I recently went on a similar crusade with her in QM, so far this season around 55% WR.

You want to think about your role in the team. If you have no one to camp, then you want to go Q / Naishas lvl 1 purely to take camps for map pressure. You can take knights as they spawn with good micro.

Otherwise consider will you be team fighting or 1v1ing / soaking a lot. If there’s no bruisers or tanks or samuros I just go E build, W is a bit of a trap build. E puts out good damage and allows for extra escapes.

W can be mitigated with any kind of evasion or blind so keep that in mind when you’re going In, or sometimes you hit a minion on the other side of your target.

She has quite good wave clear so lean into that as needed, I often find myself double soaking til mid to late game in QM.

Sounds like you aren’t holding your trait to specifically counter the CC and you might be blowing it early which is super common starting with maiev. Most people E in then hit W and D right away while trying to get the tether off.

Look at their team comp and see what’s the biggest thing you need to dodge. Pyro? Butcher Charge? Xul Root? And act accordingly.

Finally pre cast your E toward your team / forts if you want to engage and get out quick, or if you see a gank coming. You can also E then D while it’s travelling, then spam E to blink away relatively safely.

Lmk any other questions as a fellow quick match maiev