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Evelynn Guide

Agony's Embrace

Assassin

Mage

Tier C Jungle

Evelynn, Agony's Embrace, is an assassin and mage champion that is demanding to master. Across our 240 analysed ranked games, Evelynn is mostly played in the Jungle (100% of its games), with a 42.5% win rate in that role: tier C among Jungle champions (#43 of 48, ranked by win rate). Evelynn's damage is mostly magic (90%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 46.2% in short games (under 25 min, 80 games) versus 40.2% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Averages measured over 240 Jungle games played with Evelynn, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Evelynn is a shadow jungler-assassin: out of combat she is cloaked in Demon Shade, which heals her at low health and camouflages her from level 6. Hate Spike strikes then fires spikes, Allure charms her target, Whiplash moves her forward, and Last Caress makes her untargetable before teleporting her backward.

The assassination combo

W › AA AA › Q › E › R

When: A carry is within range.

Allure curses the target, your next attack or spell charms them and reduces their magic resistance; Hate Spike and Whiplash deal damage; Last Caress ravages the area then teleports you backward.

The approach

Q › E › W

When: An enemy is far away.

Hate Spike hits the first unit hit then fires a line of spikes at nearby enemies several times; Whiplash raises your movement speed.

The exit

R › E

When: You are in danger.

Last Caress makes you untargetable, damages in front of you and teleports you far backward.

Laning phase

Stay hidden: camouflage arrives at level 6. Allure curses the target: your next attack or spell charms them and reduces their magic resistance.

Common mistakes

• Getting seen before you charm.
• Using the ultimate with no plan: it teleports you backward.
• Neglecting Demon Shade: it heals you at low health.

Riot's official tips for playing Evelynn

• Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
• While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
• If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Void Staff (50 games, 48.0% win rate).

Rabadon's Deathcap+Lich Bane+Void Staff

50 games · 48.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Lich Bane+Shadowflame

46 games · 34.8%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Lich Bane+Banshee's Veil

30 games · 53.3%

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite42.5% · 240 games

Most-played runes

Electrocute + Sorcery

42.2% · 154 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Grisly Mementos72%

Relentless Hunter86%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Gathering Storm97%

Absolute Focus80%

Shards

Adaptive force100%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling79%

Electrocute + Precision

47.7% · 44 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Sixth Sense93%

Relentless Hunter73%

Secondary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Coup de Grace100%

Shards

Adaptive force100%

Adaptive force100%

Health68%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Evelynn's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team46.2% · 65 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Lich Bane 47.5% ▲

Rabadon's Deathcap 45.2%

Shadowflame 35.7%

Void Staff 47.4%

Banshee's Veil 60.0%

The item that stands out most is Lich Bane: 47.5% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team38.6% · 70 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Lich Bane 39.1% ▼

Rabadon's Deathcap 41.9%

Shadowflame 31.8%

Void Staff 31.2%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team42.9% · 105 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Lich Bane 43.9%

Rabadon's Deathcap 45.3%

Shadowflame 35.0%

Void Staff 57.1% ▲

Banshee's Veil 58.8%

Stormsurge 33.3%

The item that stands out most is Void Staff: 57.1% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Evelynn

• Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
• A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
• If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Evelynn's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveDemon Shade

When out of combat, Evelynn enters Demon Shade. Demon Shade heals Evelynn when she is low on health and grants Camouflage after level 6.

QHate Spike

Evelynn strikes out with her Lasher, dealing damage to the first unit hit. Then, Evelynn can shoot a line of spikes at nearby foes a few times.

WAllure

Evelynn curses her target, causing her next attack or spell after a delay to charm her target and reduce their magic resist.

EWhiplash

Evelynn whips her target with her Lasher, dealing damage. She then gains Move Speed for a short duration.

RLast Caress

Evelynn briefly goes untargetable and decimates the area in front of her before warping backwards a long distance.

Frequently asked questions

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