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Quinn Build Guide by

Finding the Valor in Quinn

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Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

Starting

First recall

Core Items(Full damage)

For added tank

Armor Pen Build

Ability Order

Quinn Passive Ability

Introduction

Introduction

Quinn and Valor

Tag Team

Hi! My name is Mathesle, this is my first build(be gentle with me). Not much to say really apart from has to be my new favorite champion ever.

Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.

Pros/Cons

Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Amazing in lane harass
+ Extreamly OP passive
+ A blind and a slow/gap closer
+ A massive AoE like ability
+ Can turn into a flappin bird

excels at harassing a lot early game, while not reviving as much damage as other champions because of her blind.

Cons

- Very squishy
- E requires very good positioning
- Passive is quite flakey on who it targets
- The bird isnt permament :(

Very. Squishy.

Masteries

Runes

greater quintessence of armor penetration: This is to add some well needed armor pen to my build.
Greater Mark of Armor: Obviously so you don't take as much damage in lane.
greater glyph of crit chance: Since this build is largely around crits, this is wonderful.
Greater Seal of Health: More survivability.

Summoner Spells

: All round great spell, though I would swap it out with if I needed too.

: This is a must have. That extra true damage can mean the difference between winning and loosing an exchange. Also great for securing kills that try to run away.

: This is a possibility, I personally would only ever take this over flash if I was up against a team with heavy CC.

Ability Sequence

Ability Sequence Order

Tag Team > > >

The reason why I max my first is because in lane it is your main harass(discussed later).

Ability Explanation

Tag Team

Harrier: This. Passive. Is. Amazing. No joke. The amount of damage it deals is crazy. Especially since it can crit. Yes this means with Infinity Edge you get 250*(basic attack damage+ Harrier damage). The other team can see when you mark a minion or a champion with Harrier so be careful, it will mean that they know what you are going to be doing next(to a point) and can plan around it. The base damage that Harrier deals is 65 + 10 per champion level.
Blinding Assault (Q): This Q is amazing to say the least. It deals a LOT of damage and blinds the targets, not only that you hit with the bird at the end of the skill shot, but also multiple others in a AoE radius. At this current point in time, I'm not sure what the AoE radius is(Sadly). This is amazing for an adc to have a blind with as much utility as this, it can completely shut down people, win 1v1's, and even save lives.

The reason why I don't use this ability for my poke is this: Most of the time, the other team will be behind minion waves. While this deals more damage(at the early levels, before you have your build up) I personally found it hard to poke with. So I mainly have it for the utility of the blind(and burst damage when I need it)
Heightened Senses (W): Is this even aloud in the game? A massive reveal that shows monsters, minions and other champions in bushes and the fog of war. It has the same range as Hawkshot but instead of being in a line it is all around. Despite its massive cd of 50 seconds at level 1(which is what it stays at till late game) it can save your ***. Picture this: Mid has called MIA, you are attacking the turret on bot and you want to be able to fall back at the last possible second. So you position yourself so that the Heightened Senses will show the river and you hit it when you think they are there, more than likely it will show them or show them running into the are that you just revealed. You can fall back safely.

This ability also works wonders in lane as well, checking those lane bushes can save lives/take lives. Also great for checking dragon/baron/buffs before you enter/ward it.

Also a very understated ability of this is that when you detonate Harrier you gain 20/25/30/35/40% attack speed.
Vault (E): This ability is what makes Quinn really good as an adc. A jump attack that deals damage to them and throws you back. It then marks the target that you used Vault on with Harrier making for a very pokey combo.
Tag Team Tag Team (R):FBDHAKBFHFJDA THIS ULTIMATE. Ohmyholytits this is one of the most amazing ultimates out there. It turns you into a bird and changes your abilities. Q: Stays the same but instead is a melee range ability that blinds and damages everyone around you. W: The active stays the same but the passive changes into that you constantly have an increase of 40/50/60/70/80% attack speed. E: Stays the same but instead of getting thrown back you go to the target, the only gap closer on Quinn/Valor, it does not apply Harrier since that is removed when you turn into Valor. R: Turns into Skystrike. This is an amazing finisher and burst damage applier. It deals more damage the lower the enemy are.

Items

Item Sequence

For this I will only look at some weird choices on Quinn

This item was made for Quinn(or was Quinn made for it? O.o). Attack speed and crit, bot amazing stats for Quinn. But the best part about it in my opinion is the shock. It adds free damage to your basic attacks. When you are as in teamfights or just in lane this item will proc a hell of a lot, from the attack speed bonus off of . In teamfights this item is doubly good, it deals magic damage to almost the entire enemy team.

I think this is pretty self explanatory. As you might have been able to tell with the item build I am stacking crit. This is to get those massive crits off . Also attack speed is lovely.

What is there not to love about frozen mallet? 'But Math! Frozen Mallet is more of a bruiser item!'. Well yes it is, but it is amazing on someone like Quinn as well. As I've said before, you have no gap closer meaning that the slow works wonders for you(they cant get away huehuehuehue). Also, health, Quinn is super squishy and this item helps to fix that problem.

This item would replace or . The only time I would go last whisper, is if the other team is building armor to counter you, and you dont think you need the bonus health off of .

The only time I can see this being useful is if you're dying a lot in teamfights and you need that little bit extra survivability. Otherwise is still the best way to go.

Laning

The core of what you should be doing during laning phase is 1. Farming(obviously) 2. Harassing.

The way to harass with Quinn is to use your E to apply then detonate it. If you can try and squeeze in a Q , especially if you are going onto the enemy adc, this way you can blind them, shutting down any real damage they will deal. Knowing when to change into to pick up the kills mainly comes from experience. You need to pay attention to how much hp you're on, your surroundings, your mana and their hp. Do remember that you change into melee while as . When you do think it is time to go in for the kill combo, change into and use . This will place you on their front doorstep and within melee range. Start the AA on them, with the massive attack speed boost off of you will deal crazy damage. Follow up the with a . This is for 2 reasons, 1. It deals massive damage 2. It will blind them, and on the off chance that they think they can take you, it will stop majority of the damage they will deal(unless they are a caster obviously). Once they get within the kill range of do not be afraid to use it. It is there for a reason, it is an execute.

Teamfights

In teamfights, your job is to deal the most amount of damage possible within the smallest amount of time. Most of the time you will need to focus the enemy adc down first but in some cases your team might need you to focus down someone else. Whoever you are focusing first, you want to kill fast. So quite like the laning combo, you open with a into a while AA-ing the whole time. Next step is to use tag team to change into . Again, use onto your target and then use again. The attack speed increase from will mean that you will drop people as really fast, so change from person to person shredding them. Lastly, when to use sky strike. This is what you want to use to either end teamfights, get double/tripple/quadra/penta kills or deal that last little bit of damage to the retreating pesky adc to secure the kill. When using you want to make sure you are hitting as many people with it as you can, to maximize your damage output. When retreating from a failed teamfight, stay as since it gives you a massive speed boost, only change back to if you need to W into a E onto some neutral creeps or if you run out of time on .

Support Synergy and Counters

In this section I will go into detail about support syngery and counters. It will be small at the moment since I have a tiny sample size to go with but as I play more and more games I will add more and more to this.

LANING WITH

Synergies

As a general rule with and her synergies for supports, any support who has a disable that lets you get that detonation off should work well. e.g will work well whereas not so much.

: She is an amazing synergy with . This is because she has a lot of CC and a shield that is amazing when you go into poke with your . In addition to this her ultimate is amazing for making plays which can easily make you dominate your lane.

: Works surprisingly well with . But only if you have constant bush control, this is so the can get off her snare for you to lay into them without serious repercussions.

: He works really well with , but only if the can get his pulls off. When he has pulled them the disable lasts for quite a while letting you get your entire combos off and just lay into them. Not only does it stun them but it will drag them out of position so even after the stun wears off you can keep hitting them. Not to mention the knockback/slow that he has and that ultimate, amazing for shutting them down and giving you time to lay into them. Having good bush control will make it much easier for to land his pulls, but it is not needed as much as with .

: She works quite well with , and doesn't even need much bush control. You can both poke them down a lot, and the damage shield works wonders when you go in for that poke, absorb the damage that you will take from putting yourself out there. The slows are great because you can chain it into a slow off of and keep hitting for the kill.

: Lux. Is. Brilliant. She has a shield to absorb the damage for when you do your to mark them with . A root to make sure they are not going anywhere, a slow for when they are going somewhere and has a high amount of burst damage to help you get that kill(as long as they dont take the kill that is).

Neither here nor there as a support

: Her silence is a sort of shutdown, and when combined with your blind the other target cant do anything apart from run. Her heals are nice, but honestly a support with a root/stun would be much better.

: He isnt the best with . You would think he is because of the stun, but compared to a support like or who both have a damage shield and a stun/knockup/slow he is only a secondary choice. I would only go with a if I really had to.

LANING AGAINST

Easy to lane against

You can and will tear her to shreds.

Meh - (People that are at a moderate difficulty to play against)

: Her volley does suck, since you're very squishy early game it hurts. A lot. But apart from that she doesn't really have much else that will annoy you apart from her ultimate. is just annoying all round.

: Believe it or not, this way to play should completely dominate a usual adc . Should. You could just suck.

: Man, this guy is annoying, if he knows what he is doing that is. If the is good then you are going to have a hard time. But otherwise it should be a relatively easy lane to win.

Counters

: She massively out ranges you and can out harass you when you go in for the poke on your .

: This SoB is the bane of your existence. His blind will make sure that you miss that detonation on the and will mean that they will get damage off onto you without you dealing damage to them. Also when a lot of the supports that synergises well with require heavy bush control, those mushrooms can really screw you over.

Proof that it works

Summary

All in all, Quinn is a really fun champion, with that added bonus of having Valor as well for the ride. She is a lot of fun to play with a really high damage output, and relies heavily on positioning. Her skill set is like none other, it can do a lot of things other champions couldn't even dream of doing. Thanks for reading!

Thanks to Celestei for helping me with support synergies
Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.