Tristana ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 52.9%
- Pick rate
- 11.0%
- Ban rate
- 9.0%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Precision +
Inspiration 
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Triumph
Legend: Bloodline
Cut Down
Triple Tonic
Cash Back
Summoner spells
53.4%
174 games
Max order
E
Q
W
54.8%
363 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Tristana
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Tristana wins 52.9% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (1,967 games).
- Most common core: Yun Tal Wildarrows → Infinity Edge → Navori Flickerblade — 65% win rate over 113 games.
- Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 96% of games with a 53% win rate.
- Best matchup: Yone (80% over 10 games). Hardest: Veigar (27% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 64.5% | 7% (141) | |
| 64.3% | 1% (28) | |
| 61.5% | 3% (52) | |
| 59.8% | 35% (689) | |
| 59.3% | 9% (177) | |
| 57.7% | 67% (1,312) | |
| 57.6% | 78% (1,527) | |
| 56.9% | 11% (218) | |
| 55.3% | 26% (506) | |
| 53.7% | 69% (1,357) | |
| 45.0% | 11% (218) | |
| 44.1% | 2% (34) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Inspiration
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Triumph
Legend: Bloodline
Cut Down
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Precision +
Inspiration
Precision +
Inspiration
Keystones
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Lethal Tempo
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
53.1%96% pick
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Press the Attack
Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.
51.9%3% pick
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Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
44.4%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Barrier
53.0%69% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
52.0%22% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
53.4%9% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
54.8%363 games
Q
E
W
100.0%3 games
Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (51%), Q → E → W (51%), Q → W → E (62%).
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PDraw a BeadIncreases Tristana's Attack Range as she levels.
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QRapid Fire
Tristana fires her weapon rapidly, increasing her Attack Speed for a short time.
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WRocket Jump
Tristana fires at the ground to propel her to a distant location, dealing damage and slowing surrounding units for a brief period where she lands.
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EExplosive Charge
When Tristana kills a unit, her cannonballs burst into shrapnel, dealing damage to surrounding enemies. Can be activated to place a bomb on a target enemy that explodes after a short duration dealing damage to surroundin...
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RBuster ShotTristana loads a massive cannonball into her weapon and fires it at an enemy unit. This deals Magic Damage and knocks the target back. If the target is carrying the Explosive Charge bomb, the bomb detonation radius is do...