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Quinn vs Malphite I noticed something

Konidias·6/30/2015, 5:45:29 AM·2 votes·12,758 views

Okay, yeah I get there should be counters in the game, but fighting Malphite as Quinn is an uphill battle, if that hill were Mt Everest and you were carrying 4x your body weight while walking backwards.

You can't do anything to him. He just brings a bunch of health pots to lane and you are screwed. You can't push lane, you can't freeze lane, you can't get aggressive on him as his one ability shreds your health and he just outsustains.

So what am I supposed to do in this matchup, honestly? Quinn vs Malphite. I'm Quinn.

I can't even use my passive proc because I have to get within his Q range to use it. All I can do is max Q first and hope to just spam it at him from range while he totally controls the flow of the lane. I feel like this matchup is EXTREMELY easy for Malphite to the point where I'm not sure what sort of challenge there is at all. He just walks toward me without a care, tries to target his Q on me, then walks away. I can't do anything to him. Even if I passive AA, vault, AA and Q him, his ONE SINGLE TARGETED Q deals the same amount of damage to me, except he has like 5 health pots and I don't.

Why is he doing SO MUCH DAMAGE with his basic Q and NO ATTACK ITEMS AT ALL? If he's going to be the tankiest champ in the game, why give him such a powerful ability that requires zero skill? I'm sitting there dodging all over the place, dipping and moving, trying to find openings... he just runs right at me and presses a button. Wins every trade and I'm left thinking this game is stupidly imbalanced.

I get it, I play Quinn top so I get no right to complain, blah blah, except I do, and I am.

Tell me how is anyone supposed to beat him in lane without having your jungler babysit for you. It's ridiculous that I hit him 50 times and he throws 5 targeted Q's at me and I'm near dead and he's 100% HP and 50%+ mana left.

13 Comments

Matezoide6/30/2015, 7:29:12 AM6 votes

Thats what you get for playing Quinn top

This is exactly how most top laners feel when they have to face you as Quinn. You arent supposed to beat every lane, Malphite is a direct counter to you once he gets some armor, thats his job.

The reason he is doing damage to you is because you are a squishy with zero defensive items. Malp is supposed to have decent bases because he builds full tank.

Valor Bot6/30/2015, 6:11:47 AM2 votes

As a Quinn player, this matchup has proven to be incredibly difficult for me. Quinn has a small window of opportunity in the first few minutes of the game to zone Malphite from creeps since he won't be tanky enough to sustain the damage. But beyond that point, he becomes almost impossible to deal with due to his large health pool and overly-generous damage output.

It's probably best to just roam for kills at this stage of the game, since trying to kill a Malphite as Quinn on equal footing would probably be in vain.

SaltyKracka6/30/2015, 7:34:09 AM2 votes

Oh dear, a Quinn is having trouble with a tank top.

What a terrible, horrible situation. You have my very deepest sympathies.

3TWarrior6/30/2015, 7:59:01 AM2 votes

unfortunately malph versus Quinn should be an even match

Mecha MaIphite6/30/2015, 10:45:55 AM2 votes

It's called a counter. It's something conventional top laners have to deal with. I suppose it must be a new thing for you.

IGotScuttleCrabs6/30/2015, 11:54:35 PM2 votes

Rush a item 3071 ? •You aren't so squishy now •You shred his armor down •You can get in, hit him, and phage will help you back out before he can q •You can vault off his face 20% more

DrNova6/30/2015, 5:54:12 AM2 votes

Cant tell if troll or just not very bright..

Aljonau2/11/2016, 5:29:04 AM1 votes

play vlad - profit.