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

Tristana with Kalista

How to Win With Tristana and Kalista Paired TogetherTristana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Tristana and Kalista

based on 306 Tristana with Kalista pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has been on the same team as Kalista in 306 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data from the hosts of League, we are confident that we can provide you with robust, insightful builds to help Tristana synergize with Kalista. It is very rare for Tristana to play alongside Kalista on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 0.2% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Kalista Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a below average job of fighting on the same side as Kalista. On average, she wins an acceptable 49.0% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to play better as Tristana when playing alongside Kalista by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Lord 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
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Kalista

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Kalista

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 Kalista Will Play

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.

Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.

Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

Tristana Kalista Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Kalista Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
5
< Assists >
5.6
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
172
< Minions Killed >
167
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,520
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,506
< Magic Damage >
2,274
679
< True Damage >
469
20,706
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,998
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,483
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.95
< Towers >
2.73
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,498
< Total Healing >
6,022
13,806
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
83
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Kalista as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Tristana perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tristana plays on the same team as Kalista, she sees a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Kalista provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kalista.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Kalista on the same team, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Kalista does a poor job of covering Tristana in teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Kalista

Is Tristana better when played alongside Kalista?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Tristana that will no matter what be her best synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a very typical teammate for Tristana. By locking into the same team as Tristana, she increases their win rate by 0.1% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Tristana and Kalista that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Kalista has a greater difficulty than Tristana. That means Tristana players should be careful when finding Kalista teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing on the same side, Tristana players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Tristana and Kalista together, you probably will not be providing your team much support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Kalista Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Kalista, we analyzed 306 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 Kalista 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 learn all of the intricacies of Tristana in order to pair well with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Tristana and Kalista 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 when paired up with Kalista than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Kalista with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Tristana players 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. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.

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