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How to Synergize Gragas with Tristana on the Same TeamGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas with Tristana

How to Win With Gragas and Tristana Paired TogetherGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Gragas and Tristana

based on 2,100 Gragas with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Gragas has fought alongside Tristana in 2100 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the creators of LoL, we are sure that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Gragas play with Tristana. It is relatively rare for Gragas to play with Tristana on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 3.2% of rounds with Gragas.

Gragas Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a pathetic job of synergizing with Tristana. Normally, he wins a dismal 46.7% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Gragas when playing with Tristana by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Gragas vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneSeraph's EmbraceRod of AgesHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
3
Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Gragas and Tristana

Tips for Playing as Gragas with Tristana

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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.

Gragas Tristana Synergy Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Tristana Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.9
6
< Deaths >
5.8
7
< Assists >
7.2
1.31
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
99
< Minions Killed >
109
0.63
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,435
< Physical Damage >
1,474
17,730
< Magic Damage >
18,364
644
< True Damage >
641
19,809
< Damage Dealt >
20,480
29,912
< Damage Taken >
29,773
11,041
< Gold Earned >
11,274
1.28
< Towers >
1.47
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
12,450
< Total Healing >
12,331
13,690
< Experience >
14,035
21
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
412
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Play with Tristana as Gragas in LoL

The Gragas 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, Gragas sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tristana. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tristana helps Gragas perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Gragas is paired with Tristana, he gets a little drop in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Tristana does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gragas is played together with Tristana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Tristana. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Tristana.

Additionally, when Gragas plays with Tristana on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Tristana does a poor job of covering Gragas in teamfights.

Synergies between Gragas and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Gragas
Tristana

Is Gragas better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no top champion pairing for Gragas that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Tristana is a relatively poor companion for Gragas. By locking into the same side as Gragas, she lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 46.7%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Gragas and Tristana that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Tristana has a lower difficulty than Gragas. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Tristana teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

Working on the same side, Gragas players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Gragas and Tristana together, you will not be providing your side a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Tristana ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Gragas and Tristana, we analyzed 2,100 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 Gragas 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

If you would like to truly master Gragas to pair well with Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Gragas and Tristana synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Tristana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when playing alongside Tristana with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Gragas and Tristana pairings, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.

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