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Greetings, Guardians... this is Olympus Alliance! Guardians, Eva has been in Dominion for only three days, and after our first day of Global  Championship, there is something very important we want to make clear. Right now, we do not see Eva as a hero that you simply place into one fixed  offensive team and attack everything with. That is not where her real value is. Eva is an opportunity hero. You read the enemy team, identify the problem in  front of you, and then ask one simple question: can Eva give me an advantage here? Yesterday, the answer to that question was already yes several times. And that is remarkable for a hero that has existed for only three days. Of course, this can change. Relics are still coming. More skins can arrive.  The meta can move around her. Another hero could completely change how we use her. But today, with Eva as she exists right now, we can already exploit her offensive potential by  understanding what problem we need her to solve. These are five teams our testing  group wanted to highlight. The first is Satori, Cascade, Byrna, Lian and Eva. This is a beautiful example of what we mean by using Eva to solve a specific problem. Think about fighting Julius with Satori. Julius can make Satori's job much  more difficult by cleansing his marks. Instead of simply accepting that interaction,  we can bring Eva into the equation. Eva's Impossible Shot targets the  nearest enemy after her three-second aim, dealing its normal Physical Damage plus additional  Physical Damage based on twenty-five percent of that target's maximum Health. And against a big frontline target like Julius, that is exactly the  type of target we want Eva attacking. If Eva helps us remove Julius faster, suddenly  Satori has much more freedom to do what Satori is supposed to do. And the rest of this composition isn't random either. Cascade gives us disruption and another way to disturb the enemy structure. Byrna gives Eva  support around one of the things we continue to identify as her biggest weakness: survivability.  And Lian adds another layer of control while Satori remains our major win condition. Eva doesn't replace Satori here. She helps remove the obstacle  preventing Satori from doing his job. That distinction is extremely important. Our second team is Drayne, Dante, Byrna, Eva and Polaris. And this one attacks the battle from a completely different angle. Here we are combining the pressure from Dante and Drayne with Eva's ability to take  enormous chunks of Health away from the enemy. Dante and Drayne can help lower enemy stats, while  Eva keeps applying huge direct damage and reducing the Health available across the enemy formation. And that creates exactly the type of situation Drayne wants. Final Verdict becomes increasingly dangerous when the enemy is already weakened. So Eva isn't necessarily supposed to finish everything herself. She can help create the conditions for Drayne to finish the job. Byrna again gives us support around Eva's survivability, while Polaris adds another  control element to the composition. This is something we want  Guardians to understand about Eva. Sometimes her value isn't the  final number you see at the end. It's what her damage allows the  rest of your composition to do. The third team is Kendle,  Cleaver, Crow, Eva and Aidan. Now we're moving into a  completely different structure. Cleaver gives us a strong frontline while  also being able to disrupt enemy positioning. Kendle brings her magical damage and  her magical Critical Hit mechanics, including the potential for critical Pure Damage.  Crow gives us an extremely useful answer against magic-based threats, and Aidan provides  the sustain that this composition needs. Then we put Eva inside it. There isn't another Marksman beside her. And we are completely fine with that. Yes, Marksmen Unity benefits Eva and allied Marksmen. Yes, Focusing Scope can  make additional allied Marksmen extremely interesting because their direct damage can  feed additional damage into the Marked target. But that does not mean Eva  requires a Marksman team. That is a huge difference. If Cleaver gives Eva the protection she needs, if Aidan helps compensate for her limited  survivability, if Crow can shut down an important mage, and if Kendle gives us the damage profile  we need against that particular defense, why would we sacrifice all of those advantages simply  because we want another Marksman beside Eva? Hero Wars is about opportunities. The team that wins is more important than the team that looks perfect on paper. Our fourth composition is Eva, Iris, Julius, Aidan and Guus. Again, look at the structure rather than looking for another Marksman. Julius gives Eva frontline protection and shields. Aidan brings sustain. Guus adds another protective  component to the composition, and Iris gives us another extremely dangerous damage source. Eva can now sit behind that structure and do what she does best. Aim. Mark. Attack. And take enormous amounts of  Health away from priority targets. Remember that Focusing Scope attacks the farthest  enemy and Marks that target for nine seconds. At the same time, Impossible  Shot attacks the nearest enemy. That means Eva naturally creates pressure  at different ends of the enemy formation. And this becomes especially interesting against  compositions where the frontline is difficult to remove while another dangerous  hero is sitting safely at the back. Our fifth team is Crow,  Eva, Julius, Guus and Aidan. This is probably one of the clearest  demonstrations of our philosophy with Eva. Protect her and give her time. Julius protects. Guus protects. Aidan helps sustain the team. Crow gives us an answer against  dangerous magic compositions. And Eva becomes the weapon  sitting inside that shell. She doesn't need four heroes around  her that somehow activate every possible part of Marksmen Unity. She needs enough time to complete those three-second aims and enough  opportunities to continue attacking. Because we already know what  happens when Eva is allowed to work. Her damage is ridiculous. And there is another matchup where we have particularly liked what  we're seeing: Electra compositions. Normally, Electra can become extremely  frustrating because she can remain standing late in the battle while creating  enormous protection for the heroes around her. Eva gives us another way to attack that problem. If we can remove Electra earlier, we aren't simply killing one hero. We are removing the protection that was allowing the rest of that composition to function. Again, that is what we mean by opportunity. Don't ask only, "What is the best Eva team?" Ask, "What is stopping me from beating this defense, and can Eva remove it?" A difficult tank? Eva may be able to accelerate its removal with  Impossible Shot and that maximum-Health component. A dangerous backline target? Focusing Scope is already looking toward the farthest enemy. A composition that becomes vulnerable once its Health is reduced? Eva can create the opening for another hero to capitalize. An Electra composition relying heavily on her protection? Eva can potentially help remove the piece holding everything together. This is how we are using her offensively right now. And Guardians, we also have to talk about Marksmen. Of course Eva benefits from them. Marksmen Unity increases the damage  dealt by Eva and allied Marksmen, scaling with distance and potentially reaching up  to four hundred percent of the original damage. Focusing Scope also creates another reason to  experiment with Marksmen because direct damage dealt by allied Marksmen to other heroes can  feed additional damage into Eva's Marked target. Those interactions are real, and they're powerful. But we are not going to force a Marksman composition simply because Eva  has the word Marksman in her kit. At the moment, we actually believe that unless  the Marksman class receives more support, Eva herself may become one of the  Marksmen we use most frequently. And that is because she fits into  so many different structures. Put her behind Cleaver. Put her behind Julius. Support her with Byrna or Aidan  when survivability is the concern. Use Cascade when disruption  gives you the advantage. Use Crow when shutting down magic  is what the matchup requires. You may sacrifice a little theoretical Physical  Damage by not surrounding her with Marksmen. Who cares if the result is a victory? Hero Wars: Alliance is not about building the prettiest synergy screen. It's about reading the defense in front of you, recognizing the opportunity, and exploiting it. And after only three days, Eva is already giving us those opportunities. Yesterday was our first Global Championship day with her available, and even as  a brand-new hero, she was already useful to us. That is what has impressed us most. Not that Eva has one unbeatable team. Not that she belongs in every attack. But that we can look at completely different defenses and find completely  different reasons to bring her. Relics may change everything. New skins may change everything. The meta around Eva may look  completely different in the future. And that's why we're going to keep testing. But right now? Don't lock Eva inside one team. Read your opponent. Find the problem. And when Eva gives you the answer... Exploit that advantage. Because sometimes losing a little synergy on paper is exactly what  gives you the victory on the battlefield. Stay tuned. Stay sharp. And as always... Salute and friendship.