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

Tristana with Rek'Sai

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

based on 568 Tristana with Rek'Sai pairs
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has gone into battle with Rek'Sai in 568 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Tristana play with Rek'Sai. It is very rare for Tristana to play alongside Rek'Sai on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 0.4% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Rek'Sai Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a poor job of playing alongside Rek'Sai. Usually, she wins a dismal 48.2% of the time the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Tristana when playing with Rek'Sai by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeBloodthirster

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 ForceArmor
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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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai Will Play

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Tristana Rek'Sai Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Rek'Sai Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.3
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
170
< Minions Killed >
167
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,287
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,243
< Magic Damage >
2,274
458
< True Damage >
469
19,990
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,383
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,533
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.76
< Towers >
2.73
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,032
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,929
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
65
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Rek'Sai as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rek'Sai helps Tristana perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tristana plays on the same team as Rek'Sai, she sees a little increase in her total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Rek'Sai helps provide cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played with Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Rek'Sai. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.

Moreover, when Tristana plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Rek'Sai does a decent job of protecting Tristana in teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Rek'Sai

Is Tristana better when played alongside Rek'Sai?

There is no perfect synergy for Tristana that will no matter what be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Rek'Sai is a very typical ally for Tristana. By locking into the same team as Tristana, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 48.2%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Tristana and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Rek'Sai has a lower difficulty than Tristana. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Rek'Sai teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing together, Tristana players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Tristana and Rek'Sai together, you will not be granting your side a lot of utility. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Rek'Sai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Rek'Sai, we analyzed 568 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 Rek'Sai 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 learn all of the intricacies of Tristana to pair well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to focus on in your Tristana and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Rek'Sai with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Rek'Sai with Tristana are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.