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Quinn counterplay QOL tweak

dim2a·1/4/2017, 10:45:10 AM·1 votes·854 views

tl;dr: Increase early cooldown on her E 20/17/14/11/8, compensate elsewhere (lower Q cd and/or increase damage somewhere) to sharpen melee's top counterplay against her.

Reasoning: Other than shutting down melee top laners, Quinn is slightly on the weak side right now (in an OK-ish place, but weak side, she was good pre-Q-nerfs, but that let her bully top too hard), but can not be made stronger without some top lane matchups feeling even more unfair. The problem for many of melee top laners vs. quinn them is lack of counterplay/lack of window to potentially punish quinn, primarily due to her E disengage -- if they gapclose she gets to disengage with E, which will be up again when most gapclosers will be. Increasing her early E cooldown will extend the counterplay window, for when her E is not up she has to play much safer or risk dying, thus giving most melee top laners a way to fight back, or at least be a threat during longer window after E use.

6 Comments

Lovelle1/4/2017, 4:54:09 PM1 votes

Your perspective is too short-sighted.

Her E already has plenty of counterplay. It's not like she goes untargetable when she uses Vault. Aside from laning against immobile melees, it often gets her killed just as often as it saves her. Unlike most other dashes, you have to actually think before you use it.

What you're suggesting would completely change her gameplay wise. All increasing Vault's cooldown would do is nerf the things that she excels at. A lot of Marksmen give melees trouble at top lane. Increasing all of their escape cooldowns, simply because of one phase of the game, would be silly.

Quepha1/4/2017, 7:06:42 PM1 votes

That's not QoL, that's an actual balance change.