Tristana ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 52.0%
- Pick rate
- 9.4%
- Ban rate
- 6.4%
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
Runes
Precision +
Domination 
Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Coup de Grace
Taste of Blood
Treasure Hunter
Summoner spells
51.6%
128 games
Max order
E
Q
W
60.0%
5 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 52.0% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (148 games).
- Most common core: Infinity Edge → Yun Tal Wildarrows → Lord Dominik's Regards — 48% win rate over 27 games.
- Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 91% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Miss Fortune (89% over 9 games). Hardest: Kai'Sa (11% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Tristana scales: 55% win rate after 35 minutes versus 46% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 75.0% | 3% (4) | |
| 57.6% | 80% (118) | |
| 57.1% | 9% (14) | |
| 56.7% | 66% (97) | |
| 56.3% | 11% (16) | |
| 54.7% | 36% (53) | |
| 51.7% | 59% (87) | |
| 51.2% | 29% (43) | |
| 50.0% | 16% (24) | |
| 50.0% | 3% (4) | |
| 48.4% | 21% (31) | |
| 40.0% | 3% (5) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Domination 
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Coup de Grace
Taste of Blood
Treasure Hunter
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.
50.7%91% 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.
63.6%7% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Barrier
51.6%86% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
50.0%9% pick
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Flash + Heal
66.7%2% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
60.0%5 games
Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (50%), Q → W → E (0%), E → Q → W (100%).
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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...