By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Qiyana
Empress of the Elements
Assassin
League of LegendsPatch 26.16MidRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA6,660 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Mid)
- 49.2%
- Win Rate
- 1.3%
- Pick Rate
- 24.6%
- Ban Rate
6,660
Games
Low
Confidence
Matchup map (Mid) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |   |   |
| Core 2 |   |  |   |   |
| Core 3 |   |   |   |  |
| Boots |  |  |  |  |
| Situational |  |  |   | |
Popular build
3,064 games49.6%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
2,198 games48.3%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
799 games51.7%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Domination
Hail of Blades
Sudden Impact
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Secondary: Resolve
Shield Bash
Second Wind
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Royal Privilege
Qiyana's first basic attack or ability against each enemy deals bonus damage.
Passive — never cast
Elemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal
Qiyana swings her weapon, dealing damage with a bonus effect based on her element.
Cost 35 ManaCooldown 7sRange 525
Terrashape
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
Audacity
Qiyana dashes to an enemy, damaging them.
Cost 40/45/50/55/60 ManaCooldown 11/10/9/8/7sRange 650
Supreme 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
Scaling — level 1–18
QiyanaMid average
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Counter plan — how to beat Qiyana
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
ARAM performance
- 53.8%
- Win Rate ▼ 0.9%
- 6.4%
- Pick Rate ▲ 2.8%
- 5.2%
- Ban Rate ▲ 1.1%
- Damage dealt
- 99.9%
- Damage taken
- 101.8%
- Healing
- 107.4%
- Shielding
- 97.1%
- Ability Haste
- +2
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now+0.0
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.7
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch-0.1
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.3
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.5
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.