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QIYANA BUILD GUIDE BY SLEEPININTHEGARDEN

UPDATED ON JANUARY 1, 2022

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RUNES: INSPIRATION SECONDARY

DOMINATION

INSPIRATION

SPELLS: 1 2

WHEN TO TAKE BLUE SMITE?

RECOMMENDED ITEMS

Prowler's Claw Ionian Boots of Lucidity Youmuu's Ghostblade

Serylda's Grudge Edge of Night Serpent's Fang

Ranked #81 in WIN 51%

Middle Lane

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ITEMS

BUILD PATH

STARTING ITEMS #1

Hailblade Re!llable Oracle Lens

Potion

STARTING ITEMS #2

Emberknife Re!llable Oracle Lens

Potion

DON'T FORGET

Control
Ward

EXAMPLE CURRENT META BUILD

Prowler's Ionian Boots Youmuu's Serylda's

Claw of Lucidity Ghostblade Grudge

Edge of Serpent's
Night Fang

ITEMIZATION

CORE ITEMS VISION CONTROL

Prowler's Ionian Boots Umbral

Claw of Lucidity Glaive

MOBILITY SURVIVABILITY

Youmuu's Edge of
Ghostblade Night

VS. ARMOR VS. SHIELDS

Serylda's Serpent's
Grudge Fang

VS. HEALING VS. AD

Chempunk Guardian Death's

Chainsword Angel Dance

VS. MAGIC BURST

Maw of
Malmortius

OTHER BOOT OPTIONS

Mobility Mercury's
Boots Treads

EXAMPLE BUILDS

STANDARD

Prowler's Ionian Boots Serpent's Edge of

Claw of Lucidity Fang Night

Youmuu's Serylda's
Ghostblade Grudge

ALTERNATE

Youmuu's Ionian Boots Umbral Prowler's

Ghostblade of Lucidity Glaive Claw

Serylda's Edge of
Grudge Night

ARMOR STACKING

Prowler's Ionian Boots Serylda's Edge of

Claw of Lucidity Grudge Night

Chempunk Death's
Chainsword Dance

HEALING

Prowler's Ionian Boots Serpent's Chempunk

Claw of Lucidity Fang Chainsword

Umbral Serylda's
Glaive Grudge

FOCUSED

Prowler's Ionian Boots Edge of Serpent's

Claw of Lucidity Night Fang

Youmuu's Guardian
Ghostblade Angel

ABILITY ORDER R → Q → W → E: 1 2

PROWLER'S CLAW

Royal Privilege (PASSIVE)

Edge of Ixtal (Q)

2 4 5 7 9

Terrashape (W)

1 8 10 12 13

Audacity (E)

3 14 15 17 18

Supreme Display of Talent (R)

6 11 16

QIYANA COUNTERS WELL

63.47 % 62.52 % 61.67 %

QIYANA GETS COUNTERED

25.44 % 32.22 % 35.17 %

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INTRODUCTION PREPARATION ITEMIZATION GAMEPLAY EXTRAS

Welcome! Runes Build Paths Jungling Combos

About Me Summoners Core Items Team-!ghting Match-ups
About Qiyana Sequence & Abilities Situational Items Objectives Conclusion

Hello and welcome to my Qiyana jungle

guide. While uncommon in the jungle, she is
an occasional pick in Challenger and with
professional players like Tarzan, Gen.G's Clid,
and G2's Jankos.

This guide is set up so it will shift from game

knowledge (Runes, Itemization, Summoner
Spells, and Match-Ups, as well as decision
making in all phases of the game) to actual
gameplay (abilities, sequences, clearing
camps, ganking, team-!ghting and objectives).
It will also chronologically move from before
the game to late game with some extra
features thrown in at the end.

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PROS CONS

+ High Mobility - Abysmal Early

+ Strong Clear
Ganker - High Skillcap
+ Team-!ght - Falls O" Late
Assassin Game

Qiyana is a Qiyana has a

utility-oriented high skill-cap,
assassin that has a therefore, cannot
unique kit that be expected to be
utilizes di"erent mastered within a
elements including few dozen games.
Wall: bonus One of Qiyana's
damage, River: biggest weaknesses
root, and a slow as is that her clear
well as stealth path and ganks can
through Grass be telegraphed
allowing her to which means she
have the upper can be counter
hand on her jungled easily.
opponents with
proper use of these Clearing camps with
elements. Qiyana takes a lot of
practice as her clear
Qiyana has a is pretty weak early
point and click gap on and she can lose
closer when used in a majority of her
tandem with health within her
Edge of Ixtal during !rst three camps if
the animation of not done properly.
the dash has Despite having a
unmissable crowd built in mechanic
control making her with Audacity,
have easy set-ups without the spell
in ganks. She also her ultimate and
has high mobility, Edge of Ixtal are
being able to dash skill-shots.
and jump over
walls, allowing her
to have creative
gank pathing.

ELECTROCUTE: is the best keystone for bursting down a LEGEND: ALACRITY: Legend: Alacrity comes to the aid
single target due to its very high base damage allowing to help Qiyana's primary weakness, abysmal early
for potent ganks, duels, and picking o" key targets before clear speed. The attack speed from this rune as well as the
and during team !ghts. 10% attack speed stat shard will allow her to clear faster,
e$ciently, and in a healthier state.
DARK HARVEST: is the best keystone for snowballing
leads out of control with fantastic scaling into the mid- MAGICAL FOOTWEAR: essentially is taking 350 gold that
game. Take Dark Harvest if you don't need the you would of spent on Boots allowing you to put that
reliable damage for dueling or you are con!dent in your money towards completing your !rst item.
ability to stack up the keystone e$ciently.

SUDDEN IMPACT: procs o" Terrashape and COUP DE GRACE: adds 8% bonus damage to targets
Audacity as well as Flash providing multiple ways under 40% health making this rune great in ganks as well
Qiyana easily makes use of this rune. Lethality is a as picking o" key targets in team !ghts. The other
welcomed stat for any AD assassin that synergizes quite optional secondary rune in the tree is Triumph for
decently well with both her kit as well as her build. sustain in ganks/team-!ghts upon takedowns.

COSMIC INSIGHT: is a rather underrated rune in the

jungle as it reduces the recharge time of Smite by 14
seconds, allowing for frequent uses for clearing camps
and on champions. Cosmic Insight also reduces the
cool-down of items such as Prowler's Claw, and
Umbral Glaive granting you more uptime on these items.

EYEBALL COLLECTION: is the best tier 2 rune in the

Domination tree for snowballing. Qiyana can stack this
rune up e$ciently by frequently ganking and scoring
takedowns.

ZOMBIE WARD: when combined with the lethality item

Umbral Glaive, you can heavily impact vision control
denying and providing vision with ease. Zombie Ward
rewards players for taking down wards with Adaptive
Force.

RAVENOUS HUNTER: is great for Qiyana as she

doesn't have any self sustain in her kit. This is especially
potent in duels, taking objectives, and in team !ghts.

RELENTLESS HUNTER: is great for to roam around the

map and get into more favorable positions to gank lanes,
#ank to make picks or engage/disengage in team!ghts.

FLASH SMITE

Flash is a core summoners spell on most Smite is essential for jungling, as it allows
champions in the game and Qiyana is no you to make use of the jungle-only items
exception. By taking Flash, it will allow you to which you need to keep up in experience,
dodge potentially lethal skillshots, hop walls securing monster objectives like bu" camps,
and even escape death. With Flash, you can rift herald, dragon and baron. Building
input bu"er your Audacity, Edge of Ixtal Emberknife or Hailblade will allow you to
and even your ultimate. cast spell on enemy champions.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

W Q E Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W R W W

Passive: Qiyana's !rst attack or ability against

an enemy champ deals bonus physical damage.
This e"ect cannot occur on the same target more
than once every 25 seconds.

Royal Privilege's cooldown on all targets resets

when she draws a new element.

Bonus Physical Damage: 15 − 83 (based on level) (+

55% bonus AD) (+ 30% AP)

Her passive Royal Privilege is pretty self-

explanatory however an important thing to note is
the unique interaction between her passive and
Terrashape as it can be reset upon gathering a
new element.

The interaction is how she primarily farms in the

jungle by auto-attacking with an element then
immediately switching to a new element and auto
again. This also applies to Edge of Ixtal as using
the spell will apply the e"ect as well and is potent
in skirmishes.

In order to get the maximum amount of value out

of this passive, you'll constantly want to be
switching between unique elements in order to
consistently apply the bonus damage. While the
damage may seem minimal to some, it can be
incredibly powerful especially in the early phases
of the game where Qiyana jungle is weakest.

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At level one start with Terrashape and pull Wall, auto-attack the
jungle camp then immediately swap to Grass then auto-attack again
this applies your passive twice.
In order to reset the passive you must switch to a unique element,
meaning not the element you are currently holding as it will not
reset the passive if you are on the same element.

Q: Qiyana slashes forward in the target

direction, dealing physical damage to enemies in a
line, reduced to 75% damage against targets
beyond the !rst.

If Qiyana's weapon is using an element, her

weapon hurls forward as a projectile and
explodes, applying a bonus e"ect based on the
consumed Element:

• River - Roots opponents on hit, then slows them

by 20% for 1 second.
• Wall - Deals bonus damage to opponents who
are below 50% of their maximum health.
• Brush - Leaves a grass trail behind for 3.5
seconds, which grants Qiyana invisibility and 20%
bonus movement speed until she attacks or exits.

RANGE: 650
COST: 35 mana
COOLDOWN: 7

Bonus Damage against Monsters: 50%

Terrain Bonus Damage: 36 / 51 / 66 / 81 / 96 (+
54% bonus AD)
Physical Damage: 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+ 75%
bonus AD)

Edge of Ixtal is the crux of Qiyana's kit and will

be leveled !rst. It's a linear skill-shot ability that
depending on the element can apply a unique
bonus e"ect based on the consumed element.
Learning these elements and knowing when to use
them in certain situations is a mandatory skill to
learn to ultimately master Qiyana.

The spell has a base cooldown of seven seconds,

but similar to her passive the cooldown is reset
upon gathering a new element with Terrashape.
This interaction improves the combo mentioned in
her passive tips, using Edge of Ixtal with an
element onto a target, W to reset the ability then Q
again to apply the passive Royal Privilege again.

Another important mechanic to learn is the

interaction between the ability and her dash
Audacity. If you cast Edge of Ixtal during
Audacity it will lock the ability onto the target you
dash towards, meaning essentially makes it
impossible to miss unless the target has Flash
or a mobility spell.

Qiyana is the Empress of Elements so learning

what each Element does and when to use it is an
important aspect and de!ning element of her kit
to learn. River damages, roots, and then slows the
target afterwards. As you can expect, River is the
most important element used when ganking and
disengaging from !ghts.

Wall deals 60% bonus damage to targets below

50% health. This element serves as the !nishing
element to basically execute low health targets
such as enemy champions, minions, and
monsters.

Grass grants Qiyana invisibility and 20% bonus

movement speed until she attacks or exits. When
clearing camps, this will often be used to heal o"
camps without taking damage. During !ghts, using
double Grass can potentially save your life if
played correctly by delaying time usually to allow
an ally to arrive or a key spell like your ultimate
Supreme Display of Talent to come o" cool-down.

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When ganking start with River, use Audacity + the spell, then
Terrashape into Wall to !nish o" the target.
Remember you can use Edge of Ixtal then Terrashape to reset
your passive then use another element.
While holding Grass you can use it on camps such as Raptor to get
a big heal while staying stealthed.
Grass can be used defensively when low to delay time if you know an