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Qiyana Is Actually Really Well Balanced

Best Ekko NA·6/13/2019, 12:07:39 AM·10 votes·7,981 views

Tried her a few times on PBE and I'm impressed. I'm not a big fan of exactly how her kit was done (I wish her elements had a bigger change on her passive), but I felt really happy that she wasn't terribly weak nor was she actually too strong. Since Qiyana lacks many of the mechanics that made previous champions way too powerful (healing, shields, un-targetability, long range spells, point and click spells, etc), she honestly feels really satisfying to play.

QIyana does a lot of damage but unlike many champions, she can't just face tank and deal her damage since she has nothing to protect her without sacrificing her build. Not having the healing, shields, etc. really makes such a huge difference and I feel so happy that she doesn't have any defensive utility outside of her Bush element stealth. She's a champion that you actually need some skill to play, and she has a really high skill ceiling with all the mobility provided.

Nearly every champion, as far back as even Azir, I've felt like their kits just had way too much safety cushion. Champions like Jhin who have massive range ult, root, slow traps and speed boost... then Illaoi and Kayn with their massive healing.. Basically every recent (or semi-recent) champion has just had no risk involved with how they deal their damage, and this is the first time in so long that I finally don't have that feeling after trying the champion out.

I tip my hat off to you employees at Riot Games, great job.

16 Comments

Lemexis6/13/2019, 12:20:52 AM9 votes

Wait, something's not right, you're supposed to insult Riot's employees and say that the champ is either completely OP or complete trash ! Is it opposite day ? :o

On My Kill List6/13/2019, 12:29:48 AM6 votes

how is someone with multiple dashes not safe? she even has a ranged gnar ult to peel for herself in worst case scenario. she has situational stealth a situational snare. she's a mobile ad assassin. i don't know what world you live in but most immobile champs aren't going to be able to touch her unless she wants them to. and she has the exact same playstyle as akali which many people consider to be toxic. skirmishing assassins don't work unless they are broken on a fundamental level. so she's only going to be a nightmare to balance.

FOR JUSTICE6/13/2019, 12:42:43 AM1 votes

In all honesty if youre playing her its kind of difficult (by yourself) to gauge if she's broken though.

CrazyMonkeyCZ6/13/2019, 4:26:39 AM1 votes

Wish I could say the same about Morde...

Cunning Enigmah7/18/2019, 8:23:19 AM1 votes

I do have one issue with jungler qiyana though, casting W on bush and then Q while doing a camp clear (a good tactic I use to buy myself 2 seconds for her cooldowns before exiting the stealth box, can also be cast twice) can actually RESET the camp if you recast on bush and Q again, which can be frustrating and end up partially ruining your route, and if qiyana lags behind levels to enemy jungler, it's pretty prettttty hard to comeback unless you spend more time farming and hopefully ur team can stand their grounds till you catch up, not quite sure if it's a bug? or intentional, but yeah that's my 5 cent on this subject

preternatural7/20/2019, 2:39:47 AM1 votes

yeah qiyana is really well done lol, so well done that the boards were convinced she was weak. foolish boards.