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

Tristana vs Talon

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

based on 2,548 Tristana vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Talon as Tristana resulted from an analysis of 2548 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Tristana encounters Talon in only 2.0% of her matches.

Tristana vs Talon Matchup Summary

Tristana has done a ok job of beating Talon. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.6% of the time the champs face one another in. In Tristana versus Talon rounds, Tristana’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Talon.

Best Tristana vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterInfinity EdgeStormrazorLord 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

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
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
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W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Talon as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Talon

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 Talon

Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.

Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.

Tristana vs Talon Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Talon Image
7.5
< Kills >
8.6
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
5.5
< Assists >
6
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
169
< Minions Killed >
134
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.42
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.35
17,412
< Physical Damage >
21,232
2,302
< Magic Damage >
75
464
< True Damage >
1,172
20,179
< Damage Dealt >
22,479
22,094
< Damage Taken >
26,817
12,604
< Gold Earned >
12,464
2.68
< Towers >
1.45
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
6,061
< Total Healing >
6,021
13,050
< Experience >
14,397
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
7
65
< Time Dealing CC >
186

How to Counter Talon with Tristana in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Tristana versus Talon counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..

Tristana typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Talon. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Talon

Who is Better, Tristana or Talon?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Talon, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes an ok counter to Talon.

While Tristana does have a higher winrate than Talon, when facing one another, Tristana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Talon.

Moreover, Tristana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Talon matchups, Tristana is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Tristana is a decent counter to Talon. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tristana against Talon.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Tristana, we analyzed 2,548 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 Talon 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 in order to counter Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Talon. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Tristana versus Talon build consist of Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Talon than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Talon with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating Talon as Tristana, Tristana players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Tristana vs Talon clashes, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.

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