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Empress of the Elements
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (10,575 games).
Qiyana, Empress of the Elements, enchants her weapon with an element as she dashes with Terrashape and detonates it with Supreme Display of Talent. Master+ took her to the jungle in most games and Mid in the rest, usually on First Strike, with Voltaic Cyclosword and Bastionbreaker opening both of her leading paths. Rengar, Master Yi and Fiddlesticks were her hardest jungle opponents. Sylas was near-even with her.
Assassin
Patch 26.18 · Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 10,575 games · Preview sample
10,575
Games
Very High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
59.4%Win Rate
Flash
Smite62.5%Win Rate
FlashSmite
This exact page: taken in 36.8% of games·54.0% win rate over 3,893 games.
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.
Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice. Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force. Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.
Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.
Electrocute16.5% taken · 51.5% win1,748 games
Conqueror8.2% taken · 51.6% win870 games
Fleet Footwork2.2% taken · 53.6% win237 gamesInspiration + Domination70.9% taken · 52.7% win7,502 games
Domination + Precision14.4% taken · 50.8% win1,521 gamesPrecision + Domination8.1% taken · 52.1% win853 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Qiyana's most common path.
QQiyana swings her weapon, dealing damage with a bonus effect based on her element.
Cooldown 7s · 35 Mana
WQiyana dashes to a location and enchants her weapon with an element.
Cooldown 7s · 25/30/35/40/45 Mana
EQiyana dashes to an enemy, damaging them.
Cooldown 11/10/9/8/7s · 40/45/50/55/60 Mana
RQiyana sends out a shockwave that detonates whatever elements she hits with it, stunning and damaging nearby enemies.
Cooldown 120s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 12 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QElemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WTerrashape | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EAudacity | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RSupreme Display of Talent | R | R | R |
How Qiyana performs against enemy jungle laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
QiyanaJungle average
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Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Qiyana is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody
PRoyal Privilege
Qiyana's first basic attack or ability against each enemy deals bonus damage.
Passive — never cast
QElemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal
Qiyana swings her weapon, dealing damage with a bonus effect based on her element.
Cost 35 ManaCooldown 7sRange 525
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.
Cost 25/30/35/40/45 ManaCooldown 7sRange 1100
EAudacity
Qiyana dashes to an enemy, damaging them.
Cost 40/45/50/55/60 ManaCooldown 11/10/9/8/7sRange 650
RSupreme Display of Talent
Qiyana sends out a shockwave that detonates whatever elements she hits with it, stunning and damaging nearby enemies.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120sRange 950
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Qiyana in 6 patches. The latest is patch 26.17, published 2026-08-25.
QElemental Wrath
Qiyana's play has moved out of primarily mid to jungle. While we are happy to support her as a jungler, mid is where she’s been underwhelming recently .
QEdge of Ixtal
Another class that's underrepresented in the jungle is assassins. We feel Qiyana is a great choice for a buff as she's recently been on the lower end of balanced in the jungle, so we're giving her a jungle-focused buff to help bring her back without meaningfully juicing mid lane.
Base Stats
Qiyana's mid lane performance among experts is one of the strongest in the game and is due for a nerf. We're happy that she's a lethal assassin, we just want to make her less generically strong.
Base Stats
QElemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal
Qiyana has been one of the clear winners from the recent changes to Profane Hydra and Axiom Arc. She's been taking over in both mid lane and jungle especially in elite play. We're hitting her with some nerfs that'll take her down a notch in both roles.
Base Stats
PRoyal Privilege
Qiyana's recent buffs were quite potent, bringing her into the spotlight as arguably the strongest champion in the game and driving her ban rate up significantly. This queen has been shining too brightly, in both mid and jungle, so to take the attention off of her (and so that her players can play her) we're bringing her power down across the board.
QEdge of Ixtal / Elemental Wrath
WTerrashape
Qiyana is already decently strong in the right hands, but she's quite unpopular and sports a low ban rate unfitting for a queen like her. To help her out, we’re buffing her early damage on her Q and making her early game jungle clear and auto weaving feel a bit cleaner by buffing her W attack speed.
Riot's data lists 10 looks for Qiyana with their own art, the base skin included and 41 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Qiyana | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 590 | =132nd | 620 |
| Health per level | 115 | =9th | 104 |
| Base armor | 31 | =77th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.5 | =92nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 64 | =29th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.688 | =20th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2.1% | =114th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 150 | =115th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 590 | +115 | 2545 | 22nd of 173 |
| Mana | 375 | +60 | 1395 | 12th of 145 |
| Armor | 31 | +4.5 | 107.5 | 82nd of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 | =5th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Qiyana, Empress of the Elements, is a Assassin champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 8/10 for difficulty, 0/10 for attack, 2/10 for defense and 4/10 for magic. Qiyana spends Mana and has 10 skins with their own art. Qiyana's health per level of 115 is the 9th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 4 others).
In the jungle city of Ixaocan, Qiyana plots her own ruthless path to the high seat of the Yun Tal. Last in line to succeed her parents, she faces those who stand in her way with brash confidence and unprecedented mastery over elemental magic. With the land itself obeying her every command, Qiyana sees herself as the greatest elementalist in the history of Ixaocan—and by that right, deserving of not only a city, but an empire.
