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Tristana vs Qiyana

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

based on 1,564 Tristana vs Qiyana matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Qiyana as Tristana resulted from an evaluation of 1564 ranked rounds where both champions fought each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Tristana has to counter Qiyana in only 1.2% of her matches.

Tristana vs Qiyana Matchup Summary

Tristana does a good job of beating Qiyana. Typically, she wins a terrific 52.0% of games the champions fight one another in. In Tristana versus Qiyana matches, Tristana’s side is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Qiyana.

Best Tristana vs Qiyana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Kraken SlayerImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeRapid 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
5
E
6
R
7
E
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Qiyana

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.

Tristana vs Qiyana Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Qiyana Image
7.3
< Kills >
8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.7
5.5
< Assists >
6
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
166
< Minions Killed >
143
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.35
16,631
< Physical Damage >
19,304
2,262
< Magic Damage >
1,789
435
< True Damage >
942
19,328
< Damage Dealt >
22,035
21,369
< Damage Taken >
23,496
12,451
< Gold Earned >
11,870
2.85
< Towers >
1.49
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,854
< Total Healing >
3,267
12,767
< Experience >
13,639
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
7
64
< Time Dealing CC >
99

How to Counter Qiyana with Tristana in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some significant Tristana versus Qiyana counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Qiyana..

Tristana often has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Qiyana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Qiyana

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Qiyana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Qiyana

Who is Better, Tristana or Qiyana?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tristana usually wins when trying to fight Qiyana, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Tristana makes a good counter to Qiyana.

While Tristana does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when facing one another, Tristana also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Qiyana.

Furthermore, Tristana also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Qiyana matchups, Tristana is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Tristana is a decent counter to Qiyana. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tristana against Qiyana.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Qiyana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Qiyana as Tristana, we analyzed 1,564 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 Qiyana 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Tristana to counter Qiyana 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Qiyana. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Tristana versus Qiyana build consist of Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Qiyana than with many other common builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Qiyana with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Qiyana as Tristana, you 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 runes players picked for Tristana vs Qiyana clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Qiyana as Tristana are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.