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[2.6a] Tristana Guide - Yamadaichipvp's guide to the best 1v9 adc

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February 09, 2022 21:02
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Yamadaichipvp's guide to the best 1v9 adc

How to carry :)

Pros

  • Can carry hard
  • Unpopular pick
  • Playable with bad supports
  • Outscales every adc in the game
  • Good wave/camps clear
  • Very good mobility

Cons

  • Game is much harder if these are true:
  • You are bad at tristana (Identify it easily, if you are not carrying, then u r bad))
  • You are against jax
  • You are against yasuo
  • Camille is going to ult you

Tristana Build

Best Build Guide for Tristana

Starting Items
Long Sword
Core Items
B.F. Sword
Caulfield's Warhammer
Navori Quickblades
Infinity Edge
Statikk Shiv
Brawler's Gloves
Boots only after statikk, pick what you need
Gluttonous Greaves
Mercury's Treads
Plated Steelcaps
Protobelt Enchant
Stasis Enchant
Quicksilver Enchant

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

Build bf sword early so you can oneshot enemy bot lane at lvl 5, then build the core items. Navoris IE and Statikk is a super strong powerspike. After that get a crit item of your choice(Stormrazor/Rapidfire Cannon/Bloodthirster) and either Mortal Reminder, Blade of The Ruined King(Mortal reminder is generally better) or Guardian Angel. It's not all about build, so keep that in mind.

Tristana Runes

Best Runes for Tristana

Keystone
Conqueror
Conqueror
Domination
Hunter Vampirism
Hunter Vampirism
Resolve
Adaptive Carapace
Adaptive Carapace
Inspiration
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth

Conqueror is the only viable main rune.

Always Hunter vampirism.

Hunter Titan against cc, otherwise Adaptative Carapace.

Sweet Tooth because free gold.

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Draw A Bead
Draw A Bead - Passive
Rapid Fire
Rapid Fire
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Rocket Jump
Rocket Jump
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Explosive Charge
Explosive Charge
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Buster Shot
Buster Shot
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash
Always flash.
Barrier
Barrier is standard.
Heal
Heal is fine, take if you want.
Exhaust
Take exhaust against assassin champions like diana akali zed katarina.

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Rocket Jump
2nd
Explosive Charge
3rd
Auto Attack
AA
Auto Attack
AA
Auto Attack
AA

Standard lv2/3 trade combo, use your jump to get a stack on your bomb by placing it mid-air.

Rocket Jump
2nd
Explosive Charge
3rd
Rapid Fire
1st
Auto Attack
AA
Buster Shot
Ult
Auto Attack
AA

Standard lv5 all-in combo. You can auto another time before ulting if you are not sure you will oneshot. Use the same combo without the jump for teamfights.

Tristana Matchups & Counters

Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Vayne
Easy
Vayne
Xayah
Easy
Xayah
Ashe
Easy
Ashe
Jhin
Easy
Jhin
Kai'sa
Easy
Kai'sa
Ezreal
Easy
Ezreal
Miss Fortune
Easy
Miss Fortune
Jinx
Easy
Jinx
Varus
Easy
Varus
Caitlyn
Medium
Caitlyn
Draven
Medium
Draven
Akshan
Medium
Akshan
Tristana
Hard
Tristana
Lucian
Hard
Lucian
Corki
Skill
Corki

Tricky if you are new to tristana, but overall pretty easy matchup. Just keep an eye on CondemnCondemn . Don't get pushed into a wall.

Tristana

Some tips

Take jungle camps everytime they're up

Watch out for positioning.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

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Mana
2 years ago
last but not least your lvl 5 combo saves their asses. your lvl 2/3 combo aint a combo its called an all out with level lead (especially if u have an engage sup like leona ez kill)
Mana
2 years ago
2nd navori? really dude? go for stormrazor + rapidfire. you basically run them down and they have not even chance to flee with flash. Shiv kinda troll due to your clear with the bomb passive part
Mana
2 years ago
ok.. i read your pros and cons and.. yea trist isnt the hardest scaling adc. a vayne will do way more damage than you lategame, as well as a kaisa with her passive, if they take exhaust they win