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Qiyana Guide

Empress of the Elements

Assassin

Tier B Jungle

Qiyana, Empress of the Elements, is an assassin champion that is demanding to master. Across our 1502 analysed ranked games, Qiyana is mostly played in the Jungle (73% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (23%), with a 51.4% win rate in that role: tier B among Jungle champions (#25 of 48, ranked by win rate). Qiyana's damage is mostly physical (79%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 14% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 53.1% in short games (under 25 min, 371 games) versus 45.5% in long games (over 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Averages measured over 1100 Jungle games played with Qiyana, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Qiyana is an elemental assassin: Terrashape enchants her weapon with an element, and her attacks and abilities deal bonus damage as long as she stays enchanted. Her passive gives bonus damage to the first ability or attack against an enemy. Her ultimate explodes when it hits terrain and stuns nearby enemies.

The basic combo

W › E › Q › AA AA

When: An enemy is within Audacity range.

Terrashape enchants your weapon, Audacity dashes you onto the target (and triggers the bonus damage from your passive), Elemental Wrath applies the element's effect, then your enchanted attacks finish.

The ultimate against a wall

W › R › Q

When: An enemy is near a wall or terrain feature.

Supreme Display of Talent sends a shockwave that explodes when it hits terrain, stunning and damaging nearby enemies. Position the target against the terrain before casting.

See all 3 Qiyana combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Always prepare Terrashape before engaging, since the enchantment depends on the terrain you cross. Audacity lets you dash onto an enemy: use it wisely, as it is your main way to engage and to escape.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate in the middle of open ground with no terrain nearby: it needs to explode.
• Engaging without Terrashape: your attacks do not deal the enchantment's bonus damage.
• Spending Audacity with no exit plan: it is your main mobility tool.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Bastionbreaker, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword (343 games, 57.7% win rate).

Bastionbreaker+Edge of Night+Voltaic Cyclosword

343 games · 57.7%

Bastionbreaker+Serylda's Grudge+Voltaic Cyclosword

222 games · 59.0%

Bastionbreaker+Serpent's Fang+Voltaic Cyclosword

172 games · 59.3%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E51.2% · 123 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●		●		●		●		●
W		●						●		●	●		●
E				●										●	●
R						●						●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 141 games).

Starting items

Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion42.5% · 40 games

Scorchclaw Pup59.0% · 39 games

Gustwalker Hatchling48.0% · 25 games

First completed items, in order

Bastionbreaker›Voltaic Cyclosword›Edge of Night

15 games · 46.7%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 4516 gold, 74 CS, 4159 XP. At 15 min: 7041 gold, 114 CS, 7018 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite51.4% · 1100 games

Most-played runes

First Strike + Domination

51.3% · 1007 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back73%

Triple Tonic100%

Cosmic Insight100%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Treasure Hunter57%

Shards

Adaptive force99%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling58%

Fleet Footwork + Inspiration

68.8% · 32 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity97%

Cut Down53%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight97%

Cash Back88%

Shards

Adaptive force100%

Adaptive force100%

Health66%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Qiyana's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team56.0% · 316 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Voltaic Cyclosword 56.3%

Bastionbreaker 56.0%

Edge of Night 58.3%

Serylda's Grudge 60.0% ▲

Serpent's Fang 51.5%

Lord Dominik's Regards 60.0% ▲

The item that stands out most is Lord Dominik's Regards: 60.0% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team51.8% · 270 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Voltaic Cyclosword 56.1%

Bastionbreaker 55.8%

Edge of Night 55.1%

Serylda's Grudge 60.7% ▲

Serpent's Fang 54.5%

Profane Hydra 63.3% ▲

The item that stands out most is Profane Hydra: 63.3% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team48.2% · 514 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Voltaic Cyclosword 50.8%

Bastionbreaker 51.9%

Edge of Night 55.6%

Serylda's Grudge 49.3% ▼

Serpent's Fang 53.7%

Profane Hydra 49.5% ▼

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Qiyana in the Jungle

Rengar Qiyana: 36.8%19 games

Rengar has the edge in 63% of the 19 Jungle duels against Qiyana. See the Rengar guide.

Nidalee Qiyana: 40.0%20 games

Nidalee has the edge in 60% of the 20 Jungle duels against Qiyana. See the Nidalee guide.

Lee Sin Qiyana: 42.5%80 games

Lee Sin has the edge in 57% of the 80 Jungle duels against Qiyana. See the Lee Sin guide.

Shaco Qiyana: 42.9%21 games

Shaco has the edge in 57% of the 21 Jungle duels against Qiyana. See the Shaco guide.

Kayn Qiyana: 45.5%22 games

Kayn has the edge in 55% of the 22 Jungle duels against Qiyana. See the Kayn guide.

Who Qiyana is strong against

Graves65.6% · 32 games

Sylas64.7% · 17 games

Viego61.9% · 21 games

Kha'Zix57.1% · 21 games

Talon53.3% · 30 games

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Qiyana's matchups.

Qiyana Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measured over 141 Qiyana games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Qiyana in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Mid	346	48.8 %	6.9	439
Top	56	55.4 %	7.2	445

Roles where we have at least 40 Qiyana games.

Abilities

PassiveRoyal Privilege

Qiyana's first basic attack or ability against each enemy deals bonus damage.

QElemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal

Qiyana swings her weapon, dealing damage with a bonus effect based on her element.

WTerrashape

Qiyana dashes to a location and enchants her weapon with an element. Her attacks and abilities deal bonus damage while her weapon is enchanted.

EAudacity

Qiyana dashes to an enemy, damaging them.

RSupreme Display of Talent

Qiyana sends out a shockwave that detonates whatever elements she hits with it, stunning and damaging nearby enemies.

Other Jungle champions to know

Most played

Lee Sin50.1 %Graves49.2 %Viego47.2 %Jarvan IV50.4 %Hecarim49.2 %Talon51.2 %Sylas50.2 %Kha'Zix50.9 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Rek'Sai58.7 %Quinn56.9 %Briar55.4 %Kayn54.3 %Shaco53.4 %Nidalee53.3 %Vi53.0 %Rammus52.9 %

Frequently asked questions

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