Hello Everyone

I've been playing Evelyn for the past couple of days now, and I am quite annoyed at how squishy she is.

I've seen a lot of Evelyn players focusing mainly on AP without giving any chance to any other items like HP.

The big question is, and I dont mean to sound like a newbie, but does Evelyn's survivability rely on being able to dish out high amounts of insane damage?

My item build for Eve are as follows:

1.) Mejai's
2.) Boots of Swiftness or Sorcerer's
3.) Zhonya's

I've read the Eve guides here in the forum but I dont think I found the answer that I was looking for.

Can anyone please give some insight?

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Eve doesn't have any survivability, and if you are playing Eve right you don't need any. Your job is to unstealth after team fights have started, stun then burst down their carry, and then procede to clean up any stragglers. The only survivability you have is the your ultimate. Once your get a kill you get a lot of health back, so your main way to stay alive is to make sure that enemies are dieing as quickly as possible.

Earlier in the game during the laning phase you should be ganking at level 3+, making sure you don't die and raking in the kills on anyone who is foolish enough to go past the halfway point in their lane with less then 100% health.

Her survivability is based on the FEAR factor of you on the other team, ie: OH S*** WHERE DID SHE COME FROM, BAIL!!!!! or jumping in after tank is focused and kill everything in 5 seconds.
If you look at her skills & stats she isnt meant to be focused.... and spike/ravage destroys people fast, shadow walk for escape/stun. and an ulti that speeds you up when activated.

Survivability comes down to how you play and smart use of shadow walk and its cd. After all, if all the enemy champions are dead who's gonna kill you,
are you the assassin-(AP) that targets lone people (kills quick and vanishes doesnt need any hp to survive),
the unlucky jack of all trades-(AP&HP) who somehow finds himself often in 3-1 odds(ganks gone wrong or other team moves in groups thus need some hp),
or the feeder-(HP) who has been ganked all game and just wants to stop dying(been ganked hardcore to stop potential late game, also people who use oracle).

Item wise i dont have a set build, it changes depending on who i'm playing and their style but usually i go one 300 or more HP+ item, banshee veil to stop stuns and then mass AP. that gives a good balance of survivability and dmg.
Hope this helps and sorry if this doesn't make much sense, have not slept in a while.

Eve needs to kill people, plain and simple. Taking defensive items means that you're delaying offensive ones, and thus are not killing people. Eve is paper, you have to give them papercuts...

Also, I'd suggest taking Sheen as a first item, before Mejai's. Upgrade it to a Lich Bane after you get Mejai's and boots.

Well yes her AP does help because the quicker she can kill something the quicker she can GTFO and restealth.