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@Riot: Regarding the Quinn changes on PBE

stokastic·11/5/2014, 1:43:35 PM·3 votes·688 views

First of all, I was a Quinn main (ADC) for most of season 4 (over 200 games, 60% winrate, 5 pentas). Second, I do not have a PBE account and have not and will not get a chance to test these changes myself, the following is purely speculation and my own opinion.

I think increasing her attack range is going to make her even more toxic in top lane and even mid lane. Quinn already stomps most matchups, I think this change would be unhealthy for the game. Even with the movespeed nerf, I don't think she will have trouble keeping distance with her Vault, and she will likely have BoRK and her ult to get away most of the time. Trading movespeed for range is not what she needs. To fix Quinn, she needs a reliable auto attack, which isn't so easy to cancel. The animation should be at least 10% (probably more) faster, and it would be really nice if the sound didn't play before the projectile was launched. I believe this alone would make Quinn's ADC experience more in line with all the other ADCs, which I think is your goal with the proposed changes.

7 Comments

Lt Cuddles11/5/2014, 2:13:40 PM5 votes

She is a marksman first, and that is where they want her, in bot with a support that can aid her early game help snowball her, like a normal ADC.

Remlap122311/5/2014, 2:32:39 PM4 votes

They're trying to get her out of the top lane and as a viable bot lane ADC. I think that the slight movespeed nerf and attack range buff will do that. She fills a niche as an anti-carry, and I think in the hypercarry meta, that's a damn good thing.

Konidias11/5/2014, 7:35:51 PM2 votes

Yep this change is a huge buff for Quinn. Take it from another season 4 Quinn main with hundreds of games on her.

That extra range is gonna be so OP. The thing is, you can buy items to give you more move speed. You can't buy items to give you more range. Range is infinitely better compared to move speed.

Plus the build I typically go with gives me a lot of move speed and reduces move speed of my targets already... On top of all that, Valor is so freaking fast, you won't even notice 5 less movespeed.

But yeah, BotRK, the move speed increase when hitting her passive, ult, flash, mobi boots, boots of swiftness, zephyr, etc... all this stuff removes that tiny little move speed nerf.

I mean... I'm down for it if it means a Quinn buff that allows me to carry harder... But I don't see the logic behind this change in terms of balance.

Lt Cuddles11/5/2014, 3:34:22 PM1 votes

See, I don't mind breaking the meta, but with Quinn...putting her top is kinda unhealthy for a team comp, unless your jungler is a tank, in most cases they won't be, Quinn mid could be interesting though.