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How to Win Rammus vs Tristana Counter MatchupRammus is in the a tier of champions

Rammus vs Tristana

How to Beat Tristana as Rammus in LoLRammus is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tristana as Rammus

based on 2,557 Rammus vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
2.87
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Tristana as Rammus resulted from an examination of 2557 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Rammus encounters Tristana in only 3.6% of his games.

Rammus vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Rammus does a great job of countering Tristana. On average, he wins a whopping 54.1% of the time the champions face each other in. In Rammus versus Tristana games, Rammus’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Tristana.

Best Rammus vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBramble Vest

Core Rammus Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailDead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Randuin's OmenSunfire AegisKaenic RookernHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rammus to level upq
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Second ability for Rammus to level upe
>
Last skill for Rammus to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Rammus's passive ability p
Rammus's q ability q
Rammus's w ability w
Rammus's e ability e
Rammus's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Rammus

Tips for Playing as Rammus against Tristana

Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.

Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.

Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.

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.

Rammus vs Tristana Counter Stats

Rammus Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Tristana Image
4.3
< Kills >
6.7
5.4
< Deaths >
6.4
11.2
< Assists >
5.8
0.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
35
< Minions Killed >
162
1.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,435
< Physical Damage >
16,135
12,331
< Magic Damage >
2,235
755
< True Damage >
467
15,521
< Damage Dealt >
18,839
30,655
< Damage Taken >
22,184
10,586
< Gold Earned >
12,163
1.23
< Towers >
2.59
0.28
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
12,175
< Total Healing >
6,032
12,959
< Experience >
12,622
19
< Vision Score >
18
7
< Wards Placed >
9
590
< Time Dealing CC >
65

How to Counter Tristana with Rammus in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some strategic Rammus versus Tristana counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tristana. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Rammus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rammus and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Rammus
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rammus
Tristana

Who is Better, Rammus or Tristana?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rammus usually wins when playing against Tristana, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Rammus makes a great counter for Tristana.

While Rammus does have a much higher winrate compared to Tristana, when they face off with one another, Rammus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rammus into Tristana.

Furthermore, Rammus has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Tristana matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Rammus is a great counter for Tristana. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rammus against Tristana.

Additional Information for Rammus Players

How We Calculated Our Rammus vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Rammus, we analyzed 2,557 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tristana as Rammus comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Rammus to counter Tristana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rammus usually gets a lot less CS compared to Tristana. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Rammus versus Tristana build consist of Thornmail, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Rammus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Tristana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rammus had an average win rate of 54.1% battling Tristana with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Tristana as Rammus, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rammus vs Tristana counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.1% win rate overall.

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