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Tristana vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Tristana

based on 5,531 Tristana vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our data, Tristana engaged Kai'Sa 5531 times. Including so many matchups for Tristana vs Kai'Sa gives us confidence in our ability to produce informative data and a supported build to obliterate your rival. This champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Tristana is forced to battle against Kai'Sa in only 4.3% of her matches.

Tristana vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Tristana has done a good job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.2% of games the champions battle one another in. In Tristana vs Kai'Sa matches, Tristana’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Tristana vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRapid FirecannonNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

The CollectorGuardian AngelImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
>
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
8
Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Kai'Sa

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 Win Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Tristana vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Kai'Sa Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
5.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
168
< Minions Killed >
176
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.47
17,445
< Physical Damage >
12,102
2,252
< Magic Damage >
8,137
463
< True Damage >
420
20,160
< Damage Dealt >
20,660
21,227
< Damage Taken >
19,647
12,635
< Gold Earned >
12,359
2.88
< Towers >
2.14
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,000
< Total Healing >
4,291
12,917
< Experience >
12,614
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
66
< Time Dealing CC >
44

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several important Tristana vs. Kai'Sa counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa..

Tristana typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tristana and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Tristana or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually wins when facing off against Kai'Sa, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Tristana makes a good counter to Kai'Sa.

While Tristana does have a higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Tristana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tristana into Kai'Sa.

Furthermore, Tristana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Kai'Sa matchups, Tristana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Tristana is a good counter for Kai'Sa. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tristana against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Tristana

Tristana Loses Against

TeemoTeemo44.7% winrateLilliaLillia45.1% winrateUrgotUrgot45.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.7% winrate

Tristana Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54.8% winrateZeriZeri54.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZacZac+ 52.2% 2830 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 52.2% 10914 GamesSingedSinged+ 52.6% 3019 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.8% 8107 Games

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Tristana, we analyzed 5,531 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 Kai'Sa as Tristana 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.

Other Useful Resources

Tristana Build Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Tristana in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Tristana versus Kai'Sa build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Kai'Sa as Tristana, 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Tristana vs Kai'Sa counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.2% winrate overall.

If you want to see Tristana versus Kai'Sa tips and builds for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all rounds finished with these champs.