No need to apologise, no one is a master of everything!
Although the QC has a variety of effects, it lacks certain things like a reverse delay which the Helix HX Effects offers - I’m sure Neural will expand the effects available in the QC soon.
I was previously a HX Effects user who then got a QC; I currently use my HX Effects as my on-stage tuner, MIDI switcher and on-stage effects too.
If you want to learn how to use the HX Effects as a MIDI controller I put this together: Use Line 6 Helix HX effects as MIDI controller for Neural DSP Quad Cortex (SOLVED)