Evelynn

Shadow Walk changes what this champion is: out of combat Evelynn is camouflaged and regenerates mana, which means she crosses the map without ever showing up and arrives at a lane with a full bar. Her threat is not raw damage, it is that nobody knows where she is. An opponent standing slightly too far forward without true vision is already dead, they just do not know it yet.

The price is that she is extremely fragile and completely dependent on the state of the map. One well placed vision ward or an oracle's elixir erases half of her value, and without her information edge she is a melee jungler with no reliable lockdown. Hate Spike costs almost nothing and comes back nearly instantly, but you have to stay glued to the target to use it. She punishes mistakes, she does not win fights head on.

Hate Spike has a cooldown short enough to behave like a second attack, and it cuts through everything lined up behind the target, so camps and waves melt with no effort. Dark Frenzy cleanses slows and hands her a huge burst of movement speed, making her one of the best champions on this roster at arriving where nobody expects and leaving immediately after. Agony's Embrace slows a whole area and returns a shield scaled on how many champions it hit, so the deeper she dives the better she survives.

The weaknesses are severe. She has no stun and no root, so a target that does not get surprised simply walks away. Her base resistances are among the lowest in the game. And her entire game plan collapses the moment the enemy team starts buying true vision, which happens early in any serious game.

Your camouflage is worth more than your farm. Clear your first two camps cleanly, then spend your time in the enemy jungle and in river brush rather than on your own small camps. You do not need to be seen to create pressure: a lane that knows you are invisible somewhere plays backed off on its own.

For a gank, come from behind, never through the river. Open with Ravage to stick to the target, chain Hate Spike while you are in contact, and save Dark Frenzy for the exit rather than the approach, because it is what carries you out through tower range and away from the enemy jungler. If you go three minutes without appearing or farming, you have simply lost experience, so hit camps between attempts.

The first real spike is Agony's Embrace. Before it, your ganks only finish targets that were already low; after it, you slow the entire landing zone and leave with a shield, which turns questionable dives into acceptable ones. Chain lanes as soon as it is available.

The second is your first spell vamp item. Evelynn stays in contact for her whole sequence, so every point of spell vamp keeps her alive while the spikes tick. The third spike is not an item, it is a moment: the point where the enemy team stops buying true vision because they are behind. From then on you are not ganking anymore, you are executing.

You never enter first. Sit camouflaged on a flank while the two front lines commit, and look for the instant the enemy carry steps one pace too far. Your sequence is short: Ravage to stick, Agony's Embrace if several bodies are grouped, then continuous spikes until the target drops.

The trap is firing the ultimate for its area damage. Its real value is the slow that stops your target disengaging and the shield that keeps you alive through the answer. If the fight turns, Dark Frenzy takes you out of the zone ahead of the slower crowd control. And if the enemy plays grouped and warded, do not force anything: go take a side tower while they look for you.