
[10.22] PH45's guide to Qiyana, Empress of the Elements!
By PH45 | Updated on October 28, 2020





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Choose Champion Build:
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Lane Qiyana
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Jungle Qiyana
Runes: Electrocute Page (Assassin)











+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:

Flash

Ignite
Items
Ability Order Max order

Royal Privilege
Qiyana Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies






Darius
Darius is quite hard matchup for Qiyana. Darius is a big lane bully, and his damage output and his E make him a scary foe to face. Your best bet is to farm with Q from range and wait for ganks since you'll likely get squashed 1v1 unless you are miles ahead of him. You can kite him quite will with your dashes, but most Darius's run Ghost to lessen the chance of getting kited.


Champion Build Guide

Hello, I'm PH45, and this is my guide to ![]() My real name is Patrik, but you can call me either way. I am a long time League of Legends player (started back in late Season 1). I'm a top lane main, and I mostly play bruisers in top lane. I reached Diamond 5 in Season 7, Diamond 3 53 LP in Season 8. Currently hovering around mid Diamond. My OP.GG for anyone interested I also got multiple other accounts but right now I mainly play on the account I listed above. Check out my Twitch, I've gotten more into streaming in the past months so come and check it out while I play live! |
Pros
+ Easy to pick up + Has a dash that goes over walls + Interesting mechanic based on elements and placement on the rift + Has crowd control + Has stealth, although not in as strong of a form like usually + Very powerful ultimate + Low mana costs ![]() |
Cons
- Hard to master - Relies on positioning for elements - No sustain or shields - ![]() - Lacks proper waveclear ![]() |
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Solid choice for any assassin. Gives you extra burst damage for trades and all-ins to make your targets pop faster. |
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I find both of these to be great choices, although ![]() ![]() |
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Simply offers extra damage when you stack it up. Overall feels like the most fitting rune out of the 3 choices from the row. |
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This rune often times can save you just in time due to it granting a small heal after you get a takedown. Really helpful in teamfights and in 1v2 scenarios. |
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Tenacity is your best friend against CC, and this grants you a good amount of it so you don't necessarily have to build ![]() ![]() |
The next page is aimed for the more bruiser oriented playstyle.
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This is a pretty standard pick from ![]() ![]() |
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Also if you are looking for a more sustained lane phase,

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Offers more sustain, which transitions to safer scaling and laning. |
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The instant healing this rune grants is really nice in trades and all-ins early, and the movement speed it grants for the healing duration helps you stick on targets better. |
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Upon attaining an Element, this ability is upgraded and the cooldown is reset.
Activating the ability while an element is selected, will result in

River: Roots for a short period, then slows the targets by 20% for 1 second.
Wall: Enemies below 50% maximum HP take 60% bonus damage.
Brush: The blade raises a grass trail behind for 3.5 seconds, granting

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Passively, if holding an element

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If she casts


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The windblast creates a shockwave across any river or brush it passes through, as well as around the borders of wall it reaches, dealing physical damage and stunning enemies for a short period.
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The Black cleaver Great item choice if you want to be a bit more beefy, while still getting damage done with the armor shred this item grants. Also the CDR is a nice addition as well as the ![]() |
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Spirit Visage Good magic resist item choice. You will heal a bit more when you have this item, which makes it a great pair if you run runes like ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Duskblade of Draktharr This item is a very popular choice among assassin champions. ![]() ![]() |
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Guardian Angel A saving grace item sometimes, since ![]() |
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Ninja tabi Good vs autoattack reliant machups. Also if the opposing ADC is fed. I pick these most of the time unless the enemy team has heavy CC in which case you should go ![]() |
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Mercury's treads, the option for CC Pretty self-explanitory, get this if the opposing team has a lot of CC as it can shut you down pretty well. |
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More to come soon.





You can also use your


You'll want to pickup elements based on your needs. Brush element will give you stealth and mobility, while wall element gives you extra damage to damaged targets, and river element grants you CC, so choose it based on the situation you are, or you think you will be in.
Look at the combos section for combos to do while trading in lane, you don't have to follow them, but most of them are pretty solid and give you nice damage output for lane phase.
Generally, you want to be always holding an Element since they don't time out until you actually use them.
Remember to weave in autos during trades and while laning since her passive



During mid-late game, your job is to hit good ultimates, since it's a powerful teamfighting tool. You can distract your enemies with the stealth path you leave with brush element


If you want to assassinate and sneak up on enemies, prepare the brush element, and if you are roaming/ganking, choose the river element to CC your enemies. The wall element is most of the time when you already are fighting since it will deal extra damage if they are below half HP.


- You can kind of do an insec by using your






- A good trading combo starts with preparing your









- You can surprise your enemies by casting









- This combo is for longer trades/all-ins. River element will help you to succeed in this combo since it'll give you more time to complete it. If you use the brush element instead, you can proc




- Only use the rock element when your enemies are actually below 50% HP, otherwise it's basically worthless to use, brush and river elements are far more usable in most cases.
- You can cancel your



- While returning to lane from base, grab the wall element with your

- You can dash over walls with your



- Hold your elements when you aren't required to use them, since they grant you bonus attack speed and on-hit damage thanks to your

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