with the mess that started with the Juggernaut rework until now, but I can not play a league without Evelynn. I always felt really bad when a champ got reworked. Because, i not only felt bad for the people that lost the character they loved, but i knew that(most likely) one day it would be my turn to lose the champ i loved as well.

Edit: I completely forgot about tris somehow and wanted to make a few points points in praise of Tristana's rework. IMO her rework was the best that riot ever did for a number of reasons. Her kit- was almost competely untouched with the exception of her E. not all kits can remain i know, but I've played alot of the reworked champs old kits and Tris was the smoothest transition of all of them except maybe cass and that means allot. Her gameplay was updated and changed, but she still felt like "tristana the yordle gunner" when i played her post rework. Her visual design- This was a little bigger of a change, but was still a really good job over all. They only qualms i had was that she went from full armor to very little for no real reason. Her character/VO- This is the crowning achievement of the Tristana rework! her VO went from 47 seconds to 5 min 27 seconds of pure character enhancing voice lines. This was probably due in part to the voice actress, but she didn't lose a single bit of her character and was in fact fleshed out so well compared to her old VO.

Why this quality of character updating began and ended with tristana's rework i will never know, but i think everyone can agree that this is what we want. We don't want reworks to "remove" the original and "replace" them with a new champion that has nothing more in common with the champ we loved than they have same name. Some times a kit cannot be saved, but there is no reason that the character can't be. So riot please respect these characters and people who play them.

67 Comments

AirKingNeo3/25/2017, 5:17:20 AM4 votes

The leak isn't real so there's nothing to talk of. Legit the account who posted it deleted their own account: https://www.reddit.com/user/pajina

Aeszarck3/25/2017, 4:18:11 PM3 votes

Riot will not comfirm nor deny leaks until the content is released.

We saw this with the Elementalist Lux release. A guy leaked it well before it was released and Riot said nothing about it even though they saw his posts anout it. When Elementalist Lux was released, Rioters finally were able to express their dismay at at what the leaker did. They worked extensively on the Skin and wanted to be able to release it on their own terms with lots of hype, but the leaker ruined it for them.

Rayjay Redfang5/24/2017, 7:39:18 PM3 votes

I agree, I love Eve's voice and her lore. I hope they don't change either of them. They can add on to her lore, but I like what is there already, it is great lore.

Golden Tager X3/25/2017, 5:05:27 AM3 votes

Nearly naked, tentacles, oh boy, the lenny spam will be real.

Electrya5/5/2017, 1:21:54 AM2 votes

So this is what I've been reading from Riot. They will keep her play style, and remove her being a sort of 'bruiser' and more assassiny. They will definitely keep a stealth mechanic, spikes of some sort and that sexiness Evelynn is. Although, I doubt her ult will stay the same since they mentioned it was part of her kit that seemed like a 'bruiser'.

WyattB575/1/2017, 7:59:25 PM2 votes

First i would like to point out that a the leak is probably true alot of what was posted came true b evelynn is already objectified shes literaly a sexy sadistic succubus that runs around in spiked underwear and c i think the spike theme will stay true i mean ive seen tentacles turn into spike so many times in other games and anime i dont see why eves wont and lastly i think the shadows will look awsome if they do use the same style as sols tail

Dogly God4/2/2017, 11:06:58 PM1 votes

So, the new champ teaser does look like some kind of harpy (at least it has feathers), just a like the "leak" said, that is one point for it. If it keeps hitting the nail this will be interesting

I Roanoke I5/3/2017, 9:09:27 AM1 votes

I heard that the moving shadows for clothes would look Something like Aurelian sol's tail. They William covering her private parte more And in rest She will be naked

T H I N N5/19/2017, 3:34:03 PM1 votes

The question is.... will her skins be worth it... I got safecrackerEvelynn on my shop but idk if i shud buy it

youx100006/2/2017, 12:59:40 PM1 votes

{quoted}

So for those who don't know, there was a "leak" that contained a number of skins, the current urgot rework, maokai rework, zac rework and most importantly the Evelynn rework. I have "leak" in quotes, because we obviously can't confirm any of it until it's released. With that being said according to these leaks Evelynn is now

First "nearly naked"- I have no problem with this inherently because it makes thematic sense that clothes would get in the way of her bodies natural ability to stealth. I'm a little bit worried that it will be used instead as an out of character way to objectify her(dear god i'm not a feminist, I am in fact anti feminism so ffs don't comment saying "autistic screaming* WarOnPants is just a feminist trying to ruin video games again_ glorp_" just... don't...)

Second "Moving shadows for clothes"- i just really don't understand how this works... It might be cool, but shadow control was not Eves thing. Zed andNocturne already do this so i really don't think Eve needs to copy other champs themes when her "natural stealth and spikes" is plenty unique.

Third "2 tentacles on her back"= This could either be purely aesthetic or play into a new kit. If it's the former then i have no problem and could be really cool(was kinda hoping for a tail, but good enough i guess). If it's the latter then I'm very disappointed, since this tell me that riot is doing a way with her spike theme which(can't know until it's released) is just dumb change for the sake of change. There is so much thematic potential with spikes on an assassin like Eve that would be amazing. If "agonies embrace" was changed to where she "embraces" her target and grows spikes on her whole body that impales her target. There are so many options since "spikes" is such an underutilized power in comic and other media.

Forth "new stealth visual"- sounds pretty straight forward as being a purely aesthetic thing and i hope it is. For the love of god don't change her passive, and PLEASE! don't give her a damn mini game!

Hope i can get some clarification on this, but probably unlikely.

One last thing I would like to say is please(to any rioter reading this) don't remove Eve from the game. She is the only reason I have kept coming back and playing this game all this time. I've had so much fun with her and i love the little bit of character she present in her very small VO. VGU's have consistently removed characters from the game and replaced them with someone entirely different (see- Galio Poppy Sion for reference) I know that riot can keep a character if they want(god knows they have enough money) cause we have Shen(they left his VO intact and updated everything else) Tristana Lux voice update, and probably more that i'm not aware of. I have had a ton of fun with this game, even with the mess that started with the Juggernaut rework until now, but I can not play a league without Evelynn. I always felt really bad when a champ got reworked. Because, i not only felt bad for the people that lost the character they loved, but i knew that(most likely) one day it would be my turn to lose the champ i loved as well.

Edit: I completely forgot about tris somehow and wanted to make a few points points in praise of Tristana's rework. IMO her rework was the best that riot ever did for a number of reasons. Her kit- was almost competely untouched with the exception of her E. not all kits can remain i know, but I've played alot of the reworked champs old kits and Tris was the smoothest transition of all of them except maybe cass and that means allot. Her gameplay was updated and changed, but she still felt like "tristana the yordle gunner" when i played her post rework. Her visual design- This was a little bigger of a change, but was still a really good job over all. They only qualms i had was that she went from full armor to very little for no real reason. Her character/VO- This is the crowning achievement of the Tristana rework! her VO went from 47 seconds to 5 min 27 seconds of pure character enhancing voice lines. This was probably due in part to the voice actress, but she didn't lose a single bit of her character and was in fact fleshed out so well compared to her old VO.

Why this quality of character updating began and ended with tristana's rework i will never know, but i think everyone can agree that this is what we want. We don't want reworks to "remove" the original and "replace" them with a new champion that has nothing more in common with the champ we loved than they have same name. Some times a kit cannot be saved, but there is no reason that the character can't be. So riot please respect these characters and people who play them.

I'll quit from now If that is true XD

Ace1308x7/15/2017, 5:01:43 AM1 votes

Urgot 's rework Just came out, does that mean that Evelynn will be right after? or will they make a new champ first, and then release Evelynn 's rework?

Anhartamin3/25/2017, 10:28:38 AM1 votes

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lavaman13/25/2017, 12:50:33 PM1 votes

The moving shadows for clothes are just going to be part of her stealth visual, and it most likely will be camouflage. The tentacles are most likely going to be part of her abilities, most likely Mel's moves. Her stealth most likely won't be natural as it was, as it seems like she can bend the shadows. The nearly naked and Shadow clothes, are going to play the role in her being able to camouflage in the darkness. I am hoping this helped, and because I am no Riot employee I do not have any facts on anything, only guesses. As AirKingNeo said, the post might and probably is just either a bold prediction or just someone wanting to make a joke about the game or changes coming. Though I have to admit, pulsefire Caitlyn, new omega squads and start guardians sounds pretty cool. The only question I have is, WHY HASN'T ILLAOI GOTTEN HER SKIN YET. Jhin got his skin, and I think this, along with some other people, that Illaoi might be getting a pretty good skin as her second. It's been said she most likely is getting a legendary dunk master skin, like Darius, but with God Fist Lee Sin coming out, there is no telling when that is coming out.

PokladnicaZla3/25/2017, 2:29:48 PM1 votes

The new story in which the "Grey Lady" was first featured,it did not seem like she was naked and I don't really see why she needs to be naked.She was established as a hired assassin who shifts into and out of stealth to do her job.Why does she need to be naked in order to do it?

If she had a charm mechanic or if she seduced her targets first I would accept it,but right now it seems just forced in order to please horny teens on the forums . . .

Bârd3/25/2017, 8:54:21 PM1 votes

With the tentacles, I'd guess they are going to be like whips (who knows, they could be spiky whips).

With the new stealth, I'd guess that they are going to change her passive to something between Dota 2's Phantom Assassin and "The Wraith" from Dead by Daylight. "You can't be seen on the minimap unless you are within a certain distance of a champion, and your model is almost perfectly transparent, but you distort the air around you as you move".

6Sfool3/25/2017, 10:08:56 PM1 votes

What? Tentacles? No more tentacles, they creep me out almost as much as certain peoples' fascination with them.