StormrazorStormrazor is always going to be your first buy. Period. The item is extremely powerful in the early game due to the oppressiveness of it's passive, and the stats that it provides. It gives you everything that AA Based Crit ADC's rely on: Damage, Attack Speed, Crit, and Movespeed. There currently aren't any better options available, and you'll always want this bad boy first.


Statikk ShivStatikk Shiv is almost always the best buy for your buck 2nd item. Statikk offers attack speed, critical strike to amplify damage on your Stormrazor, as well as the passive that helps you wave clear and pack some extra punch versus your enemies. A Zeal item is necessary as a second item no matter what, but Shiv is just the best one to grab first in the majority of cases. You can also consider building Rapid Firecannon if you are far ahead and plan on sieging early game.


Infinity EdgeInfinity Edge is the "damage" of the build. This amplifies all of that crit damage you built earlier, and gives a much bigger punch to your autos. You also will start dealing true damage with your crits, making it easier to kill tanks once you reach this item. Infinity Edge has always been crucial on crit AD Carries, just make sure you build it between your zeal items and it'll work out.


Rapid FirecannonRapid Firecannon is the final major part of this build. Completing this item means you will do exponentially more damage, and be able to get off some amazing poke. Because your passive grants you extra attack range as you level up, you can attack from 811 range once you're level 18! You'll also be critting 100% of the time, along with that bonus 10% true damage! If you ever want to try and farm to late game, building THIS final item will turn the tides of the match.

LaningJhin is a highly dangerous lane opponent for Tristana. His main advantage over you is abusing you with his higher attack range, in combination with his 4th shot. This allows him to easily zone you off of the minion wave, as well as get good poke whenever he feels like it. Your best bet in this lane is to try and farm as best you can, and wait for jungle ganks to hard engage. If you try to trade with Jhin, you might be too low to help with a gank!


Mid GameDuring the Mid Game, you should have a much easier time being able to compete with Jhin. He will have lots of utlity for his team with his long range, but you are going to be pumping out FAR more consistent damage than a Jhin, as long as you didn't get crushed during lane. If you did get crushed during lane, try and focus on clearing side waves and pinging your team away from dangerous fights, unless you strongly believe that you can win the fights.


Late GameDuring Late Game, Tristana and Jhin shine in their own ways. Jhin won't be a large concern of yours at this phase in the game, unless you find yourself always trying to fight him. Because Jhin doesn't hit as hard as you do late game, you can pump out all of your DPS onto the enemy tanks/bruisers while focusing on surviving. You can kill their frontline before he can kill yours (most likely) and your team should be able to finish him off afterwards.


Final Notes

LaningMiss Fortune is another highly dangerous lane opponent for Tristana. Her damage mostly comes from her deadly poke and one-auto trades that you are bound to lose because of her passive. Her passive gives her extra damage on the first attack onto a new enemy, meaning that trying to trade with her would be very difficult without some kind of extreme support catch. The main reason that this lane is so dangerous however, is because of her Q. If she manages to Q a minion and let it bounce onto you, you will lose 1/3'd of your health, even in the early game. This is possibly the highest damaging ability from one single hit from any AD Carry. Your job in this lane is to farm as much as possible, avoid poke/harrass, and stay healthy enough to help your team with all-ins from the support or jungler.


Mid GameDuring the Mid Game you'll have a hard time dealing with her in terms of poke, but your job during this time is mainly to 1: Farm, and 2: Wait for a good potential opportunity to grab some kills. If you managed to get a lead in the lane phase and get a turret, you can rotate top and extend your lead by taking advantage of your brilliant siege using your E and Q. Overall, just be ready to jump away from a well-placed Miss Fortune Ultimate, and don't be afraid of going all-in versus her 1v1. You will win 100% of the time if you are alone together and don't run into a turret.


Late GameLate game versus Miss Fortune isn't really about the matchup anymore, it's mainly focused on who can output the most damage. MF's ultimate can be lethal to an entire team, and not something you can usually control. However, if you can force her into bad spots and away from those good scenarios, you should be able to win with your mobility and DPS. Don't walk into her unless she is caught by CC and you are confident you won't die. As scary as it sounds, Miss Fortune can reach a point late game where she can simply Auto Q you, and you'll die. This is because of the lethality dark harvest build that they currently run. As long as you do your job in fights and don't get caught out, you will always have a better chance of winning.


Final Notes

LaningVayne is a champion that you can easily abuse throughout all of the lane phase. She trades just as poorly as Tristana does, but your all ins are almost always more effective. In this matchup, you can follow up on most of the aggressive moves your support makes in lane, because most of the time it will work out. Vayne is extremely weak in lane, even weaker than Tristana, making winning lane pretty easy for her. You should try and mostly focus on all-ins, but acknowledge her win condition. Be careful for ganks and position yourself away from walls so she cannot condemn stun you!


Mid GameDuring Mid Game, you’re going to out damage her pretty much always. You’ll win almost every teamfight, skirmish, or 1v1 you take because of how much stronger you are in these areas. The only case where she wins these is if she outplays very hard, but this usually requires her to have flash for it to be possible. Keep track of her flash timer, and make sure you are prepared for her at all times. Additionally, Vayne players will always want to take cheese 1v1’s vs. enemy ADC’s, but if you are prepared for her to fight you, you should be able to burst her and win 90% of the time.


Late GameLate game is when Vayne finally begins to match your level of damage. The only problem is that she is very mobile and has a lot of outplay potential as well. Your job is not to get separated from your team, and be ready to focus her down with your range advantage! Just don’t jump on her in a teamfight unless you are 90% sure it will be successful.


Final Notes

LaningDuring the laning phase, Twitch is at his very weakest. Tristana can take advantage of her mobility in lane to all-in at an opportune time. Similar to Kog’Maw, you mainly want to abuse them in the early game as much as possible, and get yourself far enough ahead to mitigate their late game presence. Luckily, laning versus Twitch is very simple. All you need to do is harrass him when he walks up for CS, and avoid his W auto E trades. To explain, Twitch in lane will generally want to throw his cask on you, which slows. Then he will walk up to auto you with his support, and then E once enough stacks of poison are applied. Sometimes your best way of avoiding these unfavorable trades are to just jump as soon as he throws a good W. Additionally, when you have the choice, always focus Twitch in fights, because the longer you let him hit you, the more damage he will deal with his E, expunge.


Mid GameDuring the Mid Game, Twitch will eventually hit a very big power spike in his build. Once he obtains Runaan’s Hurricane, he will become a monster in teamfights. At this point in this game, you have to pay extra attention to his position in fights, because he can single handedly decide every teamfight depending on how long he stays alive. You must be ready to either fight or flight with your W and Ultimate when he reveals from stealth with his Ultimate ready. When handling Twitch in a losing fight close range, just immediately ulti him away from you and your team and jump away to reposition. When handling a Twitch in a losing fight long range, just jump away and ping your team back as much as humanly possible, because they’ll likely get slaughtered. You are much more likely to win fights when Twitch doesn’t have his ultimate ready, because without it, he’s not nearly as impactful. Keep in mind however, that you can almost always win versus him in a full HP 1v1, so try and cheese him when he tries to greed for minion waves. Also, be mindful that he might even try to cheese you, so be ready to either react and fight back, or disengage as described earlier.

Late GameIn the Late Game, you are dealing with the same kind of monster, but he is now a little bit scarier. His teamfight impact is going to be severely higher than you, because he is arguably that hardest teamfight hypercarry in the game. Your objective is to do consistent damage and stay away from him in fights until his ulti is down. Most Twitch players will position themselves to hit you and have runaan’s spread to your teammates, so be ready to jump out of there ASAP. At full build, remember that Twitch should be able to kill you in 4-5 hits from stealth. Your best option is to just keep your distance from where you suspect he is hiding invis, and just mentally prepare yourself for what’s to come.

Final Notes