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

Tristana with Nidalee

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

based on 905 Tristana with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
45.2 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Tristana has fought alongside Nidalee in 905 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data from the developers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Tristana play with Nidalee. It is very rare for Tristana to play alongside Nidalee as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 0.7% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a awful job of teaming up with Nidalee. Usually, she wins a dismal 45.2% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Tristana when playing alongside Nidalee by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonStormrazorInfinity EdgeKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
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
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
W
15
W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Nidalee

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 Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Tristana Nidalee Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
45.2 %
VS
Win Rate
54.8 %
Nidalee Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5.5
< Assists >
5.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
169
< Minions Killed >
167
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,265
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,296
< Magic Damage >
2,274
411
< True Damage >
469
19,972
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,941
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,424
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.72
< Towers >
2.73
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,004
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,699
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
65
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Nidalee as Tristana in LoL

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

When Tristana is an ally to Nidalee, she observes a little increase in her total damage dealt. This could signal that Nidalee supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played together with Nidalee on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Nidalee.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Nidalee on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Nidalee does a poor job of covering Tristana in team fights.

Synergies between Tristana and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Nidalee

Is Tristana better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no top companion for Tristana that will always be her best synergy. Yet, overall, Nidalee is a terrible companion for Tristana. By playing on the same team as Tristana, she lowers their win rate by -3.7% to 45.2%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Tristana and Nidalee that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Nidalee has a much greater difficulty compared to Tristana. That means Tristana players need to be very careful when finding Nidalee allies to play with, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing alongside, Tristana players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by bringing Tristana and Nidalee together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough crowd control. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nidalee teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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 Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Nidalee, we analyzed 905 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 Nidalee 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

To truly master Tristana in order to work well with Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to build first in your Tristana and Nidalee synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Nidalee than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 45.2% helping carry Nidalee with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Tristana players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Nidalee with Tristana are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.