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

Tristana with Nautilus

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

based on 6,278 Tristana with Nautilus pairs
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has gone into battle with Nautilus in 6278 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much great data from the developers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Tristana play with Nautilus. It is somewhat uncommon for Tristana to play alongside Nautilus as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in about 4.9% of matches with Tristana.

Tristana Nautilus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana does a dismal job of playing alongside Nautilus. Usually, she wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Tristana when fighting on the same team as Nautilus by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterKraken SlayerImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

The CollectorRapid FirecannonGuardian AngelLord 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 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
7
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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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Nautilus

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Nautilus

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 Nautilus Will Play

While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.

Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.

Tristana Nautilus Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Nautilus Image
8
< Kills >
7.3
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
5.6
< Assists >
5.6
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
167
< Minions Killed >
167
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,916
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,250
< Magic Damage >
2,274
439
< True Damage >
469
20,605
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
20,985
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,617
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.72
< Towers >
2.73
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,069
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,612
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
65
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Nautilus as Tristana in LoL

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

When Tristana is an ally to Nautilus, she sees a little increase in her total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Nautilus helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played with Nautilus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Nautilus.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Nautilus on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Nautilus does a decent job of protecting Tristana in teamfights.

Synergies between Tristana and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Nautilus

Is Tristana better when played alongside Nautilus?

There is no top companion for Tristana that will no matter what be her ideal ally. However, overall, Nautilus is a very typical teammate for Tristana. By playing on the same side as Tristana, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 48.0%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Tristana and Nautilus that results in them performing worse together than alone.

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

Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by grouping Tristana and Nautilus together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of support. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Nautilus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing 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 Nautilus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Nautilus, we analyzed 6,278 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 Nautilus 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 synergize with Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Tristana and Nautilus synergy build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Tristana included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Nautilus than with most other common builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 48.0% helping carry Nautilus with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Tristana players should take 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 picked for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Tristana and Nautilus collaboration tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides shown are computed using every round completed with these champions.