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Game patch 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1

Reference patch 16.20.1

Quinn

Demacia's Wings

Quinn is a ranged damage dealer who needs safe spacing and time to keep attacking. This overview keeps the explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and the current in-game tooltip.

TopMostly physical damageRanged attacks
Usual roleTop
ClassMarksman · Assassin
DifficultyMedium · 5/10
Basic attacksRangedRanged basic attacks · 525 range.
Damage profileMostly physical damageMost normal kit pressure is physical. Armour may help, but check whether attacks or abilities are the main source.
Reference patch16.20.1

Strengths and limits

What Quinn does well, and what can go wrong

These are kit-level patterns, not a promise that every lane or matchup plays the same way.

Good patterns

  • Can maintain ranged damage when positioning and target access remain safe.
  • Threatens reachable priority targets through burst, mobility or an unusual angle.
  • Ranged basic attacks can contribute without entering melee distance when spacing is preserved.

Limits to respect

  • Loses reliable output when forced away, controlled or reached before creating distance.
  • A failed commitment can leave no clean exit and little value until cooldowns return.

Riot ally tips

Use these while learning the champion
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Attacking a

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Vulnerable

3

target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.

Riot opponent tips

What an opponent is told to watch for
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After being marked, move away from Quinn so she can't take advantage of it.

2

Keep tabs on Quinn's position. Behind Enemy Lines can enable Valor to cross the map very quickly and attack you by surprise.

3

When Quinn is using Behind Enemy Lines, damaging her removes her Move Speed bonus temporarily.

Source boundaryTip text and kit data come from Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. VRC.LOL’s strength and limit summaries are independently written.

Practical champion reading

How to read Quinn in a real fight

Use these patterns to ask better questions before choosing an item, target or commitment. They describe the kit, not a guaranteed result.

Damage delivery

Primarily physical pressure

Armour can reduce the broad physical profile. Separate basic attacks from physical abilities before relying on an item passive that only affects attacks.

Fight rhythm

Repeated access matters

The threat grows while this champion can keep attacking a useful target. Break target access, create distance or use control before the repeated pattern settles in.

Range and access

Spacing protects repeated output

Ranged attacks are useful only while a safe line to the target remains. Flanks, hard control and blocked escape routes can remove that advantage quickly.

Typical team job

Threaten a reachable priority target

A clean angle matters more than attacking the nearest unit immediately. Keep an exit, reset or follow-up route in mind before committing.

Control check

Identify the exact movement restriction

Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement answer.

Protection and sustain

Do not buy a counter that has no target

Reserve anti-heal and anti-shielding for a visible problem in the full team composition; they are not default answers to every champion.

Resource pattern

Mana and cooldowns both matter

A spell being available does not mean the complete sequence is sustainable. Watch the resource bar as well as the setup and escape cooldowns.

Read the whole teamThe same champion can create a different problem after changing role, items or allies. Re-check the visible match before committing to a defensive answer.

Defensive item reference

What can help against Quinn?

Start with the threat that is actually affecting the match. These are conditional comparisons, not an automatic counter build.

Pre-game choices
DEFENSIVE BOOTS

Plated Steelcaps usually fit better

Armour and attack reduction address repeated physical basic attacks. The passive does not reduce every physical ability.

Choose Mercury's Treads instead when magic damage or reducible crowd control across the full team matters more.
Repeated attacksSlows
PHYSICAL DEFENCE

Physical defence

Armour · health · role-appropriate defence

Armour can reduce physical damage, but Plated Steelcaps' passive is specific to attacks.

Match the item to attacks, critical strikes or ability burst rather than buying armour from the label alone.
REPEATED ATTACKS

Repeated attacks

Plated Steelcaps · Frozen Heart

These can reduce attack-focused pressure when their stats fit your champion.

Do not use this as an answer to physical spells that are not attacks.
REPEATED SLOWS

Repeated slows

Boots of Swiftness

Slow resistance can be more useful than Tenacity when repeated slowing strength is the main problem.

It gives no armour or magic resistance, so compare the rest of the opposing team.
Player decidesChampion identity is a starting point, not an automatic purchase. Compare the full opposing team, current item tooltips and the problem that is actually deciding fights. Never buy two completed pairs of Boots.

Normal Draft and Ranked role map

Where Quinn fits on Summoner's Rift

Each lane is assessed separately. Open a role to reach its queue-specific build and matchup preparation.

JunglePlayer-chosen flex

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Quinn can be selected here as a deliberate player-chosen strategy, but it is not a primary role. The pick still needs a matchup and team plan.

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MidUnestablished route

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Quinn is normally played Top and does not currently have a reviewed Mid route. Mid usually needs solo-lane safety plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.

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BotUnestablished route

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Quinn is normally played Top and does not currently have a reviewed Bot route. Bot usually needs dependable duo-lane scaling and sustained damage with shared early pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.

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SupportUnestablished route

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Quinn is normally played Top and does not currently have a reviewed Support route. Support usually needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low gold income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.

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Kit reference

Quinn abilities

Ability names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads are independently written; the current in-game tooltip remains authoritative.

Abilities Data Dragon 16.20.1Cooldown / Cost / Range Data Dragon 16.20.1
P
Passive

Harrier

What it doesValor, Quinn's Demacian eagle, periodically marks enemies with Harrier. Quinn's first basic attack against Harrier targets will deal bonus physical damage.

Practical readHarrier is an automatic part of the kit involving basic-attack interaction and damage. Track when its condition is active instead of treating every fight the same way.

Q
Q ability

Blinding Assault

What it doesQuinn calls Valor to mark an enemy and hinder its vision before damaging all enemies in the immediate area.

Practical readBlinding Assault contributes vision information. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Cooldown11/10.5/10/9.5/9 secCost50/55/60/65/70Listed range1025 units
W
W ability

Heightened Senses

What it doesPassively grants Quinn Attack Speed and Move Speed after she attacks a Harrier target. Activate to have Valor reveal a large area nearby.

Practical readHeightened Senses contributes basic-attack interaction and vision information. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Cooldown50/45/40/35/30 secListed range2100 units
E
E ability

Vault

What it doesQuinn dashes to an enemy, dealing physical damage and slowing the target's Move Speed. Upon reaching the target, she leaps off the target, briefly interrupting it, and lands near her maximum Attack Range away from the target.

Practical readVault contributes a slowing effect and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Cooldown12/11/10/9/8 secCost50Listed range675 units
Movement

The cast changes position or access. Account for where the champion finishes, not only where the ability begins.

R
Ultimate

Behind Enemy Lines

What it doesQuinn and Valor team up to fly around at great speed. Ending the ability casts Skystrike, which deals damage to nearby enemies and marks champions with Harrier.

Practical readBehind Enemy Lines contributes damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Cooldown3 secCost50/25/0Listed range700 units

Levels 1–18

Quinn · Health / Mana · Abilities

Base values exclude items, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns are the listed base cooldown before ability haste.

Level 1565 Health269 Mana
Level 3723 Health321 Mana
Level 6988 Health407 Mana
Level 111,504 Health576 Mana
Level 162,114 Health776 Mana
Level 182,384 Health864 Mana

Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1

Q
Basic abilityBlinding Assault

Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Rank 111 secRank 210.5 secRank 310 secRank 49.5 secRank 59 sec
W
Basic abilityHeightened Senses

Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Rank 150 secRank 245 secRank 340 secRank 435 secRank 530 sec
E
Basic abilityVault

Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Rank 112 secRank 211 secRank 310 secRank 49 secRank 58 sec
R
UltimateBehind Enemy Lines

First rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.

All ranks3 sec
Open every levelHealth and mana from level 1 to 18
LevelHealthManaAbility milestone
1565269 ManaChoose the first basic ability
2642294 ManaAdd another basic ability or rank
3723321 ManaAdd another basic ability or rank
4807348 ManaSpend one ability point
5896377 ManaSpend one ability point
6988407 ManaFirst ultimate rank normally available
71,083439 ManaSpend one ability point
81,183471 ManaSpend one ability point
91,286505 ManaSpend one ability point
101,393540 ManaSpend one ability point
111,504576 ManaSecond ultimate rank normally available
121,618614 ManaSpend one ability point
131,737652 ManaSpend one ability point
141,859692 ManaSpend one ability point
151,984733 ManaSpend one ability point
162,114776 ManaFinal ultimate rank normally available
172,247819 ManaSpend one ability point
182,384864 ManaSpend one ability point
How the numbers are calculatedLevel values use Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1 base and growth statistics with League’s non-linear champion-stat growth curve. Queue starting levels can differ: Normal Draft and Ranked normally begin at level 1, while ARAM and Swiftplay use faster starting rules.

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