Boards›Story, Art, & Sound

I feel like Riot missed the mark with Eve's new lore identity.

Dessem·9/28/2017, 12:04:05 PM·4 votes·389 views

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying it's a bad new lore identity. And I'm not just trying to find things to criticise, even though I feel her new gameplay mechanics also somewhat missed the mark from current Evelynn.

Evelynn as a seductress demon who guiles men in and then kill them is not bad. But to me, current Evelynn feels and plays like an assassin, lore-wise. You are the terror in the night. The killer who can show up anywhere, anytime, and just snuff out your life. That's why you pay her: because she's excellent at her job and can get at even the heaviest guarded marks.

Her gameplay reflected that as well. You W in once in range, then W again after the kill and book it out of there (or manoeuvre in again if the teamfight is going right).

But her current gameplay and lore is all about an evil seductress demon who beguiles you and then kills you dead. And I'll grow to love her again, I'm sure. Maybe this is just a kneejerk reaction to change speaking, but...

I'll miss our ruthless assassin who delighted in the pain of others.

5 Comments

Bunnymap9/28/2017, 2:09:50 PM1 votes

What I'm understanding from this is that you don't like the new Evelynn because she kills people faster than before in game.

Warwick Main9/28/2017, 8:26:36 PM1 votes

I made a post eerily similar to this not too long ago. She's supposed to be this succubus but she just feels like a generic (though fun to play) assassin in game. I don't feel like Riot utilized all the readily available tools they had to really incorporate her succubus theme in game. No doubt she will be fun to play, just kinda disappointed in her gameplay since I was expecting a Warwick level rework and it feels more like a Talon level rework.