Anyone else wondering why Qiyana isn't eating more nerfs?

WoonStruck·1/17/2020, 1:14:54 PM·3 votes·1,339 views

Her winrate in Masters+ is damn near 60%.

Normally this isn't that big of a deal due to low sample size, but she's also got the second largest pick rate mid at nearly 11%, right behind Yasuo, placing her at a pretty reliable 255 games.

On top of that she has the second highest ban rate at 30.5%.

Finally, she's a staple in pro play as well.

https://u.gg/lol/champions/qiyana/build/?rank=master_plus

Champions get nerfed harder than she is for MUCH less, even when it comes to the usually unreliable Masters+ category.

Yes, she's losing some attack speed next patch, but how much do you think that will really change on a bursty assassin?

Maybe Riot is afraid of cutting into skin sales.

[sg-lulu]

13 Comments

Voluug131/17/2020, 2:25:59 PM2 votes

The nerf is basically a -3 ad for a champion like her. As you mentioned, Tiamat is a niche item to build.

Anyways the reason why is obvious: LC$ assassin ''play maker'' cant be nerfed.

Jaspers1/17/2020, 2:46:32 PM2 votes

LPL Spring has started and she has 100% pick ban with 60% win.

Give it time and she will.

DGAGAAsharpAGD1/17/2020, 1:22:11 PM1 votes

Isn't she getting nerfs next patch?

XJ999999999999991/17/2020, 9:22:14 PM1 votes

she got nerfed in the way she did because currently in pro play (and perhaps high level play) she is being picked in the jungle role with the only reasoning being her ult.

The W nerf hurts her jungle clear a lot and makes it so if you pick Qiyana that you are a laner or do more than just ult bot.

Tr4shB4NSYST3M1/17/2020, 9:52:08 PM1 votes

The problem w/ quiyana is that she has such a big toolkit, Low cd invis, a root that can be autotargeted, mobility, nice burst and arguably one of the best teamfight ults in the game. and naturally high elo players that can get the most out of this toolkit will use it to great effect, its the same problem azir had.

Eedat1/17/2020, 2:36:07 PM1 votes

placing her at a pretty reliable 255 games.

255 isn't even close to a reliable size. That puts her at like +/- 20 matches

BrokenRayquaza1/17/2020, 1:33:03 PM1 votes

Qiyana is a weird champ because even though all her scalings are super low she still does dmg. I think they are waiting to try and see what they should nerf on her so she dosent become the next kalista.

I will say the attack speed nerf is decent though. It removes her wave deletion with tiamat and also will make it harder to weave autos into your combos. So just sit tight this might actually be hugh