Board Thread:Help desk/@comment-24633872-20140928194630/@comment-1905446-20150220145037

The reason I wouldn't level W first is that the attack speed boost is negligible, only giving 5% per level beyond the first. You could level it for chasing and fleeing, but Phage and boots are pretty standard to get earlyish anyway. W does give the greatest cooldown reduction, so it's a good option if you're getting camped. At that point, the movement speed bonus is probably more useful than anything else would be too.

I think the reason many people don't level Q first is that E is your escape, even if it's not a particularly good one. The AD scaling on E plus a Harrier proc is also 5% higher than Q, but I don't think that difference is big enough to justify one over the other. I do think a 33% reduction on cooldown for an escape skill is pretty important. If the enemy ADC is eating free Qs, that's probably more an indication that they're bad than that Quinn is good. Also, being able to 1v1 or 2v2 in the bot lane does not a good ADC make. If that were the case, Urgot would still be a thing.

Quinn's animations are so clunky. I play a lot of Tristana so I didn't notice it until she was reworked, but now Quinn might have the worst responsiveness of any Marksman-tagged champion.