Gragas vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Gragas
based on 1,972 Gragas vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Tristana
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
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.
Gragas vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Gragas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Gragas versus Tristana counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..
Gragas often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gragas and Tristana
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Who is Better, Gragas or Tristana?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tristana, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Gragas makes an ok counter for Tristana.
While Gragas does have a lower winrate compared to Tristana, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gragas into Tristana.
Furthermore, Gragas also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Tristana matchups, Tristana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to Tristana. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas on average picks up less CS as Tristana. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Gragas versus Tristana build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Tristana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Tristana with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Tristana as Gragas, Gragas players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Gragas vs Tristana counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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