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How to Synergize Tristana with Gragas on the Same TeamTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana with Gragas

How to Win With Tristana and Gragas Paired TogetherTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Tristana and Gragas

based on 2,100 Tristana with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Tristana has been on the same team as Gragas in 2100 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the creators of League, we are confident that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Tristana play with Gragas. It is relatively rare for Tristana to play alongside Gragas on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 1.6% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a pathetic job of playing alongside Gragas. On average, she wins a poor 46.7% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Tristana when playing alongside Gragas by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Kraken SlayerImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsPhantom DancerInfinity Edge

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
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Gragas

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 Understand How Gragas Will Play

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Tristana Gragas Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Gragas Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5.5
< Assists >
5.6
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
174
< Minions Killed >
167
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,036
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,281
< Magic Damage >
2,274
473
< True Damage >
469
20,791
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
22,086
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,782
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.82
< Towers >
2.73
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,210
< Total Healing >
6,022
13,123
< Experience >
12,882
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
69
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Gragas as Tristana in LoL

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

Overall, Tristana sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gragas helps Tristana perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tristana tries to synergize with Gragas, she sees a marginal improvement in her full damage dealt. This may signal that Gragas provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played with Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Moreover, when Tristana plays with Gragas on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Gragas does a poor job of covering Tristana during teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Gragas

Is Tristana better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Tristana that will no matter what be her top synergy. Yet, Gragas is a below average companion for Tristana. By being on the same side as Tristana, he decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 46.7%. This shows that there is a negative synergy between Tristana and Gragas that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Gragas has a greater difficulty than Tristana. That means you must be careful when enlisting Gragas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Tristana and Gragas together, you will not be giving your other allies enough crowd control. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Gragas teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Gragas, we analyzed 2,100 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 Tristana with Gragas 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 Tristana in order to pair well with Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to get in your Tristana and Gragas synergy build include Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Gragas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 46.7% helping carry Gragas with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.

If you need to get Tristana and Gragas collaboration tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every match finished with both champions.