Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Sivir vs. Tristana matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..
Sivir often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when facing off against Tristana, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Sivir makes an ok counter to Tristana.
While Sivir does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sivir into Tristana.
Additionally, Sivir also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Tristana matchups, Sivir is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sivir is a decent counter for Tristana. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Tristana.
To truly master Sivir to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Tristana. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sivir versus Tristana build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Sivir bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Tristana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Sivir had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Tristana with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Tristana as Sivir, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Sivir vs Tristana counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Tristana as Sivir are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.