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New splash should be Evelynn's Visual Update

mirAcIe··68 votes·5,511 views
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cqp4Kwkuyds/Vw6QJOvIo7I/AAAAAAAA500/Tkwtl57Ek_QxEetrHOvKa8_CK05ips1rQCLcB/s1600/Evelynn_Splash_0.jpg

Recently a Rioter stated that they are still planning to make a full update to Evelynn: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/mvHRM2Lm-evelynns-new-splash-art-is-absolutely-amazing?comment=0003 and this will lead to her splash being updated again along with her lore and maybe skills etc etc.

I think we all should take a look at how overwhelming the reaction to the new splash is. Let's face It, this new splash is awesome. It looks practically the same as old Evelynn you know and love hate, but at the same time it solves all the existing problems she has. She's attractive, she actually wears some clothing, spikes on her leggings look like something she can actually use now and this art shows a lot more character. She also has this cool neck-chest armor-like thingy. And overall she looks very new and shiny while still being 100% recognizable as the same Evelynn from the League of Legends beta.

Riot, you shouldn't be missing out on this opportunity and make this splash her Visual Update. When the time comes, just remake her ingame model so it fits the new splash art - and here's your VU right there. Don't make this great work go to waste!

TL;DR New splash fixes all Evelynn's problems and it should be her VU.

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cqp4Kwkuyds/Vw6QJOvIo7I/AAAAAAAA500/Tkwtl57Ek_QxEetrHOvKa8_CK05ips1rQCLcB/s1600/Evelynn_Splash_0.jpg

40 Comments

bloodmoth21 votes

Hey, came here to support this! thanks for the invite.

its just really hard to actually imagine them making anything better than this, and that isnt to say that they lack the capability, its just that this absolutely nails what the character is, was and should be all in one go!

Its sexy, its vicious, its sadistic, its elegant.. This is all from a concept that was basically mystique in bondage, this artist managed to take one of the laziest designed champs and produce something truly unique out of it! This splash alone makes me want to make evelynn one of my mains!

Heck, Im the kind of guy that finds sexualized female characters to be embarrassing, i generally cant stand the token ... slut (ie Ivy from soul calibur, though there was always voldo to balance it out) But i find myself drawn to this image!

Its... perfect! Its exactly what it should be, its context, style and everything is just spot on Yeah shes sexy, her body language conveys that, but its all a means to an end and you can see the intent on her face, where her mask has been removed and now she is relishing in the kill.

Her original splash seemed completely random from skin tone, hair style, fashion sense, streamers, studs, symbol on her head, color scheme etc, and till now i didnt really consider any of it worth preserving, but this seems to harmonize it all into some cohesive theme, and after seeing this picture i cant imagine evelynn without anything she has here, from her hate spikes, streamers, the symbol, her talons, the contextless blue skin, the wild hair style, all those random cues make perfect sense in this picture somehow.

And its not enough that this actually looks good now, its completely unique, she has her silhouette, you could recognize this evelynn from a shadowed line up of all of leagues other champs fairly quickly, main draws being the talons, the streamers, the hair and the thornlike spikes

Beautiful like a rose, sexy as hell and vicious as a cornered honey badger

Well done

Corriandr1 votes

Well said.

mirAcIe2 votes

Hey thanks for the support. I really like this splash art too. It's like a million things that have come together and made everything right. Hearing that they might scrap this work when they decide to update Evelynn, is very sad and I think it shouldn't be this way.

Abyssphere9 votes

Could not agree more. It feels strange to be so enthuiastic about this splash because I'd rather not be associated with one of those people who is weirdly obsessive with sexualisation as a concept but it is so hard to envision Evelynn being better than this. The second I found out there was a mysterious female assassin in League who ran around invisible to sneak up on people, I wanted to play her. Unfortunately her splash and model being hideous and not at all threatening completely ruined the fantasy and on top of that, her kit was pretty disappointing for it. Pretty crappy VO too.

Give her a completely new voiceover, remake her model to match her new splash and update her kit to push her more towards being an assassin and less towards being a weird tanky bruiser thing. Boom, Eve's perfect.

Duke Anax1 votes

Hey, there is nothing Wrong with Sexualisation per se.

Sure there are cases where it's not apropriate at all, for exampe any time armor is involved or if doesn't suit the character at all. And there are times when it's debatable, becasue it's not necessary.

But in this case a heavily sexualised image is actually exactly what is needed and a smuch of it as you can get into it.

Abyssphere6 votes

[{quoted}](name=Duke Anax,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=tdAoqop5,comment-id=00080000,timestamp=2016-04-14T19:35:11.566+0000)

Hey, there is nothing Wrong with Sexualisation per se.

Sure there are cases where it's not apropriate at all, for exampe any time armor is involved or if doesn't suit the character at all. And there are times when it's debatable, becasue it's not necessary.

But in this case a heavily sexualised image is actually exactly what is needed and a smuch of it as you can get into it.

Oh I don't think there's anything wrong with sexualisation, I'd just rather not come across as one of the "I like the Evelynn splash because I'm literally just a pervert" people, basically. You're absolutely correct that sexualisation is completely essential to this splash and the combination of sexual yet dangerous being pulled off so well is exactly why it's such a fantastic piece of work.

My post was kind of terribly written but I was trying to say what you were before I lost track of my point - I am not someone who will argue for everything to be sexualised because I think it should be done always, but it's put into amazing use here.

Support Evelynn3 votes

I AGREE

GhastlyGhoulMan1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Simon Blackquill,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=tdAoqop5,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-04-14T09:47:11.957+0000)

I AGREE

OBJECTION! jk, but had to say it because of your name. ;)

Support Evelynn1 votes

{quoted}

OBJECTION! jk, but had to say it because of your name. ;)

Don't you mean SILENCE?

;p

GhastlyGhoulMan1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Simon Blackquill,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=tdAoqop5,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2016-04-15T20:06:20.096+0000)

Don't you mean SILENCE?

;p

Nah, I can't steal YOUR line Mr. Samurai.

Zarvanis2 votes

Evelynn's original splash art looks like a blue goblin gimp who goes to the same hairdresser as Syndrome from The Incredibles. Just thought I'd share that.

Evewynn2 votes

Yeah it looks really great and would be a relatively easy touch up instead oh just totally scraping how she looks

Oleandervine2 votes

While I LOVE this new splash art, I must disagree about visually updating her into this look. I personally find the demon dominatrix look a bit tired and classless, and I feel there are much better ways of expressing her sexual nature without resorting to spiked lingerie. I believe she needs to be pushed into a direction with an outfit similar to Mystique's classic look from the X-Men. http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/15/Raven_Darkholme_(Earth-616)_from_All-New_X-Men_Vol_1_7_001.png/revision/latest?cb=20130611014838

I mean, there could be ways to make it a bit more seductive, like changing it to a bust top line instead of ending it at the neck, and naturally some flair to make it more dark and sinister, but I think it would pull Eve in line with the rest of the champions if her looks goes into a more serious direction.

bloodmoth2 votes

But thats not evelyn then, its mystique.

It may be somewhat classless, but thats kind of a defining feature of her and this splash takes what is tasteless and adds a heck of alot of taste into it.

Its not like the dominatrix theme is just slapped onto her either, its actually a really good representation of what the character is. she inflicts pain, shes sadistic and shes sexy, thats basically her in a nut shell.

Dont get me wrong, i usually roll my eyes at these characters, infact i nearly always have a negative response to this archetype as its usually contextless and really cheesy, but i think it just really works for this character.

If anyone needed to be toned down, id pick syndra. characterwise she doesnt have any reason for that revealing outfit.

Dreamspitter1 votes

{quoted}

While I LOVE this new splash art, I must disagree about visually updating her into this look. I personally find the demon dominatrix look a bit tired and classless, and I feel there are much better ways of expressing her sexual nature without resorting to spiked lingerie. I believe she needs to be pushed into a direction with an outfit similar to Mystique's classic look from the X-Men. http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/15/Raven_Darkholme_(Earth-616)_from_All-New_X-Men_Vol_1_7_001.png/revision/latest?cb=20130611014838

I mean, there could be ways to make it a bit more seductive, like changing it to a bust top line instead of ending it at the neck, and naturally some flair to make it more dark and sinister, but I think it would pull Eve in line with the rest of the champions if her looks goes into a more serious direction.

#See...this is the funny thing

It was about 2 years or so ago, there was a thread with eleventy million upvotes (ok, maybe more like 70ish?) talking about an Eve visual update and what people wanted in it. There was a disagreement about what Eve should be -and while some supported a succubus type eve the majority of Evelynn players thought that was better for Ahri -they all wanted whatever Eve was to be SAVAGE killer.

Thing is, there are still a lot people that don't even play her that liked her current look. I don't know if this update bridges the gap between the two groups or not.

Truly Prideful2 votes

I'd actually be sad to see this splash go. Her new splash art is probably one of the most well done in the game. Her clothes look much better now and her looks overall fit what she is meant to be.

Zarkkast1 votes

I'm sure it will be. Just like Shen's.

Just wait. :)

bloodmoth1 votes

So we need to call for a .... shen level update?

Evelynn > Shen

Zarkkast1 votes

More like a GP-level in terms of kit.

bloodmoth1 votes

Yeah but shen in terms of matching the model to the splash.

I actually find plenty to like in her kit as it currently is, but i think the ward dodging is the cheesiest part, i like how she can skirt the fight safely in team fights with her passive, but its rather obnoxious at early levels, wouldnt actually mind seeing it become a level 6 passive, that would remove it from early game but keep the less toxic gameplay for team fights, or just allow wards to see it.

W and e could me more interesting, but i strangely find E an interesting ability, might just be because i like items like nashors tooth and lich bane though...

Would be happy to see wards function the same as players as far as her stealth goes, then add true stealth on her W for a short burst of stealth to reposition, this would mean she needs to invest in her W for early ganks to skip wards, meaning that her other dps spells wouldbe weaker by default and allowing her to have some more early power

Mirage Night1 votes

Well have to see what they do. I suspect that it will be a hit or miss scenario when they tackle her next year, I really am hoping to keep a stealth mechanic tied to her passive. I have seen some interesting methods of doing so on the boards. In any case it will be a wait and see approach.

SpaghettiTime1 votes

I'm gonna miss that old Blue Ganon splash art

Credow1 votes

bump Evelynn

Corriandr1 votes

I agree. I don't think I've ever seen such unanimous positive feed back on a visual change/update as I am seeing here for Evelynn. I hope Riot keeps this splash art as her VU, and centers her game play and lore around this.

Duke Anax1 votes

Agree completely, the artist here took the basic idea of Evelynns outfit and flew with it.

LithiumWednesday1 votes

Alternatively, they go the Tristana route and change the splash again with the update. Still, this splash is such a huge improvement over the current one.

mirAcIe2 votes

I wish they wouldn't go Trist route and this is exactly why I created this thread. This new splash makes 'old' Eve look so good, that it proves that her look is good enough to stay. They just needed to do it right and with this splash they definitely did it right.

BubbstaPanda1 votes

Yep I agree.

Mirage Night1 votes

Totally agree.

Plasmi1 votes

I was planning on making this topic myself- glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. Riot, please note this topic.

Jakra1 votes

Agreed! Here, her proportions are all correct and she doesn't look so caricature. Not only that, it looks as though she has more to her character than some succubus that "nobody knows much about" (I always felt that was just laziness). Not only that, there are a few pieces there that don't match up with her model. So in all honesty, just replicate everything in this splash art, follow up with some new junk and you got yourselves a champion that's much more put together, Riot!

Jakra1 votes

Lore idea: Maybe give her hooves like Soraka and say she's Soraka's evil sister? Idk, just some reason you could give to show why she ain't human.

GhastlyGhoulMan1 votes

I know most of the time they change the art to match the model in updates, but I would honestly love it if this were the first time they changed the model to look like the art.

Rito pls.

Master Eraqus1 votes

It looks so good! :D

mirAcIe1 votes

##KeepNewEvelynnSplash

Bodkins Odds1 votes

I just came here to reiterate that this is a good idea.

GreenLore1 votes

Honestly,while I think the new splash looks great,I disagree with the idea of making it her VGU-design,at least not with some changes.

Because I feel like Eve still lacks a bit in terms of theme,I mean what is she?An evil blue stripper? So changing Eves design to fit more into a certain theme,like Succubus,would make sense to me.

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