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

Tristana with K'Sante

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How to Synergize Tristana and K'Sante

based on 1,699 Tristana with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has gone into battle with K'Sante in 1699 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data straight from the hosts of League, we are completely sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Tristana play with K'Sante. It is very rare for Tristana to play with K'Sante as teammates. This has only happened in approx. 1.3% of games with Tristana.

Tristana K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a poor job of teaming up with K'Sante. On average, she wins a poor 48.1% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Tristana when playing with K'Sante by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Kraken SlayerImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeRapid Firecannon

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
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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
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Tristana with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Tristana K'Sante Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
K'Sante Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5.5
< Assists >
5.6
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
169
< Minions Killed >
167
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,639
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,302
< Magic Damage >
2,274
466
< True Damage >
469
20,407
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,499
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,512
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.85
< Towers >
2.73
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,994
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,719
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
66
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with K'Sante as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that K'Sante helps Tristana perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tristana tries to synergize with K'Sante, she gets a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that K'Sante provides protection for her to deal more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played alongside K'Sante 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 K'Sante.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with K'Sante on the same side, she typically takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that K'Sante does a decent job of protecting Tristana in team fights.

Synergies between Tristana and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
K'Sante

Is Tristana better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Tristana that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. However, K'Sante is a very typical companion for Tristana. By locking into the same side as Tristana, they decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 48.1%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Tristana and K'Sante that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

K'Sante has a much greater difficulty compared to Tristana. That means you need to be careful when lining up K'Sante comrades to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to work well with you.

Playing on the same side, Tristana players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Tristana and K'Sante together, you probably will not be giving your side enough crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your K'Sante ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and K'Sante, we analyzed 1,699 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 K'Sante 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 Tristana in order to work well with K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to build first in your Tristana and K'Sante synergy build consist of Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 48.1% helping carry K'Sante with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Tristana players should take 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 sets players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize K'Sante with Tristana are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.