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

Tristana vs Sylas

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

based on 4,057 Tristana vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Tristana faced Sylas in 4057 games. Including so many matchups for Tristana vs Sylas gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide actionable data and a recommended build to wreck your opponent. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Tristana is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.1% of her rounds.

Tristana vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a below average job of countering Sylas. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.0% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Tristana against Sylas rounds, Tristana’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Tristana vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowInfinity EdgeRapid FirecannonLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
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Second ability for Tristana to level upq
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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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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Tristana vs Sylas Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Sylas Image
7.4
< Kills >
8.3
6.3
< Deaths >
7
5.8
< Assists >
6.5
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
163
< Minions Killed >
119
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.38
17,285
< Physical Damage >
443
2,274
< Magic Damage >
21,723
447
< True Damage >
764
20,007
< Damage Dealt >
22,931
21,134
< Damage Taken >
29,611
12,336
< Gold Earned >
11,303
2.7
< Towers >
1.54
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,637
< Total Healing >
7,663
12,575
< Experience >
13,412
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
61
< Time Dealing CC >
273

How to Counter Sylas with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown here feature several influential Tristana versus Sylas counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between these two champs. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas..

Tristana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Tristana and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Sylas

Who is Better, Tristana or Sylas?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when taking on Sylas, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Tristana makes an ok counter for Sylas.

While Tristana does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Sylas.

Additionally, Tristana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Tristana is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Tristana against Sylas.

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 Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Tristana, we analyzed 4,057 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 Sylas 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 Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Tristana in order to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Tristana versus Sylas build consist of Phantom Dancer, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Sylas with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Sylas as Tristana, you 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. Of all the runes players picked for Tristana vs Sylas matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.

If you need to view Tristana versus Sylas tips and counter stats for a an individual division rank, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are computed using every round with data with these champions.