Talk:Evelynn/@comment-74.128.167.10-20120514010056/@comment-4842500-20120514073400

You're saying "Tanky DPS" ...what exactly does that mean?

Like okay, we have to take into consideration what level Evelynn and her opponent is at, who your opponent is, and what build you're using.

Because if it's not level 18, then you have to ask what skills are at what level, you know what I mean?

Some people prefer to play Evelynn as an AP nuke (thanks to her 1.0 AP Ratio on Ravage), some people like to play her hybrid, and some people like to play her like Yi (i think it was Yi?) or some other champion that's all about AD/AS, making their build focused on her R.

Personally making a build around her R is a little silly. Putting aside the fact that it's her ultimate and you don't get it until level 6, it's a kind of a weak steroid (compared to alot of other champions that have AS steroids).

I honestly think it's best to build her focused mainly on AP. The reasoning for this is the idea that you want to nuke someone straight out of stealth, gutting them for a large portion of their health.

This will either kill them outright, or scare them enough that they don't want to stick around to retaliate and instead try to escape.

And honestly if you really think about it, that's what her build suggests.

Her W allows you to go around stealthed, right? This suggests that you stalk your prey waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

You come out of stealth striking first with E, abusing her 1.0 AP ratio combined with the high base magic damage. Immediately following this they are debuffed with AR/MR shred for 5 seconds.

So now they are slowed thanks to stealth, have a large chunk of their HP missing thanks to E, and their defenses are lowered. All of this in a split second.

So now all that's left is to take advantage of the remaining time of her R which is AS/MS boost, and spamming her Q.

And what's left is just sustained DPS basically, her stealth slow and her R allowing you stick to your opponent for a few brief seconds.

I've heard people call Evelynn squishy. Whether or not a tanky build is enough to keep her alive while you dish out damage, i cannot honestly tell you, but it feels a little unnatural to focus on something that isn't AP when you look at her build.

Not to mention, that depending on who you're going up against, they might have stuns and things like that, so you're not gonna sit around slapping them in the face all day.

For all you know, with other champion's stuns and their kits there's a high chance they'll turn the tide against you in an instant, or just plain out-DPS you.