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

Tristana with Kai'Sa

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

based on 1,566 Tristana with Kai'Sa pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Tristana has fought alongside Kai'Sa in 1566 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the developers of League, we are confident that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Tristana play with Kai'Sa. It is very rare for Tristana to play with Kai'Sa on the same team. This has only happened in about 1.2% of games with Tristana.

Tristana Kai'Sa Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as Kai'Sa. On average, she wins an acceptable 49.1% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Tristana when playing with Kai'Sa by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa Will Play

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.

Tristana Kai'Sa Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Kai'Sa Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5
< Assists >
5.6
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
173
< Minions Killed >
167
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,261
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,511
< Magic Damage >
2,274
647
< True Damage >
469
21,419
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
22,132
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,612
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.95
< Towers >
2.73
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,685
< Total Healing >
6,022
13,955
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
77
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Kai'Sa as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kai'Sa. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kai'Sa helps Tristana perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tristana is an ally to Kai'Sa, she sees a noticable increase in her complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Kai'Sa helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played alongside Kai'Sa on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kai'Sa.

Moreover, when Tristana plays with Kai'Sa on the same side, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Kai'Sa does a poor job of protecting Tristana in teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Kai'Sa

Is Tristana better when played alongside Kai'Sa?

There is no top ally for Tristana that will always be her #1 ally. However, overall, Kai'Sa is a very typical ally for Tristana. By being on the same team as Tristana, she increases their win rate by 0.2% to 49.1%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Tristana and Kai'Sa that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Kai'Sa has a greater difficulty than Tristana. That means you must be very careful when arranging Kai'Sa comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Fighting alongside, Tristana players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by aligning Tristana and Kai'Sa together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Kai'Sa teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

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

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Kai'Sa, 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 Tristana with Kai'Sa 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 truly master Tristana in order to synergize with Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to include in your Tristana and Kai'Sa synergy build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside Kai'Sa with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Tristana players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.

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