What I Would Like to see from the Evelynn Rework

Brutalitops01·7/28/2016, 11:55:20 PM·8 votes·901 views

Evelynn is a champion who has been attracting reworks since beta, and she's due for another one coming next year. I don't have a concept for the rework, but I do have what I would like to see her gain, what I would like to see her lose, and what I would like to see her retain. Retain Stealth I want to see her keep some mechanic of stealth in her kit. Maybe some heavily modified version of it that's easier to balance, but something to hide her from the enemy's sight. Her niche is her sneakiness, so she should certainly keep stealth in some form. E Her E is a very good ability that I would like to see mostly remain untouched when she transfers over. Camp Clear Evelynn is usually played as a jungler, so I would like to see her keep something by way of a fast clear or at least some sustain replacing the sustained damage in her kit.

Gain Burst Evelynn certainly needs more burst. Though labeled as an assassin, she's forced into a more fighter/juggernaut type of build because she just doesn't have the burst to get the job done. Gap Closer/Escape I want to see Evelynn get some type of hard dash ability. The movement speed from her W instead of a hard gap closer combined with the lack of burst is what forces her to become a pseudo-juggernaut. She certainly needs some hard gap closer to make her feel more assassin-like and give her some more flashy outplays. A New Ultimate Her ultimate is, honestly, useless on an assassin. It deals % current health damage in an area of effect, slows, and gives a shield. This is an ability that would certainly fit more on a tank or fighter than an assassin. Visual Update Just a bit of a thing not kit related, I would like to see Evelynn get new visuals or at least a tune-up. And please make her have a new outfit that isn't her nearly-naked one. PLEASE.

Lose Passive Stealth Her stealth passive is, honestly, pretty broken. It's the reason why she can't have everything she needs as an assassin. While I would like to see her keep the stealth, she certainly needs a new passive that can have balance that isn't "Make this assassin have no burst." Q Hate Spike is an ability that has been on her kit since the beginning, but it doesn't really fit on an assassin's kit. A low cooldown, low damage (sustained damage) ability again fits more on a fighter instead of an assassin. It might not need a full rework, maybe just a tune-up to give it more damage at the cost of a longer cooldown, but it needs something to make it into a burst ability instead of a sustained damage ability. I'm also thinking that the camp clear/sustain could come in here. Something like a small heal for hitting an enemy, similar to Kha'Zix's W. And yes, I do understand that Kha'Zix's Q is very low cooldown, but it also has a ton of damage to the point where it's his primary burst ability and it's reliant on a mechanic your opponents can easily play around. W Again, movement speed isn't very good on an assassin. I'm thinking maybe put the stealth on the W, and have it be something like Serqet from Smite's stealth ability, where she stealths and roots herself, but is visible within an area around her, and can reactivate it while stealthed to jump. R Again, her ultimate doesn't fit on an assassin and needs a rework pretty badly. I don't have any suggestions for something I would like to see replacing this, though.

I would try to come up with a full rework for Evelynn myself, but she and the entire faction of the Black Rose need lore reworks before any type of update for Evelynn can be made. She doesn't have a lore from which you can glean an expected kit. Her, and the Black Rose as a whole, have the lore of "Not much is known. All we know is that she's a member and Leblanc is the leader and it's stationed in Noxus." I would like to see something like the Mount Targon event, where all members of the Black Rose get a fully new lore all accessible from one page and the Black Rose as a whole gets a new general lore, maybe the release of a new Black Rose champion into the release of the Evelynn relaunch, similar to how Aurelion Sol was released and then the Taric relaunch not long after. I could maybe try to do the lore and stuff myself just for a bit of a challenge to tackle, but that all might be just a bit too much for a humble champion concept-creating fan. I think I'll leave all that up to Riot, and I have high hopes for the Evelynn rework. Thanks for reading, and feel free to tell me what you want to see from the Evelynn rework.

27 Comments

Oleandervine7/31/2016, 9:31:00 PM2 votes

I agree with this post hard core. I too want Evelynn to be more than a walking lingerie dominatrix, to be recreated with a wardrobe that expresses her use of seduction to make her kills without resorting to nudity to express it.

CrimsonCobra37/29/2016, 1:37:19 AM1 votes

I generally agree, excepting one thing: movement speed is good on assassins--that's why they all like to build Yomuu's Ghostblade.

Neamean7/29/2016, 6:54:03 AM1 votes

Of all the ap melee assassin we have in this game it make me skeptical of what they could do for her.

These are the melee ap assassins Fizz Ekko Diana Kassadin AkaliKatarina and maybe Elise Nidalee . Note I did not include Shaco because I think he need that Master Yi treatment where the merge the ap and ad playstyle.

There is only four who really jungle.

Fizz and Ekko has that %hp that the community tend to dislike.

Diana is more a diving fighter.

Kassadin and Katarina are mid laners. No real sustain of camp clear.

Akali is more of a Skirmisher in my opinion.

Elise and Nidalee have six abilities.

If she was being rework I'm guessing she would be more like Fizz, Ekko, and Diana. If this were to be true then I would say she should keep hate spike. All three of the champ I mention have some form of dps on top of their burst. Fizz have his W, Ekko has his passive although there is a lock out period and Diana has her passive. This dps help with clearing camp and provide them with something to do when their abilities are on cooldown.

As for her e I don't think it should stay. I think it should be replace or rework into an ability that give her the bursting power she needs. Also I don't she need a dashing ability. She should either have invisibility or dash not both. Khazix Rengar and Shaco but their is limited or very toxic when they can deal that instant kill(knifekitty).

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Also I personally don't think assassin should have escape. Their job is to go in and kill the priority target and die trying. Not if I can't kill you i'm outie. You go in you kill your target and your teammate win the game that is your jobs sick and tired of these safe assassin. Assassin are high risk, high reward, not LC$ big play and then some. The ideal assassin is the one that can say WURF when the die. They are not melee ADC who can't burst Yasuo Tryndamere MasterYi they are Ride and Die champions.

The Bearded Bard7/29/2016, 9:21:18 AM1 votes

I've got a couple ideas for stealth on Eve.

Back in the day, she used to have resets and healing on her ult when she killed something as a passive. I'd like to bring that back, but instead of resetting her spells, it instantly stealths her and gives her a bit of speed boost and some health back.

Or maybe a short instant burst stealth and speed on W with a really low cooldown, but a stacking mana cost like Kass's R. Could make it so it couldn't be used in combat because the purpose of it is to traverse the map without being seen.

I really like the stealth on kill idea.

d4rkshock7/30/2016, 7:48:13 AM1 votes

It's another poppy, yorick, and sion rework. They need to rework everything. Welp at least Riki from dota isn't in l. Permanent invisible and basically has crits when he scratches your back and you run and die since you didn't turn around to fight. Also has a smoke screen that adds miss chance. That would be sooooooo much worse in lol than dota since you can pop dust if the invisible activates and put down sentry wards everywhere since there's no limit. It's just your gold. Eve is not as bad as yorick but pretty bad. You can't clear unless you practice. She needs first blood a d need to capitalize on that lead. You have no burst. The kit is all kinds of not assassin like except the stealth. Hate spike is on a 2 second coodown and has an aimbot. The q is shit damage. also her she kit doesn't make sense thematically. I'd bet shyvana would be able to run in her jungle, clear it, and kill eve before she can react and have enough hp to 1v5 from getting g a 500 gold advantage and repeating and killing her 3 times in a row. and shyvana is pretty weak atm. Damn bloodrazor took my 1st champion from me. Rip. Eve will find her place in the spotlight someday but today isnt it even with the lessening of tanks. I don't see too many anymore. Eve is just a troll pick like singed that you may in regulars just to have fun and laugh at stupid shit.

DrugsForRobots7/30/2016, 7:23:59 PM1 votes

Personally, I think Eve's stealth would be far less frustrating if 1) we had more interesting warding options like a Sentry and Snitch, and 2) if she had some sort of audio cue whenever she's near (like within 1K range) - what I've been calling 'night whispers' but anything would be better than nothing.

In return, she could get some QoL buffs and extra utility, since her stealth would be 'weaker'.

I also think Eve would benefit immensely from an ulti that effectively stealthed her and her target from everything but each other (even from True Sight) making use of the Fog of War to give the impression of them being enveloped in darkness (kinda like what Noct ulti does). Then they could dance and duel in a 1v1 and she'd feel like an assassin without having the '100-0 burst in .5 seconds' that is the current problem with many assassins.

Bonus points if they call it 'The Embrace'.