Caitlyn vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Caitlyn
based on 13,366 Caitlyn vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Tristana
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Caitlyn vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Caitlyn versus Tristana matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Tristana
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Tristana?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when taking on Tristana, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Tristana.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Tristana.
Additionally, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Tristana matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Tristana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Tristana. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Caitlyn versus Tristana build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Axiom Arc. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Tristana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Tristana with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Tristana as Caitlyn, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Caitlyn vs Tristana LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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