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How to Win Taliyah vs Tristana Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Tristana

How to Beat Tristana as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tristana as Taliyah

based on 1,340 Taliyah vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Tristana as Taliyah resulted from an evaluation of 1340 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Taliyah encounters Tristana in only 3.2% of her games.

Taliyah vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Taliyah does a decent job of beating Tristana. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.1% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Taliyah vs Tristana games, Taliyah’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Tristana.

Best Taliyah vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassCosmic DriveLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
>
Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
>
Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Tristana

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Win Against Tristana

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.

Taliyah vs Tristana Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Tristana Image
6.3
< Kills >
7.6
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
8.5
< Assists >
5.3
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
123
< Minions Killed >
172
0.52
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.56
770
< Physical Damage >
16,940
21,259
< Magic Damage >
2,283
1,107
< True Damage >
481
23,138
< Damage Dealt >
19,705
21,048
< Damage Taken >
21,747
12,080
< Gold Earned >
12,722
1.8
< Towers >
2.82
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
4,267
< Total Healing >
6,031
14,189
< Experience >
13,072
22
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
543
< Time Dealing CC >
68

How to Counter Tristana with Taliyah in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some significant Taliyah against Tristana counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Tristana..

Taliyah often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Taliyah and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Tristana

Who is Better, Taliyah or Tristana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually wins when playing against Tristana, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes a good counter to Tristana.

While Taliyah does have a higher winrate compared to Tristana, when on opposite teams, Taliyah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Tristana.

Additionally, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Tristana matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Taliyah is a decent counter to Tristana. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Taliyah against Tristana.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Taliyah, we analyzed 1,340 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tristana as Taliyah comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Tristana. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Taliyah versus Tristana build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Tristana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Tristana with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Tristana as Taliyah, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Taliyah vs Tristana face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.

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