Alright Rito - About Quinn
So three days ago the following changes for Quinn made it to PBE:
- Attack Range increased to 550 from 525.
- Movement speed lowered to 330 from 335
- Blinding Assault (Q) blind duration lowered to 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 from 1.5 at all ranks.
- Tag Team (R) significantly changed.
First Cast: Valor replaces Quinn on the battlefield as a mobile melee attacker. Valor can move through units and gains +80/100/120% Movement Speed, >>decreased gradually to +5/10/15% when in combat. Second Cast: Quinn returns, replacing Valor on the battlefield, and also resetting the cooldown on Heightened Senses. Now lasts until cancelled. Mana cost lowered to 80 from 100 Cooldown now 40/20/1 from 140/110/80
The next day, the changes to Q and R were reverted.
As a Quinn main, it was nice to see that she was at least getting some attention, but Riot really made some mistakes here:
- First off: Where were the bugfixes / AA animation cleanups? Quinn shouldn't have seen any actual changes without getting bugfixes and animation cleanups first. Her AA animations are easily some of the worst of any ADC, a point made much worse when compared to Lucian, who was released shortly after Quinn. Quinn players have been requesting a AA animation cleanup from her release, yet someone Riot doesn't get it.
- Secondly, Why increase her range? She doesn't need it, and it would feel like homogenizing her. Also, no doubt it will annoy top laners that a "ranged cancer" now has even more range. Why not fix some of the other annoying silly gates to her power, like her mana costs, and the fact that her ultimate's steroid is dependent on ranks in W? I have never had problems with Quinn's range, but the loss of movement speed really irks me, especially when part of Quinn's identity is her mobility.
- Lastly, why revert those Q and R changes? Those seemed to be exactly what people were asking for in Quinn. A more usable but still highly unique ultimate, and oppressiveness against melees in top lane. Even if they weren't meant to make it to PBE, you could at least leave them on there for a bit so that some Quinn players get to test it and see if they like it.
So Riot, please, revert the range and movespeed changes, but bring back those Q and R changes. While you are at it, fix her animations and remaining bugs, and make her attack speed as Valor steroid scale with ranks in R, not W.