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How to Synergize Nami with Tristana on the Same TeamNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami with Tristana

How to Win With Nami and Tristana Paired TogetherNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nami and Tristana

based on 2,813 Nami with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nami has been on the same team as Tristana in 2813 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data directly from the publishers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Nami play with Tristana. It is relatively rare for Nami to play alongside Tristana as allies. This pairing has only happened in about 2.6% of rounds with Nami.

Nami Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nami has done a terrible job of synergizing with Tristana. Normally, she wins a dismal 46.3% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Nami when playing alongside Tristana by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nami vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionDream MakerImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Echoes of HeliaArdent CenserStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
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Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Nami and Tristana

Tips for Playing as Nami with Tristana

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

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.

Nami Tristana Synergy Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Tristana Image
1.7
< Kills >
1.7
5.3
< Deaths >
5.3
14.3
< Assists >
15.2
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
23
< Minions Killed >
24
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.55
862
< Physical Damage >
855
8,108
< Magic Damage >
8,267
571
< True Damage >
557
9,542
< Damage Dealt >
9,680
16,124
< Damage Taken >
16,333
8,283
< Gold Earned >
8,444
2.06
< Towers >
2.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,588
< Total Healing >
10,128
10,419
< Experience >
10,716
55
< Vision Score >
58
24
< Wards Placed >
25
194
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Play with Tristana as Nami in LoL

The Nami 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, Nami 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 drop shows that Tristana helps Nami perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nami is paired with Tristana, she observes a small decrease in her complete damage output. This could indicate that Tristana does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nami is played together with Tristana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Tristana. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Tristana.

Moreover, when Nami plays with Tristana on the same side, she often receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Tristana does a decent job of protecting Nami during team fights.

Synergies between Nami and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nami
Tristana

Is Nami better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no top synergy for Nami that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Tristana is a below average teammate for Nami. By playing on the same team as Nami, she drops their win rate by -2.8% to 46.3%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Nami and Tristana that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Tristana has a lower difficulty than Nami. That means Nami players don't need to be careful when finding Tristana allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by pairing Nami and Tristana together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Tristana teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nami and Tristana, we analyzed 2,813 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 Nami 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 Nami in order to pair well with Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to get in your Nami and Tristana synergy build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Tristana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 46.3% helping carry Tristana with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nami and Tristana pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.

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