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Recommended Items
Runes: Best runes right now
Precision
Sorcery
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
1
2
Spells
Flash
Heal
Items
Ability Order Always
Draw a Bead (PASSIVE)
Tristana Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Draven
Draaaven is strong vs. Trist. High damage and he can interrupt Rocket jump with his e.
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Introduction
Hello, my name is NorToXz.
I am at the moment a gold-player, playing at EUW who likes to play the Marksman-role.
The one marksman I have played the most recently is the super-ranged, heavy AD dealer
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This guide is not as fancy as many others, but it gives a good explanation how to build and use
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I will later write more on this guide as it suits me. I welcome feedback, negative as positive.
Milestones
First published in August 2014
September 3rd - 100k views! Thank you guys, you are awesome!
2015
January 31st - 200k views! Wow
March 28th - 300k views! Speechless
April 22nd - 350k views and #1 Tristana guide! Still speechless. Thank you guys so much :)
June 14th - 500k views! o.o
October 5th - 1M views! Whatthehell
December 28th - 2M views! Thank you very much! Merry x-mas, and a happy new year to all of you :)
2017
November 1st - 3.5M views!
Notes:
November 11th - New season!
Patches:
5.24: The damage passive of Statikk Shiv and Rapid Firecannon does no longer stack, but it is still a good combo, because of the passive abilities and stats.
Pros: + Good early game damage because of burst. + Great lategame damage because of attack speed and range. Tristana might be one of the best Marksmen if you got your fullbuild early. + Got an escaperoute with the use of the w-ability. + Easy to farm because of ![]() |
Cons:
- Very squishy. - May be fatal if ultimate is used poorly. - The w-jump may cause bad engages. It is also pretty slow, so you might easily get caught by hooks and grabs. - Pushes lane simply by last-hitting, even if you don't want to push. |
The best pick of spells for a marksman in my opinion, are
Heal and
Flash, always.
Taking
Barrier instead of
Heal was meta a while back, but it is much better to use
Heal, because it adds health instead of applying a temporary shield, and you can also heal allies.
The best pick of spells for your support are
Flash and
Exhaust. If the support wants to go
Ignite instead of
Exhaust, its fine, just keep it in mind, in case the enemy support has
Exhaust, which may ruin a fight and give a doublekill to the enemy. The support should always have
Exhaust, because it is so extremely powerful to both slow down the enemy Marksman, and decrease its attack speed slightly.
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Taking
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The best pick of spells for your support are
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Passive
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Rapid Fire (Q)
Her first ability is the
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Rocket Jump (W)
Her second ability is
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1. You got caught and need to get away.
2. Someone you nearly killed is escaping, and you need to close the distance.
3. You want to farm a huge wave of creeps more easily, so you might consider to stomp on them.
The cooldown of this ability is also reset when you get a kill or assist, which might get in handy.
Explosive Charge (E)
Her third ability is the
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When you trigger the active you shoot a single bullet, which stays on the target for a few seconds. You can stack the passive by shooting at the enemy, until it explodes and deals area damage after four shots.
The passive makes it possible to deal damage to nearby enemies when you kill an enemy.
Buster Shot (R)
The fourth ability is the ultimate, and its called
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Precision itself grants 18% attack speed, which is great for the supercarry Tristana. This huge bonus to attack speed might help Tristana hit her AS cap faster, and with an AS item less.
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Start
These three items are the basic start for all marksmen. You might want to buy the
Doran's Shield instead, if there is a lot of poke in the lane.
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First items and core
I like to rush
Infinity Edge when I play
Tristana, but let's say I have a strong early-game. Got 3/0/0, lots of farm and lots of gold in my pocket when I back the first time. If this occurs, I like to buy the
B. F. Sword and
Boots plus a few
Health Potions. After getting an extra 40 AD plus movement speed you should be able to get more kills and farm, so you can turn into a beast. Then you should go for
Statikk Shiv and then get
Berserker's Greaves.
These items are very important to have when you play
Tristana, because
Infinity Edge is an item which gives you an insane amount of AD, and additional critical hit chance, which might flip the table in trades and fights.
Statikk Shiv gives you quite a lot of attack speed, plus critical hit chance and the passive, which gives you some extra magic damage every now and then.
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These items are very important to have when you play
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After core/full build
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I buy
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Other item options (Not recommended)
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Defensive items
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Trinkets
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Consumables
These elixirs are very good lategame, when you got full-build and no space in your inventory. For a Marksman, all elixirs are pretty much useless, except
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Laning as
Tristana early may be difficult. Since you start with the e for easier farming, you may have some problems with trading damage early in lane.
You might consider to farm calmly early, and wait until you got some items and abilities, so you can do something else than just autoattacking.
Tristana got very little range early, which is another problem with her, which is another reason to gently farm early-game. If you are so lucky to get a gank, just jump on the enemy Marksman and start the mayhem.
The mid-game is where Tristana is at her weakest. Her abilities is not too good, and if you have not farmed good, the enemy might be ahead of you in the lane. At this point,
Tristana got some range, but you got to be aware of enemy ganks and have w up at all times.
The late-game is when
Tristana is at her strongest. At this point, you might have items that give you a lot of AD, as well as crit chance + attack speed. In additional to your q, you will deal a lot of damage from a far distance. Teamfights will occur, and you need to be extremely defensive and keep your distance, to safely shred through the enemy team.
If a big wave of CS (Creep Spawn) is coming, and there are no enemies nearby, place your e in the middle, hit the minion 2-3 times, and watch the gold come. Tristana is extremely easy to farm with, especially if you got the
Statikk Shiv.
After a while, as you level up, your passive makes it easier for you to poke and safely farm. This advantage must be used, especially at level 18, where you outrange most Marksmen.
If the jungler comes to gank your lane in the early-mid-game, I usually use the
Rocket Jump to jump behind the enemy adc, and ult him close to the friendly tower, so he is pretty much doomed. If I got the
Blade of the Ruined King as well, I use the active on the support to slow he/she/it.
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You might consider to farm calmly early, and wait until you got some items and abilities, so you can do something else than just autoattacking.
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The mid-game is where Tristana is at her weakest. Her abilities is not too good, and if you have not farmed good, the enemy might be ahead of you in the lane. At this point,
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The late-game is when
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If a big wave of CS (Creep Spawn) is coming, and there are no enemies nearby, place your e in the middle, hit the minion 2-3 times, and watch the gold come. Tristana is extremely easy to farm with, especially if you got the
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After a while, as you level up, your passive makes it easier for you to poke and safely farm. This advantage must be used, especially at level 18, where you outrange most Marksmen.
If the jungler comes to gank your lane in the early-mid-game, I usually use the
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In teamfights, especially lategame,
Tristana is a beast.
Keep your distance from the enemies, and if you get focused by hard crowd-control champions, you might want to w out of range, and then re-engage if you can.
If you are left alone, you want to hit the closest enemy, and maybe use your e, and assassinate the enemy marksman with your ult. Just keep your distance, use q and shred those champions!
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Keep your distance from the enemies, and if you get focused by hard crowd-control champions, you might want to w out of range, and then re-engage if you can.
If you are left alone, you want to hit the closest enemy, and maybe use your e, and assassinate the enemy marksman with your ult. Just keep your distance, use q and shred those champions!
Thank you for reading my very first guide!
I would really appreciate a thumbs up on this guide. That might give me the motivation to make this guide even better, or maybe another guide, if you want...?
If you are wondering about something about this guide, or how I did the coding; drop a comment! Also, if you want me to make another guide for another champion, just tell me! I will try to check this guide frequently to read comments and drop some tears of joy if you guys like it :')
Thank you again! Good luck, and have fun in future games! GLHF.
Also, check out my
Vayne guide here!
~NorToXz
SØLVE ER BEST
Zioel og Cryder er Best i Test - TV2 Hjelper deg
Genderbender is the biggest sausage I have ever met
I would really appreciate a thumbs up on this guide. That might give me the motivation to make this guide even better, or maybe another guide, if you want...?
If you are wondering about something about this guide, or how I did the coding; drop a comment! Also, if you want me to make another guide for another champion, just tell me! I will try to check this guide frequently to read comments and drop some tears of joy if you guys like it :')
Thank you again! Good luck, and have fun in future games! GLHF.
Also, check out my
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~NorToXz
SØLVE ER BEST
Zioel og Cryder er Best i Test - TV2 Hjelper deg
Genderbender is the biggest sausage I have ever met
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