Quinn Build Guide : Quinn - Jungle Hunter :: League of Legends Strategy Builds

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my guide for Quinn and Valor: Demacia's Wings.

For the longest time I mocked Quinn players, I never truly saw her (and probably still don't) as an ADC, to me she was always a Top laner who could be built anywhere on the spectrum of Bruiser-Fighter.

I started to gain more respect for Quinn when a friend of mine started playing her, he played mostly top lane with the occasional Mid or ADC, However I was surprised one time to see him lock in with smite.
I was surprised about how well Quinn worked in the jungle, Quinns slow clear speeds were made up for by her powerful ganks; Any over-extended lane was almost a sure kill, Quinns blind also made some difficulty for the opposing lanes if they tried to fight back.

After seeing this I decided to try it out for myself and in the first game with guidance from my friend I was able to pull off 10-1 and force the enemy team into an early surrender; Since then I adapted what I was told to build into one I found suitable for use in most conditions with some slight variations depending on compositions.

I hope this guide will inspire some players to try out some Quinn jungle or perhaps just pick-up Quinn.

Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Strong Gap closer for Ganking
+ Provides good CC with a skillshot blind
+ Excellent chases and escapes
+ Switchable melee and ranged fighter
+ A strong early-game duelist

Explanation

As listed above Quinn has many Strong points, I was debating counting as a gap closer due to her self knockback. In the end I listed it here as it is best used when coming up from behind as you do close in by 250 units (750 when using Tag Team)

If you meet any squishy enemy junglers in your jungle early-game or any which are Auto-attack based then you should have a good time dueling them early on. Will apply Giving some bonus damage and should temporarily prevent them from fighting back.

Cons

- Slow Clear speeds
- Can struggle when ganking opponents with more than 1 Gap-closer ()
- Her is bugged.

Explanation

So yeah, Quinns clear speed Isn't nice and if you're not careful a poorly executed may take cause Jungle creeps to stop being aggressive and start regenerating.
Does deal an area blind so make sure that the creeps at the camps are withing close proximity of each other to make sure you get that area damage on them.
I also stated that Quinns Is buggy, I've noticed that the jump on is not always applied and you may just end up standing next to who you targeted.
The opposite is true during Tag Team as you may find yourself being knocked back instead of appearing next to the target.

Masteries

21 OFFENSE

As you can see I have gone for some heavy damage with my masteries, the first point has gone into this gives us some extra damage at the expense of taking more ourselves, this mastery is slightly more rewarding if you go for the more tanky option but almost equally as strong for when you go damage.

We have 4 points in (It's free attack speed!) and a point in to help speed up the clears. and Gives us some extra AD and helps us sustain at the early levels.

The rest of our offensive masteries are all damage amplifiers. We have 3 points in both and . will increase our damage dealt to champions below 50% health by 5%, This carn turn your second cast of Tag team Into a deadly finisher, whereas will increase our bonus attack damage by 5%
with 3 points in we are able to get 6% Armor and magic penetration, this is useful to have before you build your or .
Our last mastery point of-course goes into for our 3% Increased damage

9 DEFENSE

Our remaining 9 points we put into the defensive tree, I chose the defense over the utility tree for the early survivability in the jungle.

Our first 2 points go into This gives us a total of 5% increased bonus Armor and Magic resist, it wont have much effect until we get our or but will help beef us up when we start to get slightly tanky.

Our next two points go into This is much like the reverse of It will mean that our jungle creeps won't be hitting us as hard as they could be and while it wont make our clears faster it will help us sustain at early levels.

We also have 3 points going into to give us 36 extra Health.
We also want to put a point into This will return damage to the jungle creeps to increase our clear speed.

Our final mastery point goes into which increase our maximum health by 3% Not much, but it's useful.

Runes

Before I start explaining I'd like to say that these runes are not necessarily the best runes to get but are the most suited for my own play style and the play style that this particular guide is focused on.

With Quinn I like to take 2x I build Quinn to be highly mobile and this 3% movement speed helps you get from camps to camps and from your jungle to lane.
The last Quint I use is I take this quint as I like to try for early skirmishes on my own or my opponents jungle, on top of this it provides sustain in the jungle at early levels, If early fights is something you're trying to avoid then I would recommend taking either another or a

There is no better seals than flat armor so grab 9 lots of This will allow us to take considerably more hits in the jungle.
We will also be taking 9x Even if your entire enemy team is composed of an entire AD team they WILL have some sort of magic damage and the difference in magic reduction that a bonus 12 magic resist gives is well worth the investment.

Because we took no form of Attack Damage in our quints we are going to get all of our bonus AD from 9x Now we should at least be able to kill something at the start

Rune

2x Greater Quintessence of Movement speed
1x Greater Quintessence of Life steal
9x Greater Seal of Armor
9x Greater Glyph of Magic resist
9x Greater Mark of Attack Damage

Effect

+4.5% Movement Speed
+2% Life Steal
+12.69 Armor
+11.98 Magic Resist
+8.55 Attack Damage

Summoner Spells

is a must have for almost any jungler, Secures buffs and speeds up your clears, I wouldn't take ANYTHING else in it's place.
I'm sure that those reading this already know how to use smite but but here's some tips on using it:

Don't smite at the start: Sure you are going to do a lot of damage at the start if you smite it, but remember that you have a leash for a reason, Your top lane should be dealing a fair bit of damage to the and that they will leave closer to the end. If you smite early you leave yourself open to your buffs being stolen.

Know your damage: Make sure you check and double check your smite damage, remember that smite will scale with your level starting at 390 and ending on 1000.
The scaling is very simple:

Champion Level

Level 1 - 4
Level 4 - 9
Level 9 - 14
Level 14 - 18

Damage Per Level
+20
+30
+40
+50

Altenatives

Ghost

Description

is an alternative to flash but I wouldn't really reccomend it, gets a free movement speed boost on her ult and with your and gap closer getting into the lane for a gank or chasing down enemies shouldn't be a problem.

Ignite

Description

is a really niche pick, I would really only recommend taking it if nobody else in your team has an ignite and your enemy team is running champions like or . Personally. I'd still always take

Don't take these. Please

Abilities And Ability Order

tag team

Passive

Harrier: If we were laning with I would ramble on for hours why is an extremely strong passive against squishy lane opponents, as we are jungling the aspect of how we use this passive is slightly different.

Will mark nearby targets, the priority is first whoever is currently attacking, If has not attacked anyone in 10 seconds (3 if you just activated the mark) then the lowest health opponent with champions taking priority over minions. This means that when we go to do our first buff the should get marked.
This is great for us, every 3 seconds we will be hitting an extra 30 damage.
can be used in conjunction with s other abilities and I'll cover those interactions there.

BIRD MODE

is disabled when you use tag team

Blinding Assault: Blinding Assault will be our damage dealer, Blinding assault is a skill-shot that collides with the first unit it encounters, upon hitting the target the shot will detonate and deal damage in an area, all enemies affected by the damage will also be blinded making any of their auto-attacks miss.

Blinding assault is Quinns strongest skill. It scales very well with leveling and Attack damage and can be used to temporarily shut down auto-attack reliant carries in a team fight. I like to use as a snipe when an opponent tries to make an escape on low health. Many people underestimate the damage that deals.

Because of the the damage scaling on our we will max it first with taking our first point at level 1, It will also help us with our early level clears.

Tips and Tricks

Blinding Assault is an area blind when you are taking camps try and get the creeps to be close to each other to get the most out of the skill
The blind status is a useful tool when taking buffs, you can reduce the amount of damage you take if you land your blind
Blinding Assault deals the damage in an area with the first unit it collided with, try and come from the side when ganking to stop champions hiding behind minions

BIRD MODE

During Tag Team Blinding Assault changes from a skill-shot AoE to an AoE around Valor. It will maintain the same blind-range and damage as if used the skill.

Heightened Senses: Has two parts: A passive and active, The passive effect on this ability grants Bonus attack speed upon basic attacking an enemy marked with

The active effect of this ability reveals an area with a 2100 radius around granting vision, The active on can be used to counter-jungle or check the clears on enemy camps from afar.

Is a great utility spell to have on . If you are intending to counter jungle you should get a point in this second, otherwise put the point into . should be maxed second to make the most of the bonus attack speed and movement speed.

Tips and Tricks

The reveal does not effect invisible units so beware of a wild Evelynn or a Teemo
Heightened Senses Makes for an excellent siege tool if maxed second, when attacking towers make sure to basic attack an enemy minion as soon as it is marked to get a short burst of attack speed
Be careful when using Heightened Senses to try and counter jungle enemies can see if you are nearby if they caught within the range of the active.

BIRD MODE

During Tag Team will grant bonus attack speed up to 80%

Vault: is our engage skill for when we gank, Vault will cause you to dive towards an enemy causing them to be disrupted and will apply a self-knockback to .
In addition to this, will also apply an additional instance of to the target. (Replaces if you target someone who is already marked)

We want to put our second point into It will improve our clear speed by applying an extra mark and giving us some bonus damage (and attack speed when we take )

Tips and Tricks

When you vault to someone make sure you let a basic attack go off, the knock-back will put you within basic attack range of your opponent.
Beware the Yasuo he can use his Last Breath when you Vault
Vault allows for some good over the wall escapes, make your enemies think they've cornered you and then Vault to safety

BIRD MODE

During Tag Team will still jump to the target and apply the disrupt but won't return to s basic attack range.

Tag Team Tag Team: Tag team will replace with Valor. On the rift Valor will have his own set of skills which are modified versions of the one gets.
Tag team has two casts the first switches with Valor and the second casts to deal damage in an area and returns to the battlefield.

We want to take a point in Tag team/ as soon as it's possible so levels 6/11/16

Tips and Tricks

Bird-Mode forces you into melee, it is best used as an assassination technique, Using your tag team Vault to a low health champion then mash Blinding Assault and Skystrike to make sure that squishy is gibbed.
Tag team grants 80% bonus attack speed this is slightly more than you get from consuming Harrier marks.
I've witnessed a few bugs during tag team sometimes Vault will apply a knock-back when it shouldn't so beware.

Items

When it comes down to items there is only one start we really want, and thats 5x and a this gives us the early damage and sustain we need for our early jungling.

My core items for are as follows:

What we want to build first is our this gives 30 AD, A slow, true damage over time and most importantly health/mana regeneration whilst killing jungle creeps.

Our next item is our this will give us some great mobility whilst going camp-to-camp and coming to lane for a surprise gank. The also synergizes very well with tag team significantly increasing our chase potential.

Our third item is a . With the current meta in our top lanes we are going to need the health percentage damage that the blade offers with your slows and gap closes combine with the power of the blade you should have no problem chipping away at those health stackers.

From here what we build now depends on our success

If we are doing well then what we want is our , this is a great damage item which not only gives us critical strike chance it also makes those critical hits do 250% damage.
If we are ahead this will be pushing us even further.

If we aren't doing so well we probably want our Quinn is not only good at chasing but also escaping, the active effect of Randuins helps get us away if needed and gives us a bank of armor and health so we have some survivability

The last item I build is a rather topical one, is in my build mostly because it's my favorite item. BUT, it stacks extremely well on Quinn, by providing armor penetration, attack damage and critical strike chance with an active that increases our attack speed and movement speed it becomes an all-round good item on

The rest of the items are very situational depending on the enemy teams compilation. I'll list some of the items I build and when I'd use them.

Item

Replaces

Situation

Eventually the passive that gives you becomes near redundant. A will give you useful bonus stats at the cost of the slow.

If you got first blood you may want to get It will only help you get more kills easier.

I expect most people aren't comfortable with the armor pen in my build, swap our for and I won't judge you

Sometimes when you dive in during Tag team You don't last long enough for the assassinate, will give you that second wind

If you're getting caught out by the enemy team's crowd control then build Then sell them later for a

combined with and creats some mean damagme, you wont even be needing the armor pen from

Gameplay

Getting Buffs

In jungle we want to be starting at blue, this will give us mana regeneration and Cooldown reduction to help clear our other camps.

I typically go for this order for ganking top:
Blue >>> Wolves >>> Red >>> Wraiths >>> Wight >>> Top

I typically go for this order for ganking mid:
Blue >>> Wolves >>> Red >>> Golems >>> Wraiths >>> Mid

I typically go for this order for ganking bot:
Blue >>> Wolves >>> Red >>> Wraiths >>> Golems >>> Bot

Early Ganks

With Quinn you want to gank as soon as you can, Look for lanes that have over extended, head to that lane and use to engage The slow from the red buff should guarantee a kill for whoever you decide gets it. As soon as you are done waste not time and go back to clearing camps.
Try to get either a second gank on that lane or make your way to Top or Mid whilst clearing camps and before your red buff runs out.

Your first recall

When's the best time to recall? If your ganks have gone well then try and save up 1700g before you recall to straight out get your and a few s.
If you've given the kills you may not be able to save enough gold, To buy the components will cost 1120 Gold. Make sure you ALWAYS have enough money to grab a few potions and/or a ward

Second Buff

Who gets the second buff is always a controversial topic and you need to keep a few things in mind.

Do you have your Spirit of the Elder Lizard?
If you have this then there is very little need for you to get blue, the new passive allows you to gain a lot of mana back from basic attacking creeps
Will mid benefit from it?
Check your mid laners progress, Are they katarina? If so you'd benefit more than she would with the buff.
Maybe your mid is constantly dying. You don't want the enemy to have the buff.
Can you get theirs?
I'm no master invader and typically stay away from it, but Quinn makes taking buffs very easy with Smite and Heightened Senses

Laning has finished, what now?

Quinn is immensely mobile, grab wards and place them in the enemy jungle and just split push. You have the mobility to return to other lanes if the enemy team goes aggressive you can return to mid in no time at all.

Teamfights?

Your role in teamfights is to take out the Squishy carries when they get low. Activate Tag team and either fly in or use onto the low health target, hit your Q to help prevent the enemies getting some hits on you and then activate .
Remember that Is a powerful execute that will deal MORE damage to LOWER health opponents.

Summary

Overall we've learned that s jungling capabilities are certainly a able option.
She can get an easy early lead and out-trade most enemy junglers who wander into your jungle, she starts as an early damage dealer and can become a monstrous late-game split pusher or assassin.

I'd like to put a few thanks out there to some people.

First off to Frozen XS who showed me the wonders of Quinn Jungle, and although how I ended up playing jungle completely different It's something that wouldn't have occurred without him.

I'd also like to put a thanks out to jhoijhoi (Who probably wont ever read this) For producing such a great guide to writing guides. Any budding guide writers should really go check it out.

Please leave comments and criticisms so that I can not only help improve others play but also help improve my own.

FAQ

I'm not imaginative enough to come up with questions that people might ask. If you have any queries or questions then comment and I will respond, If I think the question is good then I'll tag it onto this section.

Change Log

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Quinn - Jungle Hunter

Quinn - Jungle Hunter

Spells:

Smite

Flash

Recommended Items

Items

Ability Order

Harrier (PASSIVE)

Blinding Assault (Q)

Heightened Senses (W)

Vault (E)

Behind Enemy Lines (R)

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Masteries

Runes

Summoner Spells

Abilities And Ability Order

Passive

Items

Gameplay

Getting Buffs

Early Ganks

Your first recall

Second Buff

Laning has finished, what now?

Teamfights?

Summary

FAQ

Change Log

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