Talk:Evelynn/@comment-5545048-20131121195900/@comment-4929329-20131125083240

SotEL only affects burn builds to begin with, and I'm not so sure but I might start all of my champs with the new Philo (I used to start almost all mana non-ADC/Jungler champions with Philo simply because the sustain is great) and it still generates money whether or whether not you last hit if you upgrade it. It also means that every time an enemy denies you CS with good plays, part of their reward is removed. Since the upgrade costs 150g more than Philo used to, it takes a little more gold to get, but you can start with ancient coin which means you might get some bonus gold to help make up for that. Additionally, the upgrade gives more stats than Philo used to, so it could well be worth your while. Then again, times have changed and I haven't exactly caught up to them yet, so I might try to find more time to get caught up though that would be difficult given my current situation.

There's plenty of counterplay options available when fighting Evelynn early in the game, or she just isn't threatening enough. Late game you have to work as a team to get her or you'll probably fail. Mid game is ambiguous but usually depends on what happened earlier in the game, and take caution because she can make comebacks in this segment of the game.