Visually speaking Riot missed the mark a bit on Evelynn

Darth Sidiouss·9/26/2017, 1:02:42 AM·4 votes·990 views

i have 997k in Evelynn so i will not hold back on my criticism. It gives me the oppression that the team did not consider what Evelynn players originally liked about her visually. Yes maybe you had veteran eve players behind the scenes giving they're own input on a visual direction but that is only a few out of the bunch, the players that did play her, played her often. The team should of sought out input from the community itself and then come to a decision it was more appropriate. The champion even still had some appearances in LCS not so long ago and is popular especially in the Korean sever. To sum it up i feel as though she was a different case from previous reworked champions.

By not doing this you miss a mark. You dont get the idea of what Evelynn needed to feel more reinforced. As for what i actually dont like visually is mostly the hair/face color scheme i strongly feel that her hair should of been left the magenta purple it was and the hair style too. What she needed was a Malzahar style of rework , a facelift , for her abilities to really look impactful and that the overall kit give off a seduction feel, like your playing a female vampire or something.

The other thing that REALLY bothers me is the tentacles. What was cool about Evelynn was that her outfit was what dragged along those split up individual capes (im not a fashion expert idk what exactly its called.) but they would flap away from the direction eve would run too. She could of had a more sophisticated outfit something that speaks more of a Belmont vampire from castlevania while still retaining the classic seductive look of Evelynn. More humanoid, sophisticated looking, not so beastly.

Because otherwise it doesn't hit the mark of the theme which is like a seductive female that lures prey in. When you watch the trailer do you feel like your being lured in? absolutely not her "goods" are wide and open to see already she doesn't look very humanoid. There is no "tease" or any lack of mystery, you already see her for WHAT she is, therefore there's no surprise no reason to feel enticed.

It leaves the theme feeling non convincing. Evelynn is a cerebral jungler you have to really plan out your actions, you have to be cunning and deceitful. These two traits should been more involved in the rework to reflect the play style more appropriately.

********EDIT: I adjusted the title, i feel like the mark was a "bit off" not entirely off.

9 Comments

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO9/26/2017, 1:52:52 AM4 votes

The amount of time you have spent playing a champion doesn't grant you any sort of visual insight, especially when you just go on a rant over subjective qualities

Navillus9/26/2017, 1:20:15 AM2 votes

i feel you my dude

Warwick Main9/26/2017, 3:23:27 AM2 votes

Hey OP, as a one trick main myself I understand how it can feel when your favorite champion is visually changed without your input. Especially when you're one of the few members of the league playerbase who actually play the champion. What you need to understand is that with massive gameplay and visual upgrades like Evelynn Riot's motivation is to attract more players to that champion. The more players who begin playing that champion, the higher chance for increased revenue through skins. For example, back in s4 when I first started playing league I only played two champs in the jungle LeeSin and Warwick . Since Lee was often taken back then, I'd usually fall back onto warwick. His visuals were very ugly and I never bought a skin for him in spite of how often I played him. After his update, Warwick's playerbase exploded, many players purchased skins for him myself included. Now I have no doubt there are OG Warwick mains out there who own every skin and enjoyed his old aesthetic (without that stupid tank on his back) but now more players are able to enjoy the champion.

As for

When you watch the trailer do you feel like your being lured in?

That booty had me sniffin after her like a dog who smells a bitch in heat.

Glaedr9/26/2017, 12:35:25 PM1 votes

Neither Eve design has anything to do with vampires at all so I don't know why you're even bothering to bring it up. We also don't even know what her abilities are yet so I'm just gonna assume that everything you're claiming she is and isn't is gonna get changed a good bit to better fit her design

ThunderSkelett9/26/2017, 4:42:09 PM1 votes

if you reall like eve embrace the rework it Looks awesome so far

Blade of Justic9/26/2017, 5:20:39 PM1 votes

I don't know where you're getting the idea of "Sophisticated" wear from considering that all I've ever seen her in is bondage gear, but Evelynn still seems to carry that "I may be bad, but I feel good" vibe about her.

She looks seductive, yet deadly and like she enjoys what she does.

So far, I don't see a problem with her.