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

Tristana vs Vex

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

based on 2,566 Tristana vs Vex matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our database, Tristana engaged Vex in 2566 matches. With so many games with Tristana versus Vex gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to wreck your opposition. This matchup is somewhat rare. Tristana fights Vex in only 2.0% of her matches.

Tristana vs Vex Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a dismal job of beating Vex. On average, she wins a lowly 47.1% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Tristana vs Vex matches, Tristana’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Vex.

Best Tristana vs Vex Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Guardian AngelImmortal ShieldbowThe CollectorInfinity 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 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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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
6
R
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E
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Guide to Countering Vex as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Vex

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.

Tristana vs Vex Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Vex Image
7
< Kills >
7.4
6.4
< Deaths >
5.9
5.5
< Assists >
7.5
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.71
164
< Minions Killed >
156
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.45
15,934
< Physical Damage >
1,328
2,174
< Magic Damage >
22,002
428
< True Damage >
866
18,537
< Damage Dealt >
24,197
21,785
< Damage Taken >
18,563
12,296
< Gold Earned >
11,337
2.61
< Towers >
1.89
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,992
< Total Healing >
2,151
12,690
< Experience >
14,079
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
64
< Time Dealing CC >
553

How to Counter Vex with Tristana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Tristana versus Vex matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vex..

Tristana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Vex. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tristana and Vex

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Vex
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Vex

Who is Better, Tristana or Vex?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tristana usually loses when taking on Vex, with a 47.1% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes a poor counter for Vex.

While Tristana does have a lower win rate compared to Vex, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Tristana into Vex.

Furthermore, Tristana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vex. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Tristana is a trash counter for Vex. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Vex.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Vex Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vex as Tristana, we analyzed 2,566 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 Vex 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 in order to counter Vex during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Vex. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Tristana versus Vex build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Vex than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 47.1% when playing against Vex with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Vex as Tristana, Tristana players should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Tristana vs Vex counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vex as Tristana are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.