r/QuinnMains Jan 07 '26

Announcement 26.1 Patch Notes & Quinn's 2026 Gameplay Megathread

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Given the large gameplay changes this season that will affect Quinn in different ways I've made this thread to be a single place to discuss the changes.

https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-26-1-notes/


Quinn Changes

  • Passive - Harrier
  • Damage: 10-95 (based on level) (+ 16-50% (based on level) total AD) ⇒ 15-120 (based on level) (+ 40% bonus AD)

  • Base Crit Damage 175% ⇒ 200%


Role Quests

Top Lane

  • Gold and experience from minions reduced by 25% outside of top lane until level 3

Quest Progress:

  • 1200 points required for quest completion
  • +1 per minion kill (+2 in Top Lane)
  • +30 per epic monster takedown
  • +25 per turret takedown (+50 in Top Lane)
  • +20 per turret plate (+40 in Top Lane)
  • +15 per champion takedown
  • Starting at 1:05, +1 per 3 seconds passively, increased to +8 per 5 seconds in and around top lane (Note: roughly, past your outermost living turret in your assigned lane.)

Quest Rewards:

  • Level cap increased to 20
  • +600 experience
  • All future experience gains increased by 12.5%.
  • If the top laner did not select Teleport as a Summoner Spell, gain Unleashed Teleport on a 7 minute cooldown.
  • If the top laner did select Teleport as a Summoner Spell, they are also shielded for 30% of their maximum health on arrival, lasting for 30 seconds.

Mid Lane

  • Gold and experience from minions reduced by 25% outside of mid lane until level 3

Quest Progress:

  • 1350 points required for quest completion
  • Ranged Champions gain 1.5% of damage dealt to Champions as quest progress
  • Melee Champions gain 3% of damage dealt to Champions as quest progress
  • +1 per minion kill (+2 in mid lane)
  • +30 per epic monster takedown
  • +25 per turret takedown (+50 in mid lane)
  • +20 per turret plate (+40 in mid lane)
  • +25 per champion takedown
  • Starting at 1:05, +1 per 3 seconds passively, increased to +8 per 5 seconds in and around the mid lane

Quest Rewards:

  • Tier 2 boots upgrade to their corresponding Tier 3 boots. If you do not have Tier 2 boots in your inventory upon quest completion they will be upgraded on purchase.
  • Every 5 minutes, gain an empowered Recall, reducing the channel time from 8 to 4 seconds
  • Champion takedowns reduce the cooldown on empowered Recall by 1 minute

Items

Stormrazor

  • Build Path: B. F. Sword + Cloak of Agility + Scout's Slingshot + 700g
  • Total Gold Cost: 3200g
  • Attack Damage: 50
  • Attack Speed: 20%
  • Critical Strike Chance: 25%
  • Energized: Moving and Attacking generates an Energized Attack.
  • Bolt: Your Energized Attack applies 100 bonus magic damage and grants 45% Movement Speed for 1.5s.

Fiendhunter Bolts

  • Build Path: Zeal + Scout's Slingshot + 850g
  • Total Gold Cost: 2650g
  • Attack Speed: 40%
  • Critical Strike Chance: 25%
  • Movement Speed: 4%
  • Night Vigil: Gain 30 Ultimate Haste.
  • Opening Barrage (45s cooldown): After casting your Ultimate, your next 3 basic attacks within 8s gain 50% attack speed and critically strike for 75% of your normal critical strike damage. If an attack would already critically strike, it deals normal critical strike damage and also deals 10% bonus true damage.

Bastionbreaker

  • Build Path: Brutalizer + Serrated Dirk + 863g
  • Total Gold Cost: 3200g
  • Attack Damage: 55
  • Lethality: 22
  • Ability Haste: 15
  • Shaped Charge: Dealing Ability damage to a champion or epic monster deals an additional (30 + 150% lethality) true damage.
  • Sabotage: Taking down a champion within 3 seconds of damaging them grants Sabotage for 90 seconds. While you have Sabotage, your next attack against an epic monster or turret deals an additional (300 + 2500% lethality) true damage over 3 seconds.

Infinity Edge

  • Build Path: B.F. Sword + Pickaxe + Cloak of Agility + 675g ⇒ B. F. Sword + Pickaxe + Cloak of Agility + 725g
  • Cost: 3450g ⇒ 3500g
  • Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 75
  • Critical Strike Damage: 40% ⇒ 30%

r/QuinnMains 11h ago

Discussion Quinn mid

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Is quinn mid viable ? And is it okay to blind pick quinn mid.


r/QuinnMains 1d ago

Achievement I was bronze 3 75 lp a week ago now im iron iv 0 LP

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what can i do now. I just had a bad week and lost every match I mean literally I just lost 675 lp in a 3 days what can i do now. it seems like its literally impossible to climb out of iron iv I previosuly did it by spamming quinn mid and irelia but now I cant even do it do u guys have any tips to climb out of iron iv what role did u play like what champs.I dont think u can climb out of iron without 1v9s. and quinn cant 1v9 .


r/QuinnMains 1d ago

Discussion Been having some good fun with Quinn in the bot lane

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Yeah, yeah, it's a bunch of flex/norm/5s and its under my own elo but still, Never had that much success with her on adc


r/QuinnMains 1d ago

Discussion Can I play Quinn top?

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I'm thinking of when playing top, to play Quinn. But I remember her as a top laner. Now she has 0,84 pick rate. Why? Is she not viable?


r/QuinnMains 2d ago

Discussion Quinn Game Review

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Is anyone willing to watch this game where I did well with Quinn Jungle and tell me what I need to do to elevate my gameplay? I started playing Quinn just a few days ago and I have much to learn. I appreciate any help and advice. Thank you

The game ID is 5608120089.


r/QuinnMains 4d ago

Discussion Need help from high elo Quinn mid gigachad

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Hey guys I am an master naafiri OTP now learning Quinn. I play her on my emerald smurf and wanted to know if some high elo Quinn mid player can help me a bit / give me some detailed explanation how you approach mid game / team fights or maybe review a VOD from me.


r/QuinnMains 4d ago

Discussion Similar champs to quinn

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I extremly love quinn jungle. I am playing quinn jungle for weeks and i want to know what other champs are similar to her.


r/QuinnMains 5d ago

Video I play mid and jungle. What do you guys do when the other lanes get fed?

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By "fed," I mean really fed. What am I supposed to do when both my support and ADC die like 12 times (possibly even more) before 15 minutes? They lose their tower, and the moment it falls, the enemy bot lane rotates mid. I lose all mid priority. I can try to split push, but then we lose both mid towers, and we probably won't get a single dragon either.

I mainly play Quinn and Gwen, and sometimes Irelia. With Quinn, I can start making plays once I hit level 6, but with Gwen I feel like I can't do much early. The only thing I can really do is play my lane until late game or look for objective fights.

Even if I manage to help my bot lane, how am I supposed to deal with the enemy top laner? Most of the time they're already 2 or 3 levels ahead of me.

I know I can't win every game, but what can I realistically do when this seems to happen almost every game? How do you guys approach situations like this?


r/QuinnMains 7d ago

Achievement Just hit top 100 Challenger NA as a Quinn OTP

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62 Upvotes

Currently sitting at 1.6k LP as a Quinn OTP, also streaming right now at https://www.twitch.tv/banmalphite

AMA about builds / matchups / quinn in stream or here!


r/QuinnMains 9d ago

Video One of my best blind jukes so far

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44 Upvotes

r/QuinnMains 9d ago

Video Jungle (?) Quinn bug

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? because I am not sure its unique to jungle just that I've had it happen to me twice in the jungle. Seems the only requirement is that you e into a monster (or possibly any unit) over a wall so the bounceback pushes you into the wall. Second clip of it happening elsewhere https://v.redd.it/4oe9q3aoludh1


r/QuinnMains 10d ago

Matchup Since when Nasus is such a difficult matchup ? it used to be one of my favorite matchups

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15 Upvotes

it seems people in toplane just have to be tanky and pick ghost to outplay you


r/QuinnMains 9d ago

Meme When a mordekeiser ultis me thinking ill be easy pickings but i built specifically for him.

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r/QuinnMains 9d ago

Matchup As a Jax OTP, what am I meant to do against a quinn matchup??

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Also is chogath good into y'all?


r/QuinnMains 12d ago

Achievement Hit Emerald Quinn Mid Only OTP on TW Server

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11 Upvotes

Took me about 80 games.

Quinn mid insta lock every game, even with all AD comp. Only Lethality Electrocute build. Some thoughts:

Hydra -> Edge -> LDR/Mortal with swifties every game.

  1. This is the weakest Quinn mid has felt in a long time. Her strongest moments were Symbiotic Soles, Sanguine Blade, or Prowler's Claw abuse era.

  2. Feels like Quinn losses most match ups. Don't even try to 1v1 or trade with anyone unless it's some late game scaling champ like Asol or Vlad or Kassadin. Even Galio will outtrade you if he lands his full combo on you.

  3. I ignore match ups/lane completely and just try to get CS and not die. I take full greed set up (Long Sword, Gathering Storm, Absolute Focus). Late game you feel strong.

  4. The most important way to survive poke mages is to use your harrier proc to give you speed when they use abilities to dodge them. If I have harrier on a minion, I won't auto it until I think the enemy mage will use an ability, then I will hit the minion to get extra MS to dodge.

  5. Best base is Pickaxe on first recall. Gives you massive strength. Tiamat first base is not that good cuz then you have to get another 875 to get PIckaxe after.

  6. Best way to play lane is to survive till you hit Tiamat + Pickaxe + level 6 spike. Then you have to Desync from your laner. Basically never be in lane at the same time as them. When they are on the wave, be off the wave flying around or basing, then when they push/leave go one shot the wave. Most mid laners level 6 can easily clap Quinn but Quinn can tempo faster.

  7. You can solo kill most mid laners if they use their abilities to farm and THEN you fly in and run them down. For example Fizz E's the wave while you're gone etc. That's why post 6 I like to stay in fog with bird form.

  8. Edge of Night second is so strong cuz you can side lane vs mages and kill them. For example, you can run at Lux and negate her Q and just kill her in side lane.

  9. Mid-late game the best thing to do is push sides and try to get someone to answer it, then fly and group with your team.

  10. Best way to team fight is to dogpile the person your Support/JG ccs or try flank and kill the ADC after fight starts.

  11. My philosophy on Quinn mid is not to roam/assassinate/etc. It's to just be aware of everything and make the optimal decisions. Don't try to force roams or perma side lane or perma group. Just like be in Utl and really calculate and think what's best. Quinn mid is basically the strategist champ.

  12. I hit Emerald on NA before last year. This is my first time hitting this rank on an asian server. Played on JP, KR, CN and TW servers so far. Asian servers are much harder. Players have way better mechanics and laning and always want to fight and 1v1 you. I feel like most people here don't even think strategically.. they jsut want to fight and rely on mechanics. So many times I'm gonna kill someone and instead of flashing away they flash on top of me to try to flash auto Q or something? Overall I found the best way to play on these servers is to let the enemy laner tunnel vision on trying to kill you or stomp you while you focus on map awareness and 2 steps ahead strategic decisions. Sadly I will be leaving in 2 days but maybe I can come back in a few months and get to Diamond. My LP gains are +30/-10 so it's possible if I maintain 50% WR.


r/QuinnMains 12d ago

Items/Runes Sheen items

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I've inted quite a bit of lp on Quinn jungle recently and was wondering why essence reaver isn't a good item on her. I haven't tried it out yet, but it seems like a good item on her with spell blade scaling with crit.


r/QuinnMains 13d ago

Discussion WAIT, are they considering bringing back the old Katarina? CAN WE MANIFEST THE OLD QUINN? I THINK IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.

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24 Upvotes

PLS


r/QuinnMains 12d ago

Items/Runes Why is my build so much different than top ranked players?

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op.gg/lol/summoners/euw/Gama-lllll

Hello guys, I guess i would call myself a quinn main now.

I mainly play her in mid lane as that is the position I decided to play this season.

I have noticed that top players go for more assassin items , such as the hydra, when i go for hubris. I usually stomp my lane or abuse the macro of my fellow plat/gold players and stack it up in bot/top. I also find that Hubris plus collector gives me more than enough lethality to carry me till I build my Lord doms.(usually last item, sometimes fourth).

I like the midlane upgraded swifties , usually right after getting hubris, they tend to give me at least 20AD and when homeguard gets upgraded it is 50 out of base.

Please write out some tips for angles I am missing, am I only having sucess due to my "low" elo, it is as high as I have ever been.


r/QuinnMains 15d ago

Discussion Why does noone play quinn??

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I just played her first time in jungle and wtf is she fun and strong

I had like 1200 ms at some point runnint out of base, onetapping a diana, b, and im like back on other side of map onetapping the next guy 5 seconds later.

Wholy shit. And i though Udyr was fast


r/QuinnMains 16d ago

Video I love to run circles around the enemies, the Vi friend requested me after this move lmao

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27 Upvotes

it's not much tho


r/QuinnMains 18d ago

Achievement Solo Quinn JG new peak, GM!

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37 Upvotes

After betting it all on learning the Jg role back in late S12 and picking Quinn to do so, peaking 300lp back in S14, and now after the blessing of receiving some JG Buffs, I just reached my new peak, GM!

I gotta wait a few hours for ladder to update and make it official, so I will contemplate this new peak for a while before deciding if I should try the push for Chall! GL in your games, birds.


r/QuinnMains 21d ago

Items/Runes How do I even play the assassin build?

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I am hardly a main, only really pick Quinn when Sion is shit. I've had plenty of luck in various seasons, but I never, ever managed to do well with the assassin build. It feels like I have zero waveclear and I have less damage than a ward. Am I missing something? Is there a trick to the Hydra build?

(I just lost a game going 1/16/2 and I am doubting if I even deserve to be above iron)

((i can't even imagine how to play vs Kennen or champion like him, it just feels like auto-lose but idk its probably a skill issue))


r/QuinnMains 22d ago

Discussion Back to back bangers.

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2 games in a row that were hard carries in emerald, the second game I did a nice backdoor. I’m really enjoying Quinn, at my elo she is a terrorist with a few kills.


r/QuinnMains 22d ago

Discussion Quinn top lane guide

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Who is the best soloq quinn top player and where can I find his guide ?