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Akali with Tristana

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How to Synergize Akali and Tristana

based on 6,694 Akali with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Akali has fought alongside Tristana in 6694 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much relevant data directly from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Akali synergize with Tristana. It is relatively rare for Akali to play alongside Tristana as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 2.9% of matches with Akali.

Akali Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a poor job of synergizing with Tristana. On average, she wins a poor 48.3% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Akali when playing with Tristana by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Tristana

Tips for Playing as Akali with Tristana

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Tristana Will Play

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.

Akali Tristana Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Tristana Image
8.7
< Kills >
9
6
< Deaths >
6
4.9
< Assists >
5.1
1.98
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
148
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,318
< Physical Damage >
1,335
20,937
< Magic Damage >
21,516
746
< True Damage >
759
23,001
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
26,282
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,429
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.33
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,181
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,088
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
70
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Tristana as Akali in LoL

The Akali Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tristana. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Tristana helps Akali perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Akali plays on the same team as Tristana, she sees a little decrease in her total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Tristana does not help protection for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played with Tristana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Tristana. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Tristana.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Tristana on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Tristana does a decent job of covering Akali in team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Tristana

Is Akali better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no perfect companion for Akali that will no matter what be her top ally. However, Tristana is a very typical companion for Akali. By being on the same side as Akali, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 48.3%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Akali and Tristana that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Tristana has a much lower diffuclty than Akali. That means Akali players don't need to be cautious when lining up Tristana comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Akali and Tristana together, you will not be granting your side very much utility. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Tristana ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Tristana, we analyzed 6,694 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Tristana comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to work well with Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to prioritize in your Akali and Tristana synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Tristana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Tristana with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Akali players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.

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