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How to Synergize Tristana with Gnar on the Same TeamTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana with Gnar

How to Win With Tristana and Gnar Paired TogetherTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Tristana and Gnar

based on 1,264 Tristana with Gnar pairs
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has been on the same team as Gnar in 1264 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the makers of League, we are completely sure that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Tristana play with Gnar. It is very rare for Tristana to play with Gnar as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.0% of matches with Tristana.

Tristana Gnar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a awful job of playing alongside Gnar. On average, she wins a poor 46.8% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Tristana when playing alongside Gnar by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsPhantom DancerRapid Firecannon

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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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Gnar

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Gnar

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 Understand How Gnar Will Play

Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.

Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.

Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.

Tristana Gnar Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Gnar Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
166
< Minions Killed >
167
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,319
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,318
< Magic Damage >
2,274
454
< True Damage >
469
20,092
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,665
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,523
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.73
< Towers >
2.73
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,138
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,760
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
63
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Gnar as Tristana in LoL

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

Overall, Tristana sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gnar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gnar helps Tristana perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tristana tries to synergize with Gnar, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Gnar provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played together with Gnar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Gnar.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Gnar on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Gnar does a decent job of protecting Tristana in teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Gnar

Is Tristana better when played alongside Gnar?

There is no one best ally for Tristana that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. However, Gnar is a relatively poor teammate for Tristana. By playing on the same side as Tristana, he decreases their win rate by -2.1% to 46.8%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Tristana and Gnar that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Gnar has a much greater difficulty compared to Tristana. That means Tristana players must be cautious when enlisting Gnar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Tristana and Gnar together, you may not be providing your other teammates much crowd control. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Gnar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Gnar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Gnar, we analyzed 1,264 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 Tristana with Gnar 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 Tristana in order to pair well with Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to use in your Tristana and Gnar synergy build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana included at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better as an ally of Gnar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when playing alongside Gnar with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Tristana players should equip 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 rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Gnar with Tristana are given for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu above.