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Recommended Items
Spells:
Heal
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Draw a Bead (PASSIVE)
Tristana Passive Ability
Introduction
Hi everyone, I'm Broofboob. I'm a Plat 5 ADC main who has mained Tristana since I got to level 30 early Season 3. I've stuck with her through the highs and lows of recent times and have developed a good understanding of the champion and her limits.
Tristana, like any champion, has positives and negatives however I believe she is one of the best champions in the game to play at ADC at any level. Whether you play a lot of ADC or are just wanting to pick it up, I highly recommend using her as often as you can.
Pros
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+ Self peel and escape mechanism + Incredible late game damage + Decent early game |
Tristana is one of the best late game ADC's period. If you get to 6 items you will be a terror unless the enemy has 6 armour items. Despite this her early game does not suffer due to the effectiveness of her ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cons
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- Weak mid game - Pea shooter without items - Escape mechanism can be cancelled |
To offset this her mid game really is awful compared to other popular ADC's like Corki, Lucian or Twitch. without items you will find yourself hitting lots but for pretty much no damage and your abilities wont help much in this situation. In addition her ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Runes






Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed: These quints give more damage over time early game than straight AD and also give you a smoother auto attack animation. This is expecially important pre 6 when your auto attacks are rather slow.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage: This gives you plenty of AD early game which both increases your harassment damage on the enemy ADC and makes last hitting easier in the vital early levels.
Greater Mark of Critical Chance: Lets be honest, 1 extra AD doesn't compare to the cheese of getting a level 1 crit first shot every 100 games.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist: I actually use flat MR because I don't want to spend money on these, however these are more effective as usually you wont be up against much hard magic damage until these are at least on par with the flat MR. The exception is if you are against a heavy magic damage support like
Annie,
Karma or
Sona.
Greater Seal of Armor: Flat Armour is what I like to run because it reduces the damage of both the enemy laners auto attack harassment and that of the minions when you harass them.
Alternatives include 5


For your first 3 abilities I recommend going




I take


The reason I take



If the lane is going well max









At first buy you should always buy


At first back you should aim for a





I always build an




My 3rd core item is usually a







The above are all alternative items you can build.


















If you feel you are lacking damage at max items, try buying a second

As an ADC your main role is to safely deal damage to the enemy team. There is almost no such thing as being too safe on ADC, if you die too easily the team fight is pretty much lost unless you have a fed team mate who can make up for your lost damage.
Early game you should focus on csing and trading with your lane opponent. A good target to hit if you are around silver is 100cs at 15 minutes with your opponent 10 or more below you. If you hit this it means you are both farming decently and keeping your opponent at bay, however there is room for improvement.
As the game moves into the Mid game you should group up with your team mates and either siege turrets or defend them. When besieging turrets your focus should be on safely putting damage on the turrets, not the enemy team. If you are defending then try and safely clear minions, however if that is not possible hang back where you cannot be caught. Remember that while peel is a great help when playing ADC, staying alive begins with your own positioning and knowledge of the enemy team.
In late game team fights your priority should be to stay alive while dealing damage. Always auto attack at the longest range possible and orb walk backwards if needed. Don't ever dive deep to try and get a few lucky crits and delete the enemy mid or ADC as you are just as valuable as them, if not more so, and so this would not be worth. Often you will find yourself either auto attacking a tanky frontline champ or running from an assassin. Don't get impatient as over a few seconds you will be able to kill them with a little bit of skill. All you have to do then is hope you are better than their ADC and that you are alive when they are not. After a won team fight remember you are the biggest damage dealer your team has so make sure to get objectives if safe and not farm wraiths.
All the above applies to






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