Guide · Jungle

Evelynn Guide

Agony's Embrace

Assassin

Mage

Tier S 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 S among Jungle champions (#5 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).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Average KDA

8.9 / 5.2 / 6.9

ratio 3.1

Damage / min

764

CS / min

6.2

Gold / min

442

Kill participation

53%

Vision / min

0.91

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

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

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

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

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.

See all 3 Evelynn combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

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%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W44.4% · 27 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●		●		●		●		●
W				●										●	●
E		●						●		●		●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 44 games).

Starting items

Gustwalker Hatchling

Health Potion42.1% · 19 games

First completed items, in order

Lich Bane

Rabadon's Deathcap

19 games · 42.1%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3910 gold, 64 CS, 3782 XP. At 15 min: 6175 gold, 95 CS, 6427 XP.

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%

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%

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.

Riot's official tips.

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

Evelynn Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Evelynn	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3910	4023	−114
CS at 10 min	64	69	−5
XP at 10 min	3782	3898	−116
Gold at 15 min	6175	6322	−147
CS at 15 min	95	106	−10
XP at 15 min	6427	6602	−175

Measured over 44 Evelynn games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min46.2 %80 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min40.2 %127 games

long over 35 min42.4 %33 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.