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

Tristana vs Varus

How to Beat Varus as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Varus as Tristana

based on 4,969 Tristana vs Varus matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Varus as Tristana resulted from an evaluation of 4969 ranked rounds where both champs faced one another. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Tristana has to counter Varus in only 3.8% of her rounds.

Tristana vs Varus Matchup Summary

Tristana has done a ok job of beating Varus. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Tristana vs Varus games, Tristana’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Varus.

Best Tristana vs Varus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRapid FirecannonKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeImmortal Shieldbow

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
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Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Varus as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Varus

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 Varus

When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.

You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.

If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.

Tristana vs Varus Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Varus Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.2
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
5.5
< Assists >
6.8
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
169
< Minions Killed >
172
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.52
17,234
< Physical Damage >
14,348
2,301
< Magic Damage >
6,562
475
< True Damage >
354
20,010
< Damage Dealt >
21,264
21,765
< Damage Taken >
19,402
12,578
< Gold Earned >
12,178
2.75
< Towers >
2.39
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
6,000
< Total Healing >
4,644
13,054
< Experience >
12,744
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
9
67
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Varus with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown here show some vital Tristana against Varus matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..

Tristana often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Varus

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Varus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Varus

Who is Better, Tristana or Varus?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Tristana makes an ok counter to Varus.

While Tristana does have a higher winrate than Varus, when facing one another, Tristana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Varus.

Furthermore, Tristana also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Varus matchups, Tristana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Tristana is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Varus.

Other Champion Matchups Against Tristana

Tristana Loses Against

TeemoTeemo44.7% winrateLilliaLillia45.1% winrateUrgotUrgot45.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.7% winrate

Tristana Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54.8% winrateZeriZeri54.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZacZac+ 52.2% 2830 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 52.2% 10914 GamesSingedSinged+ 52.6% 3019 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.8% 8107 Games

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Varus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Varus as Tristana, we analyzed 4,969 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 Varus 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.

Other Useful Resources

Tristana Build Varus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tristana to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Tristana versus Varus build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Varus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Varus with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Varus 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 runes that we analyzed for Tristana vs Varus clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.

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