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How to Synergize Kai'Sa with Tristana on the Same TeamKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa with Tristana

How to Win With Kai'Sa and Tristana Paired TogetherKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Tristana

based on 1,566 Kai'Sa with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Kai'Sa has fought alongside Tristana in 1566 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data from the publishers of League, we are completely sure that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Kai'Sa synergize with Tristana. It is very rare for Kai'Sa to play alongside Tristana on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.0% of matches with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a poor job of teaming up with Tristana. Usually, she wins an acceptable 49.1% of rounds the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Kai'Sa when fighting on the same team as Tristana by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormrazorWit's EndShadowflameGuinsoo's Rageblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Tristana

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Tristana

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa Tristana Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Tristana Image
7
< Kills >
7.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
5.8
< Assists >
6.2
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
172
< Minions Killed >
180
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
10,662
< Physical Damage >
12,169
8,723
< Magic Damage >
8,110
453
< True Damage >
432
19,839
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
19,113
< Damage Taken >
20,172
11,986
< Gold Earned >
12,522
1.91
< Towers >
2.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
3,831
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,562
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
41
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Tristana as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa 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, Kai'Sa sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tristana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Tristana helps Kai'Sa perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kai'Sa is an ally to Tristana, she gets a little decrease in her full damage output. This difference may indicate that Tristana does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played alongside Tristana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Tristana.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Tristana on the same team, she usually receives less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Tristana does a decent job of covering Kai'Sa in team fights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Tristana

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kai'Sa that will always be her best teammate. Yet, Tristana is a pretty good ally for Kai'Sa. By being on the same side as Kai'Sa, she increases their win rate by 2.6% to 49.1%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good bond between Kai'Sa and Tristana that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Tristana has a lower difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Tristana teammates to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Working together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by bringing Kai'Sa and Tristana together, you will not be providing your other allies enough crowd control. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Tristana ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Tristana, we analyzed 1,566 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 Kai'Sa 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

To truly master Kai'Sa to pair well with Tristana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to use in your Kai'Sa and Tristana synergy build consist of Muramana, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Tristana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Tristana with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Tristana with Kai'Sa are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.