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How to Win Tristana vs Aphelios Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Tristana

based on 2,671 Tristana vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Tristana fought Aphelios 2671 times. Having so many matchups for Tristana vs Aphelios provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening statistics and a recommended build to obliterate Aphelios. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Tristana is forced to battle against Aphelios in only 2.1% of her rounds.

Tristana vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Tristana has done a average job of countering Aphelios. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Tristana versus Aphelios games, Tristana’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Tristana vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Aphelios

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

Advice to Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Tristana vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Aphelios Image
7.8
< Kills >
6.7
5.8
< Deaths >
6.4
5.6
< Assists >
6
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
169
< Minions Killed >
171
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.51
17,573
< Physical Damage >
19,889
2,241
< Magic Damage >
1,333
475
< True Damage >
441
20,290
< Damage Dealt >
21,663
21,245
< Damage Taken >
18,373
12,643
< Gold Earned >
11,768
2.88
< Towers >
2.4
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
6,109
< Total Healing >
5,037
12,922
< Experience >
12,425
18
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
67
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Aphelios with Tristana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Tristana versus Aphelios matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..

Tristana normally has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Aphelios. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Aphelios

Who is Better, Tristana or Aphelios?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when playing against Aphelios, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Tristana makes an ok counter for Aphelios.

While Tristana does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Tristana into Aphelios.

Additionally, Tristana has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Aphelios 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 late stage team fights.

Tristana is a decent counter to Aphelios. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Aphelios.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Tristana, we analyzed 2,671 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 Aphelios as Tristana 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 Tristana to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Tristana versus Aphelios build include Phantom Dancer, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Aphelios than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Aphelios with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Aphelios as Tristana, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Tristana vs Aphelios counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.

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