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How to Synergize Aphelios with Tristana on the Same TeamAphelios is in the a tier of champions

Aphelios with Tristana

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Tristana

based on 584 Aphelios with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
1.86
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Tristana in 584 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much great data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Aphelios synergize with Tristana. It is very rare for Aphelios to play alongside Tristana as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 0.7% of matches with Aphelios.

Aphelios Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a poor job of teaming up with Tristana. On average, he wins an acceptable 48.6% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Aphelios when playing alongside Tristana by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeKraken SlayerThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Tristana

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Tristana

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Advice to Understand How Tristana Will Play

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.

Aphelios Tristana Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Tristana Image
6
< Kills >
6.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
5.7
< Assists >
6
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
169
< Minions Killed >
176
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,486
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,246
< Magic Damage >
1,360
420
< True Damage >
461
20,153
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
18,237
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,286
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.06
< Towers >
2.38
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,962
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,044
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
136
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Tristana as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Aphelios sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tristana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Tristana helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Aphelios is paired with Tristana, he gets a measurable drop in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Tristana does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played alongside Tristana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Tristana.

Moreover, when Aphelios plays with Tristana on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Tristana does a decent job of protecting Aphelios in teamfights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Tristana

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no top synergy for Aphelios that will always be his best teammate. However, Tristana is a very typical companion for Aphelios. By being on the same team as Aphelios, she has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 48.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Aphelios and Tristana that results in them performing at the same level together than alone.

Tristana has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be careful when enlisting Tristana allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

Working together, Aphelios players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by pairing Aphelios and Tristana together, you may not be giving your team a lot of crowd control. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Tristana teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Tristana, we analyzed 584 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Aphelios with Tristana comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to synergize with Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Aphelios and Tristana synergy build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Tristana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing alongside Tristana with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.

If you need to see Aphelios and Tristana collaboration tips and stats for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and strategies displayed are computed using every round finished with both champs.