Naafiri vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Naafiri
based on 1,809 Naafiri vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Tristana
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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.
Naafiri vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Naafiri against Tristana matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Tristana..
Naafiri normally has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Tristana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Tristana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Tristana, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Tristana.
While Naafiri does have a lower win rate compared to Tristana, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Tristana.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Tristana matchups, Tristana is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Tristana. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often gets a similar amount of CS as Tristana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Naafiri versus Tristana build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better when fighting Tristana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Tristana with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Tristana as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Naafiri vs Tristana counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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