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

Tristana with Thresh

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

based on 4,841 Tristana with Thresh pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has gone into battle with Thresh in 4841 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the makers of League, we have complete confidence that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Tristana play with Thresh. It is relatively rare for Tristana to play with Thresh on the same team. This has only taken place in about 3.7% of games with Tristana.

Tristana Thresh Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a poor job of teaming up with Thresh. On average, she wins a dismal 47.0% of games the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Tristana when fighting on the same team as Thresh by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Thresh Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

The CollectorLord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowInfinity 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
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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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W
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Q
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Thresh

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Thresh

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 Thresh Will Play

Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.

Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.

Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.

Tristana Thresh Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Thresh Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.3
6
< Deaths >
6.2
5.6
< Assists >
5.6
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
171
< Minions Killed >
167
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,111
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,250
< Magic Damage >
2,274
466
< True Damage >
469
20,827
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,167
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,667
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.68
< Towers >
2.73
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,210
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,774
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
66
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Thresh as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Thresh helps Tristana perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tristana plays on the same team as Thresh, she gets a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Thresh helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played alongside Thresh 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 with Thresh.

Moreover, when Tristana plays with Thresh on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Thresh does a decent job of protecting Tristana in team fights.

Synergies between Tristana and Thresh

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Thresh
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Thresh

Is Tristana better when played alongside Thresh?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Tristana that will no matter what be her best synergy. Yet, overall, Thresh is a below average teammate for Tristana. By playing on the same side as Tristana, he drops their win rate by -1.9% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Tristana and Thresh that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Thresh has a greater difficulty than Tristana. That means you must be cautious when lining up Thresh comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Tristana and Thresh together, you may not be giving your team very much engage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Thresh ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Thresh Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Thresh, we analyzed 4,841 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 Thresh 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 Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to have in your Tristana and Thresh synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana used at least these three great items in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Thresh than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Thresh with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing 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 picked for Tristana and Thresh pairings, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Thresh with Tristana are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.