Talk:Evelynn/@comment-24741259-20151211075945/@comment-27948271-20160310131752

I disagree with the opinion of building Evelynn tanky is good.

There is a very simple reason for that: If you need a tank, there are way better options.

Also you will “drag out” the combat due to your tankyness, you are not utilizing your stealth ability, making the whole concept of Evelynn kind of useless.

Also I don’t understand why she’d be good as a tank? Even if you build her offensive (assassin style) her damage is still low compared to other assassins. If you go tanky you’ll be useless.

It is obvious, that you’ll need at least some tanky items (1 – 3), as otherwise you’ll have a very hard time to get out alive after assassinating some1. It’s not like LeBlanc, Kha’Zix or Zed, who simply teleport out there. Personally vs. an all-round team, I’d recommend building 1 item with decent armor, 1 item with decent MR and 2 items that give you a bunch of life, e.g. Rylize, Liandry and Guardian Angel would be enough for defensive capabilities.

As for Iceborn Gaunlet: At first glance it seems to be an exceptionally good choice. And in certain situations it is. You benefit from the armor, the slow and the sheen proc. There is a big flaw though with this item: The stats it provides are already provided by some items which are core for Evelynn. You don’t need the slow from Iceborn, if you have Rylize. And Rylize is a much better type of slow for Eve as you won’t be able to constantly autoattack your opponent, but hitting with hate spikes is easy. The sheen proc is good of course, but it’s only 125% base physical damage. With LichBane you have a 75% total AP scaling which in the end is usually much more damage. The mana, cdr and armor are obviously good, but if you go Frozen heart, you have significantly more armor and the -15% attack speed debuff helps vs. carries and a lot of champions, that benefit from attack speed and those are your main targets.

So to cut is short, in case you don’t go for Liandry + Lichbane, Iceborn Gaunlet is a viable choice. But personally for me those are core items and since the double sheen proc and double slow do not synergize, Gaunlet is a waste of gold.