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How to Win Tristana vs Nocturne Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Nocturne

How to Beat Nocturne as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nocturne as Tristana

based on 7,636 Tristana vs Nocturne matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
5.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. In our data, Tristana battled Nocturne 7636 times. Having so many matchups for Tristana versus Nocturne provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful data and a solid build to defeat your opposition. This champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Tristana fights Nocturne in only 5.9% of her rounds.

Tristana vs Nocturne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a below average job of beating Nocturne. On average, she wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Tristana against Nocturne games, Tristana’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Nocturne.

Best Tristana vs Nocturne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowThe CollectorLord Dominik's RegardsRapid Firecannon

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
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Nocturne

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 Nocturne

Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.

Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!

Tristana vs Nocturne Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Nocturne Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.2
6.4
< Deaths >
6.1
5.7
< Assists >
7.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
165
< Minions Killed >
34
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
1.53
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.39
16,705
< Physical Damage >
15,355
2,237
< Magic Damage >
1,224
463
< True Damage >
1,205
19,406
< Damage Dealt >
17,785
21,792
< Damage Taken >
34,338
12,374
< Gold Earned >
11,925
2.62
< Towers >
1.28
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
5,973
< Total Healing >
16,185
12,812
< Experience >
13,514
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
6
64
< Time Dealing CC >
518

How to Counter Nocturne with Tristana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Tristana vs. Nocturne counter stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..

Tristana normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Nocturne

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Nocturne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Nocturne

Who is Better, Tristana or Nocturne?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes a bad counter for Nocturne.

While Tristana does have a lower win rate than Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Tristana into Nocturne.

Additionally, Tristana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Tristana is a garbage counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tristana against Nocturne.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Nocturne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nocturne as Tristana, we analyzed 7,636 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 Nocturne 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Tristana in order to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana most often picks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Tristana versus Nocturne build consist of Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nocturne than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Tristana had an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Nocturne with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Nocturne as Tristana, Tristana players should use 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 that we analyzed for Tristana vs Nocturne LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.

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