Quinn in the jungle

IDoAllMyOwnStuns·9/21/2015, 12:58:48 AM·36 votes·2,524 views

Why can't she work in the jungle? I have played around with this to relative success (5 win streak in normals currently). If Riot is going to rework her in any fashion, why not explore this instead of defaulting her as a bot lane adc. Kindred doesn't need to be the only ranged jungler.

Thoughts? Questions? Riot Input?

Has anyone else tried this?

38 Comments

Darksun Dragoon9/21/2015, 8:29:42 AM10 votes

Quinn is easily one of my favorite champions specifically because of her flexibility. Her kit does allow her to survive in the jungle, though sustain is definitely an issue early on. After she gets her ultimate she can turn into an excellent roaming assassin, and her dueling abilities allow her to counter jungle relatively well. I prefer to take Quinn top lane, since she counters most top laners stupidly well, but her jungling is definitely something most people won't have a clue how to react to. One of Quinn's biggest issues is that she -has- to make a big impact early game, or she never really manages to do much of anything, and without the right team comp to back her up it's incredibly difficult to get the snowball rolling.

This is one reason that her re-work concerns me, because I'm worried that Riot with simply try to force her back into the ADC role and kill her top/jungle ability. I absolutely love Quinn the way she is right now, and I'd hate to see her current playstyle wind up getting gutted.

pugsters39/21/2015, 9:57:42 AM7 votes

as a the most played quinn in na i feel its my duty to say if they rework quinn to be only adc ill be heartbroken. with that being said if they did i would be very happy as long as i see her being viable. because lets face it. shes not. she could be a top,mid,jungle,adc, ... cough not support... but as long as they make her viable idc. long live quinn and valor

SH Azykan9/21/2015, 3:20:07 AM7 votes

I actually like Quinn in the jungle. She works really well with her ult for ganks (too fast for them to react to you showing on normal wards) Q and E allow you to jungle without taking too much damage, and W active is great to make sure you aren't getting counter-ganked/invaded.

AS reds, armor yellows, AS or scaling mr blues, AS quints and 21/9 masteries. item 3723 or item 3933 depending on how early goes and your lanes.

item 3723 item 3153 item 3156 item 3742 item 3035 item 3006 -OR- item 3933 item 3153 item 3091 item 3742 item 3026 item 3006

Best builds ever <3

Sassmast3r9/21/2015, 11:59:58 PM4 votes

You know honestly, I hope if/when they rework her, that they make her a jungler. It makes sense thematically; she strikes from behind after blinding and vaulting off of you and finishes it off with a barrage of arrows. I can totally see her being an AD assassin jungler who swoops in from behind and annihilates, but maybe that's just me :P.

Trebbi9/21/2015, 1:26:51 AM2 votes

I hope you have some better luck than me, because everytime I suggest this I just get shot down.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/Eah83vJP-since-we-are-getting-kindred-why-not-show-some-pve-love-to-quinn

ninjaIRL 9/21/2015, 10:37:47 AM1 votes

One early invade from any other jungler with a gapcloser and you're dead. Also you don't really deal any damage.

They should rework her into a jungler. She would fit so well!

UPfreely9/21/2015, 12:12:25 PM1 votes

honestly they might have to give her some big base stat buffs if they wanted her to jungle. just looking at their new jungle adc, they gave her really high base armor(27) and built in sustain

WhiskerWow9/21/2015, 1:49:34 PM1 votes

I've tried her in the jungle many times and the clear was remarkably easy. The only problem I think there is to Quinn jungle is the lack of money to buy your damage items.

Ignis09/21/2015, 2:47:43 PM1 votes

As some who mained Quinn since she was free one week when I was lvl 7. Quinn jg is the most fun I have ever had with any role ever. She main not have any sustain but the blind is great for camp clears while taking minimal jg. If riot recreates her kit to make her even more viable in the jg it'd be so great. 10/10.

dragonboytsubasa9/21/2015, 5:07:24 PM1 votes

She CAN work in the jungle, other champs just do better because they have more early sustain. I build her like - item 3931 item 3078 item 3087 item 3072 item 3035 item 3158 so that Devourer actually has other on-hit effects to apply than its own. I just hope her upcoming changes allow her to still work in top/mid/jungle and not make her a dedicated marksman.

Rebonack9/21/2015, 5:11:04 PM1 votes

Putting her in the Jungle would probably be the most healthy option.

She doesn't work that great bottom, and if she were stronger she would be HORRIBLE to play against top.

Szunray9/21/2015, 8:27:00 PM1 votes

I've tried Quinn in the jungle before!

Currently Silver, so I can say it works against most people I've played.

I can say it works, but it just messes up your teamcomp, since most people want tankier junglers and tankier toplaners. But if you end up with a botlane mordekaiser I'd totally tell you to go for it.

I wouldn't complain if I had a jungle quinn on my team, honestly.

Only Play Darius9/21/2015, 8:51:38 PM1 votes

She isn't a meta jungler, but her AOE blind means it works better than you would expect. You're going to have to back more often than a purpose built jungler but since Quinn was designed as a roaming ADC her level 6 ganks are devastating.

The problem is that warrior sucks and she has minimal synergy with devourer enchant, and she doesn't have an ult late game so you really need to make sure the rest of your comp has late game insurance.

NazZomLord9/21/2015, 11:03:15 PM1 votes

Twitch Kindred and Quinn werent the first ADC in the jungle...And the jungle is still a great place to bring him.

Slothwell9/21/2015, 1:08:37 AM1 votes

I play it a lot, I feel like the blind is enough but I'd like a similar sustain mechanic that kindred has. If you've seen my post, I'd say that in her bird form maybe she could gain life steal against neutral monsters or minions.

seasonedfox9/22/2015, 4:17:10 AM1 votes

idk why i feel the need to explain but everyone can jungle...... if you are marksmen and wanting to jg your build will look funny but it will work item 3153 item 3006 item 3143 item 3933 item 3102 that is the best way to make adc a jger or you can go straight damage and die to the enemy jger people think oh Jinx MissFortune are horrible and wont let you even try them but if you do you can prove them wrong simply cause unlike Twitch Vayne they both have a lvl 2 slow to assist them in kiting the monster after the first camp your set

Randomonium9/21/2015, 1:21:27 AM1 votes

Definitely an interesting idea. Her hyper mobility would make her awesome for ganks (even though she lacks any hard CC.) I'll have to give this a try.

Poop Jelly9/21/2015, 3:30:59 AM1 votes

This is pretty interesting. I'd like to see variety of champs being used in different roles. I'm always up for some changes around the "settled" (it's never really settled) meta.

I tried it out in a custom, with leash it might've been better, but I think they might give her a longer blind duration, not big, on monsters. Her ganks should be decent; I can imagine post-6 ganks are like nocturne in a way.

gubigubi9/21/2015, 8:06:21 AM1 votes

I would vastly prefer her jungle/top than adc.

Lovelle9/21/2015, 9:06:11 AM1 votes

Quinn can work in the jungle. The issue is what does she bring to a team that another champion can't do better.

I'm not fond of %hp damage, but I feel that it could help Quinn out a lot if Harrier applied it, both in the jungle and mid-late game.