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

Tristana with Kayn

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How to Synergize Tristana and Kayn

based on 5,763 Tristana with Kayn pairs
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has fought alongside Kayn in 5763 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much great data from the developers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Tristana synergize with Kayn. It is somewhat uncommon for Tristana to play alongside Kayn on the same side. This has only happened in approx. 4.5% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Kayn Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a awful job of synergizing with Kayn. Usually, she wins a dismal 46.7% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Tristana when playing with Kayn by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Kayn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingImmortal ShieldbowThe CollectorRapid 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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Kayn

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Kayn

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 Kayn Will Play

Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.

Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.

Tristana Kayn Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Kayn Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.3
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
168
< Minions Killed >
167
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,237
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,303
< Magic Damage >
2,274
484
< True Damage >
469
20,025
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
22,021
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,577
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.74
< Towers >
2.73
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,116
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,931
< Experience >
12,882
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
66
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Kayn as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, 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 Kayn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kayn helps Tristana perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Tristana tries to synergize with Kayn, she sees a small increase in her total damage output. This change could indicate that Kayn helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played with Kayn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kayn.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Kayn on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Kayn does a poor job of covering Tristana during teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Kayn

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Kayn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Kayn

Is Tristana better when played alongside Kayn?

There is no perfect synergy for Tristana that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. Yet, overall, Kayn is a not very good teammate for Tristana. By being on the same side as Tristana, he lowers their win rate by -2.2% to 46.7%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Tristana and Kayn that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Kayn has a much greater difficulty compared to Tristana. That means Tristana players should be cautious when arranging Kayn teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by aligning Tristana and Kayn together, you probably will not be granting your side enough support. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Kayn ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Kayn Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Kayn, we analyzed 5,763 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 Kayn 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 Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to have in your Tristana and Kayn synergy build include Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Kayn than with many other common builds. In fact, Tristana had an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Kayn with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Tristana players should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.

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