Wild Rift: TRISTANA Build Guide (7.2A)
League of Legends: Wild Rift TRISTANA, role - Marksman. Use the guidelines to take your TRISTANA Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position TRISTANA is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 54 (6) |  630 (128) |  8 (0.7) |
 0.81 (0.02) |  300 (41) |  12 (0.7) |
 335 (0) |  35 (4) |  30 (1.4) |
 175 (0) |
(PASSIVE) DRAW A BEAD
Increases the range of attacks, Explosive Charge, and Buster Shot by 10 per level.
(Q) RAPID FIRE
17/16/15/14s
Gain 50/75/100/125% bonus Attack Speed for 7 seconds.
(W) ROCKET JUMP
22/19/16/13s 
60
Leap to a target location, dealing 85 magic damage (85/155/225/295 + 50% 
) and slowing nearby enemies by 60% for 1.5/2/2.5/3s.
Takedowns and fully stacked Explosive Charge detonations on champions reset Rocket Jump's cooldown.
(E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
15/14/13/12s 55/60/65/70
Passive: Enemies explode when killed by Tristana's attacks, dealing 65 magic damage (65/100/135/170 + 25% ) to nearby enemies.
Active: Places a bomb on an enemy or turret, dealing 50 physical damage (50/75/100/125 + 75/110/145/180 % + 50/70/90/110% ) to nearby enemies. Tristana's attacks and abilities charge the bomb's damage by 30% stacking 4 times.
Bombs explode immediately at full stacks. Explosion radius is double for bombs placed on turrets.
(R) BUSTER SHOT
70/65/60s 100
Fires a massive cannonball at an enemy, dealing 350 magic damage (350/450/550 + 100% ) and knocking them back.
TRISTANA Meta Overview — Ranks & Performance Analytics
This meta overview presents TRISTANA’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where TRISTANA performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
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Adc TRISTANA Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Adc Line TRISTANA. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword
+12 Attack Damage
500
Bloodthirster
Increases Physical Vamp +55 Attack Damage
+250 Max Health
+25% Critical Rate
Bloody: 
+8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp. 3000
Bloodthirster TIPS: This item is a staple for auto-attack carries, providing a strong boost to damage, critical chance, and attack speed. Its passive converts critical strikes into enhanced lifesteal, making extended trades and sustained fights lean in your favor. When you fall into critical health, a lifesaving shield activates, granting extra defenses and a chance to survive clutch moments. Ideal for marksmen and auto-attack fighters who need both high DPS and reliable sustain.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp
+45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power
(Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp
. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Magnetic Blaster
Increases attack range and damage +25% Critical Rate
+35% Attack Speed
Fervor: +5% Move Speed.
Energized: Moving and attacking will generate an Energized Attack.
Power Blitz: Energized Attacks gain 100 range (50 range for melee attacks), deal 40-100 bonus magic damage, and grant 60 Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. This damage bounces to 5 nearby enemies and can Critically Strike.
(Deals 50-80% bonus damage against minions.) 3000
Magnetic Blaster TIPS: This item extends your attack range and adds hybrid damage by empowering every fourth attack with a magic burst that can bounce to multiple targets and critically strike. Moving and attacking charges the empowered strike, and upon activation you gain a hefty movement speed boost, aiding both chase and retreat. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who want more reach, multi‑target damage, and extra mobility in skirmishes.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Immortal Treds
Deal bonus damage or gain increased healing and shielding +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%.
Now and Forever: When you have more than 50% Health, deal 5% bonus damage. When below 50% Health, gain 12% increased healing and shielding. 2000
Immortal Treds TIPS: These boots combine adaptive offensive power, sustain, and increased combat effectiveness. While above 50% Health, you deal increased damage, and when below 50% Health, you benefit from stronger healing and shielding to improve your survivability. The additional Omnivamp further restores Health from all damage you deal. They are an excellent choice for fighters, AP bruisers, and champions who want to balance offensive power with sustained durability throughout extended fights.
Bloodthirster (Increases Physical Vamp) as your first item, followed by Gluttonous Greaves (Grants Attack Damage and Omnivamp) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Magnetic Blaster (Increases attack range and damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Immortal Treds (Deal bonus damage or gain increased healing and shielding).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Bloodthirster
Increases Physical Vamp +55 Attack Damage +250 Max Health +25% Critical Rate
Bloody: +8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp. 3000
Bloodthirster TIPS: This item is a staple for auto-attack carries, providing a strong boost to damage, critical chance, and attack speed. Its passive converts critical strikes into enhanced lifesteal, making extended trades and sustained fights lean in your favor. When you fall into critical health, a lifesaving shield activates, granting extra defenses and a chance to survive clutch moments. Ideal for marksmen and auto-attack fighters who need both high DPS and reliable sustain.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Magnetic Blaster
Increases attack range and damage +25% Critical Rate +35% Attack Speed
Fervor: +5% Move Speed.
Energized: Moving and attacking will generate an Energized Attack.
Power Blitz: Energized Attacks gain 100 range (50 range for melee attacks), deal 40-100 bonus magic damage, and grant 60 Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. This damage bounces to 5 nearby enemies and can Critically Strike.
(Deals 50-80% bonus damage against minions.) 3000
Magnetic Blaster TIPS: This item extends your attack range and adds hybrid damage by empowering every fourth attack with a magic burst that can bounce to multiple targets and critically strike. Moving and attacking charges the empowered strike, and upon activation you gain a hefty movement speed boost, aiding both chase and retreat. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who want more reach, multi‑target damage, and extra mobility in skirmishes.
Navori Quickblades
Abilities grant damage amplification and cooldown reduction +25% Critical Rate +45% Attack Speed +5% Move Speed
Deft Strikes: Attacks reduce the remaining cooldowns of your basic abilities by 15%. 2800
Navori Quickblades TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who aim to amplify their ability damage and reduce cooldowns. Critical strikes accelerate your non‑ultimate abilities, while your skills hit harder based on your crit chance. — A top pick for marksmen and assassins who weave auto‑attacks with spells to swiftly eliminate targets and maintain combat momentum.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +40 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist
for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 
11% Armor Pen and 
11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%. 3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Situational items
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +40 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%. 3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +25 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate +15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper: +30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Mortal Reminder — This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +40 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%. 3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Dominik’s Regards
Already equipped with percentage armor penetration and bonus damage, but lacks durability +25 Attack Damage +36% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the target’s bonus Health. At 1500 bonus Health, the bonus damage is increased up to 15%. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: Is built to punish bulky foes. It converts a chunk of your offensive power into armor penetration and adds bonus damage that scales with the enemy’s extra health, making it a go-to pick when the enemy team stacks HP and armor. Because it focuses on penetration and damage rather than survivability, use it when you need to cut through tanky targets quickly while relying on positioning or teammates for protection.
Dominik’s Regards — Is built to punish bulky foes. It converts a chunk of your offensive power into armor penetration and adds bonus damage that scales with the enemy’s extra health, making it a go-to pick when the enemy team stacks HP and armor. Because it focuses on penetration and damage rather than survivability, use it when you need to cut through tanky targets quickly while relying on positioning or teammates for protection.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +45 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 100% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (180s Cooldown) 3200
Guardian Angel TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Guardian Angel — This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Maw of Malmortius — This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +40 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Omni Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 7% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 10%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown) 3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item is a powerful tool for shredding enemy health and staying alive in extended fights. It grants attack power and attack speed, turning your basic hits into sustained damage that scales with the target’s current health — ideal against tanks and high-HP builds. Its active grants a strong slow and steals movement speed from the target, helping you chase or lock down priority targets. The lifesteal-like sustain it provides makes it a solid pick for champions who want to outlast opponents in prolonged exchanges.
Blade of the Ruined King — This item is a powerful tool for shredding enemy health and staying alive in extended fights. It grants attack power and attack speed, turning your basic hits into sustained damage that scales with the target’s current health — ideal against tanks and high-HP builds. Its active grants a strong slow and steals movement speed from the target, helping you chase or lock down priority targets. The lifesteal-like sustain it provides makes it a solid pick for champions who want to outlast opponents in prolonged exchanges.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Barrier (Gain a shield) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Barrier
Gain a shield that absorbs 120 (120–560 ) damage for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Lethal Tempo (Attack faster with each consecutive attack.) as your keystone, followed by 
Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.), 
Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and 
Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Lethal Tempo
Attack Speed
Gain stacks of Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed the Attack Speed cap.
Each stack: increase 6-14% (Melee) or 3.5-8% (Ranged) Attack Speed for 6 seconds.
At max stack bonus: Gain 25 (Melee) or 50 (Ranged) Attack Distance.
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus + 3% ) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Legend: Alacrity
Increase bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 18% Attack Speed.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Situational Runes
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Cut Down
Deal more damage to high Health enemies
Your attacks deal 6.57% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.
Cut Down — This rune increases damage against high-health targets, helping you deal with tanky enemies more effectively. It is ideal for champions who rely on consistent damage output, especially against tanks and durable fighters. It works best on marksmen and some fighters where efficiently shredding high-health targets is important.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Sudden Impact
Triggers when in stealth or dashing
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 15-65 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 5 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 5 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Sudden Impact — The rune that activates after using dashes, teleports, leaps, or exiting stealth deals bonus true damage to the enemy. This mechanic enhances aggressive play by allowing fast movement across the map and delivering powerful strikes. At higher levels, it provides additional damage and movement speed bonuses, increasing mobility and effectiveness in fights. This makes it a great choice for champions who rely on mobility and want to enhance their attacks after quick movements or stealth.Skills Order
(Q) RAPID FIRE
17/16/15/14s
Gain 50/75/100/125% bonus Attack Speed for 7 seconds.
(Q) RAPID FIRE
(W) ROCKET JUMP
22/19/16/13s 60
Leap to a target location, dealing 85 magic damage (85/155/225/295 + 50% ) and slowing nearby enemies by 60% for 1.5/2/2.5/3s.
Takedowns and fully stacked Explosive Charge detonations on champions reset Rocket Jump's cooldown.
(W) ROCKET JUMP
(E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
15/14/13/12s 55/60/65/70
Passive: Enemies explode when killed by Tristana's attacks, dealing 65 magic damage (65/100/135/170 + 25% ) to nearby enemies.
Active: Places a bomb on an enemy or turret, dealing 50 physical damage (50/75/100/125 + 75/110/145/180 % + 50/70/90/110% ) to nearby enemies. Tristana's attacks and abilities charge the bomb's damage by 30% stacking 4 times.
Bombs explode immediately at full stacks. Explosion radius is double for bombs placed on turrets.
(E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
(R) BUSTER SHOT
70/65/60s 100
Fires a massive cannonball at an enemy, dealing 350 magic damage (350/450/550 + 100% ) and knocking them back.
(R) BUSTER SHOT
Adc TRISTANA Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Adc TRISTANA. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Adc TRISTANA Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Adc TRISTANA in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Armor
Items that reduce Auto Attacks (AA) / Physical Damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against physical damage, especially from enemy basic attacks. The bonus Armor, Health, and movement speed improve your durability, allowing you to survive longer against marksmen and AD fighters. They are an excellent choice against teams that rely heavily on auto attacks for their damage.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +350 Max Health +70 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 75% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +250 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2650
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item is ideal for tanks and support champions who need to slow enemy attack speed and maintain a healthy mana pool. It provides substantial bonuses to armor, mana, and ability haste. The “Winter’s Caress” passive applies up to four stacks of Chill on enemy champions through your basic attacks, abilities, or any magic damage they take—each stack slows their attack speed by 9%, up to 36% at full stacks. This weakens enemy marksmen and fighters, making it harder for them to deal sustained damage in fights.
Reduced 
Healing
Items with Grievous Wounds that can reduce TRISTANA Healing effects.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing +15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +35 Ability Power
Cursed Wounds: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions applies 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Bramble Vest
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +30 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 4 magic damage + 6% bonus armor to the attacker and inflict 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 1000
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +25 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate +15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper: +30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +400 Max Health +45 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +300 Max Health +75 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Adc TRISTANA Strengths and Weaknesses
Adc TRISTANA Strategy and Tactics
Mid TRISTANA Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Mid Line TRISTANA. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword +12 Attack Damage 500
Bloodthirster
Increases Physical Vamp +55 Attack Damage +250 Max Health +25% Critical Rate
Bloody: +8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp. 3000
Bloodthirster TIPS: This item is a staple for auto-attack carries, providing a strong boost to damage, critical chance, and attack speed. Its passive converts critical strikes into enhanced lifesteal, making extended trades and sustained fights lean in your favor. When you fall into critical health, a lifesaving shield activates, granting extra defenses and a chance to survive clutch moments. Ideal for marksmen and auto-attack fighters who need both high DPS and reliable sustain.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Navori Quickblades
Abilities grant damage amplification and cooldown reduction +25% Critical Rate +45% Attack Speed +5% Move Speed
Deft Strikes: Attacks reduce the remaining cooldowns of your basic abilities by 15%. 2800
Navori Quickblades TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who aim to amplify their ability damage and reduce cooldowns. Critical strikes accelerate your non‑ultimate abilities, while your skills hit harder based on your crit chance. — A top pick for marksmen and assassins who weave auto‑attacks with spells to swiftly eliminate targets and maintain combat momentum.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Immortal Treds
Deal bonus damage or gain increased healing and shielding +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%.
Now and Forever: When you have more than 50% Health, deal 5% bonus damage. When below 50% Health, gain 12% increased healing and shielding. 2000
Immortal Treds TIPS: These boots combine adaptive offensive power, sustain, and increased combat effectiveness. While above 50% Health, you deal increased damage, and when below 50% Health, you benefit from stronger healing and shielding to improve your survivability. The additional Omnivamp further restores Health from all damage you deal. They are an excellent choice for fighters, AP bruisers, and champions who want to balance offensive power with sustained durability throughout extended fights.
Bloodthirster (Increases Physical Vamp) as your first item, followed by Gluttonous Greaves (Grants Attack Damage and Omnivamp) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Navori Quickblades (Abilities grant damage amplification and cooldown reduction).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Immortal Treds (Deal bonus damage or gain increased healing and shielding).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Bloodthirster
Increases Physical Vamp +55 Attack Damage +250 Max Health +25% Critical Rate
Bloody: +8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp. 3000
Bloodthirster TIPS: This item is a staple for auto-attack carries, providing a strong boost to damage, critical chance, and attack speed. Its passive converts critical strikes into enhanced lifesteal, making extended trades and sustained fights lean in your favor. When you fall into critical health, a lifesaving shield activates, granting extra defenses and a chance to survive clutch moments. Ideal for marksmen and auto-attack fighters who need both high DPS and reliable sustain.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +45 Move Speed
Balance of Power: Gain 12 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Conversion: Gain 5% Omnivamp. Champion takedowns grant an additional 0.5% Omnivamp, up to 5%. 1000
Gluttonous Greaves TIPS: These boots combine mobility, adaptive offensive power, and sustained healing. They increase your damage while Omnivamp restores health from all damage you deal. Champion takedowns further increase your Omnivamp, making them an excellent choice for champions who want to balance high damage output with strong sustain during extended fights.
Navori Quickblades
Abilities grant damage amplification and cooldown reduction +25% Critical Rate +45% Attack Speed +5% Move Speed
Deft Strikes: Attacks reduce the remaining cooldowns of your basic abilities by 15%. 2800
Navori Quickblades TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who aim to amplify their ability damage and reduce cooldowns. Critical strikes accelerate your non‑ultimate abilities, while your skills hit harder based on your crit chance. — A top pick for marksmen and assassins who weave auto‑attacks with spells to swiftly eliminate targets and maintain combat momentum.
Magnetic Blaster
Increases attack range and damage +25% Critical Rate +35% Attack Speed
Fervor: +5% Move Speed.
Energized: Moving and attacking will generate an Energized Attack.
Power Blitz: Energized Attacks gain 100 range (50 range for melee attacks), deal 40-100 bonus magic damage, and grant 60 Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. This damage bounces to 5 nearby enemies and can Critically Strike.
(Deals 50-80% bonus damage against minions.) 3000
Magnetic Blaster TIPS: This item extends your attack range and adds hybrid damage by empowering every fourth attack with a magic burst that can bounce to multiple targets and critically strike. Moving and attacking charges the empowered strike, and upon activation you gain a hefty movement speed boost, aiding both chase and retreat. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack bruisers who want more reach, multi‑target damage, and extra mobility in skirmishes.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +40 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%. 3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Situational items
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +40 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%. 3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +25 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate +15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper: +30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Mortal Reminder — This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +40 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%. 3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Dominik’s Regards
Already equipped with percentage armor penetration and bonus damage, but lacks durability +25 Attack Damage +36% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the target’s bonus Health. At 1500 bonus Health, the bonus damage is increased up to 15%. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: Is built to punish bulky foes. It converts a chunk of your offensive power into armor penetration and adds bonus damage that scales with the enemy’s extra health, making it a go-to pick when the enemy team stacks HP and armor. Because it focuses on penetration and damage rather than survivability, use it when you need to cut through tanky targets quickly while relying on positioning or teammates for protection.
Dominik’s Regards — Is built to punish bulky foes. It converts a chunk of your offensive power into armor penetration and adds bonus damage that scales with the enemy’s extra health, making it a go-to pick when the enemy team stacks HP and armor. Because it focuses on penetration and damage rather than survivability, use it when you need to cut through tanky targets quickly while relying on positioning or teammates for protection.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Maw of Malmortius — This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +45 Attack Damage +40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 100% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (180s Cooldown) 3200
Guardian Angel TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Guardian Angel — This item is perfect for champions who need a second chance in teamfights. It is especially effective against champions with high burst damage, such as Zed, Syndra, or Zoe, as well as against strong diving champions like Camille, Kha'Zix, or Lee Sin. The Resurrection effect allows you to return to the fight after taking lethal damage, restoring health and mana, giving you a chance to continue fighting and assist your team even in critical moments.
Infinity Edge
Increases Critical Strike Damage +65 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.
Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage. 3400
Infinity Edge TIPS: This item greatly amplifies your auto‑attack power by boosting the base damage of critical strikes and granting extra critical damage when your total crit chance from items is capped. — Perfect for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters looking to maximize their crit damage and squeeze even more value out of high crit chance builds.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +40 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Omni Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 7% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 10%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown) 3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item is a powerful tool for shredding enemy health and staying alive in extended fights. It grants attack power and attack speed, turning your basic hits into sustained damage that scales with the target’s current health — ideal against tanks and high-HP builds. Its active grants a strong slow and steals movement speed from the target, helping you chase or lock down priority targets. The lifesteal-like sustain it provides makes it a solid pick for champions who want to outlast opponents in prolonged exchanges.
Blade of the Ruined King — This item is a powerful tool for shredding enemy health and staying alive in extended fights. It grants attack power and attack speed, turning your basic hits into sustained damage that scales with the target’s current health — ideal against tanks and high-HP builds. Its active grants a strong slow and steals movement speed from the target, helping you chase or lock down priority targets. The lifesteal-like sustain it provides makes it a solid pick for champions who want to outlast opponents in prolonged exchanges.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and Ignite (Ignites target enemy champion, dealing true damageand applying Grievous Wounds for the duration. Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Lethal Tempo (Attack faster with each consecutive attack.) as your keystone, followed by Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.), Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Lethal Tempo
Attack Speed
Gain stacks of Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed the Attack Speed cap.
Each stack: increase 6-14% (Melee) or 3.5-8% (Ranged) Attack Speed for 6 seconds.
At max stack bonus: Gain 25 (Melee) or 50 (Ranged) Attack Distance.
Brutal
Attacks deal on-hit damage
Attacks deal (5 + 6% bonus + 3% ) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Legend: Alacrity
Increase bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 18% Attack Speed.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Situational Runes
Coup de Grace
Increase damage to low Health enemies
Your attacks deal 8% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with less than 40% Health.
Cut Down
Deal more damage to high Health enemies
Your attacks deal 6.57% bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions with more than 60% Health.
Cut Down — This rune increases damage against high-health targets, helping you deal with tanky enemies more effectively. It is ideal for champions who rely on consistent damage output, especially against tanks and durable fighters. It works best on marksmen and some fighters where efficiently shredding high-health targets is important.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Sudden Impact
Triggers when in stealth or dashing
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 15-65 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 5 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 5 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Sudden Impact — The rune that activates after using dashes, teleports, leaps, or exiting stealth deals bonus true damage to the enemy. This mechanic enhances aggressive play by allowing fast movement across the map and delivering powerful strikes. At higher levels, it provides additional damage and movement speed bonuses, increasing mobility and effectiveness in fights. This makes it a great choice for champions who rely on mobility and want to enhance their attacks after quick movements or stealth.Skills Order
(Q) RAPID FIRE
17/16/15/14s
Gain 50/75/100/125% bonus Attack Speed for 7 seconds.
(Q) RAPID FIRE
(W) ROCKET JUMP
22/19/16/13s 60
Leap to a target location, dealing 85 magic damage (85/155/225/295 + 50% ) and slowing nearby enemies by 60% for 1.5/2/2.5/3s.
Takedowns and fully stacked Explosive Charge detonations on champions reset Rocket Jump's cooldown.
(W) ROCKET JUMP
(E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
15/14/13/12s 55/60/65/70
Passive: Enemies explode when killed by Tristana's attacks, dealing 65 magic damage (65/100/135/170 + 25% ) to nearby enemies.
Active: Places a bomb on an enemy or turret, dealing 50 physical damage (50/75/100/125 + 75/110/145/180 % + 50/70/90/110% ) to nearby enemies. Tristana's attacks and abilities charge the bomb's damage by 30% stacking 4 times.
Bombs explode immediately at full stacks. Explosion radius is double for bombs placed on turrets.
(E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
(R) BUSTER SHOT
70/65/60s 100
Fires a massive cannonball at an enemy, dealing 350 magic damage (350/450/550 + 100% ) and knocking them back.
(R) BUSTER SHOT
Mid TRISTANA Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Mid TRISTANA. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Mid TRISTANA Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Mid TRISTANA in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Armor
Items that reduce Auto Attacks (AA) / Physical Damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against physical damage, especially from enemy basic attacks. The bonus Armor, Health, and movement speed improve your durability, allowing you to survive longer against marksmen and AD fighters. They are an excellent choice against teams that rely heavily on auto attacks for their damage.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +350 Max Health +70 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 75% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +250 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2650
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item is ideal for tanks and support champions who need to slow enemy attack speed and maintain a healthy mana pool. It provides substantial bonuses to armor, mana, and ability haste. The “Winter’s Caress” passive applies up to four stacks of Chill on enemy champions through your basic attacks, abilities, or any magic damage they take—each stack slows their attack speed by 9%, up to 36% at full stacks. This weakens enemy marksmen and fighters, making it harder for them to deal sustained damage in fights.
Reduced Healing
Items with Grievous Wounds that can reduce TRISTANA Healing effects.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing +15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +35 Ability Power
Cursed Wounds: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions applies 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Bramble Vest
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +30 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 4 magic damage + 6% bonus armor to the attacker and inflict 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 1000
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +25 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate +15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper: +30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +400 Max Health +45 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +300 Max Health +75 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Mid TRISTANA Strengths and Weaknesses
Mid TRISTANA Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift TRISTANA Ability and Tips
DRAW A BEAD
RAPID FIRE
ROCKET JUMP
EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
BUSTER SHOT
(PASSIVE) DRAW A BEAD
Increases the range of attacks, Explosive Charge, and Buster Shot by 10 per level.
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(Q) RAPID FIRE
17/16/15/14s
Gain 50/75/100/125% bonus Attack Speed for 7 seconds.
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(W) ROCKET JUMP
22/19/16/13s 60
Leap to a target location, dealing 85 magic damage (85/155/225/295 + 50% ) and slowing nearby enemies by 60% for 1.5/2/2.5/3s.
Takedowns and fully stacked Explosive Charge detonations on champions reset Rocket Jump's cooldown.
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(E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
15/14/13/12s 55/60/65/70
Passive: Enemies explode when killed by Tristana's attacks, dealing 65 magic damage (65/100/135/170 + 25% ) to nearby enemies.
Active: Places a bomb on an enemy or turret, dealing 50 physical damage (50/75/100/125 + 75/110/145/180 % + 50/70/90/110% ) to nearby enemies. Tristana's attacks and abilities charge the bomb's damage by 30% stacking 4 times.
Bombs explode immediately at full stacks. Explosion radius is double for bombs placed on turrets.
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(R) BUSTER SHOT
70/65/60s 100
Fires a massive cannonball at an enemy, dealing 350 magic damage (350/450/550 + 100% ) and knocking them back.
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Wild Rift TRISTANA Skills Combo
Tristana Burst Disengage
Execution
Use this combo to escape when you get stuck with multiple enemies.
(W) ROCKET JUMP away from the enemy and use (E) EXPLOSIVE CHARGE mid-air on the closest target and activate your (Q) RAPID FIRE. Upon landing, AA twice, then (R) BUSTER SHOT and AA to quickly detonate the bomb and get your (W) reset. Finish using (W) away to safety.
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Wild Rift TRISTANA Video
Watch here!While many other yordles channel their energy into discovery, invention, or just plain mischief-making, Tristana was always inspired by the adventures of great warriors. She had heard much about Runeterra, its factions, and its wars, and believed her kind could become worthy of legend too. Setting foot in the world for the first time, she took up her trusty cannon Boomer, and now leaps into battle with steadfast courage and optimism.