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

Tristana vs Soraka

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

based on 2,888 Tristana vs Soraka matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. Within our database, Tristana battled Soraka 2888 times. Using so many games with Tristana versus Soraka provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare actionable data and a recommended build to counter Soraka. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Tristana fights Soraka in only 2.2% of her games.

Tristana vs Soraka Matchup Summary

Tristana does a ok job of countering Soraka. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Tristana against Soraka rounds, Tristana’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Soraka.

Best Tristana vs Soraka Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonPhantom DancerNavori QuickbladesInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
>
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
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Soraka as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Soraka

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 Soraka

It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.

Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.

Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.

Tristana vs Soraka Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Soraka Image
6.6
< Kills >
1
5.6
< Deaths >
5.1
5.1
< Assists >
14
1.5
< Killing Sprees >
0.13
165
< Minions Killed >
26
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.53
17,125
< Physical Damage >
661
2,303
< Magic Damage >
5,002
460
< True Damage >
330
19,888
< Damage Dealt >
5,993
20,492
< Damage Taken >
15,431
12,053
< Gold Earned >
7,896
2.76
< Towers >
2.15
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,777
< Total Healing >
22,171
12,411
< Experience >
10,219
18
< Vision Score >
50
9
< Wards Placed >
22
65
< Time Dealing CC >
209

How to Counter Soraka with Tristana in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several important Tristana against Soraka matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Tristana often has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Soraka. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Soraka

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Soraka
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Soraka

Who is Better, Tristana or Soraka?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when taking on Soraka, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Tristana makes an ok counter for Soraka.

While Tristana does have a higher win rate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Tristana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Tristana into Soraka.

Furthermore, Tristana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Tristana is a decent counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tristana against Soraka.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Soraka Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Soraka as Tristana, we analyzed 2,888 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 Soraka 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 Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana most often picks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Tristana versus Soraka build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Soraka than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 50.0% when countering Soraka with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Soraka as Tristana, Tristana players 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Tristana vs Soraka LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.

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