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

Tristana with Zed

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

based on 3,452 Tristana with Zed pairs
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each week. Tristana has been on the same team as Zed in 3452 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the hosts of League, we are confident that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Tristana play with Zed. It is relatively rare for Tristana to play with Zed as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 2.7% of rounds with Tristana.

Tristana Zed Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a awful job of teaming up with Zed. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.1% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Tristana when fighting on the same team as Zed by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tristana vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsRapid FirecannonKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterGuardian AngelNavori QuickbladesImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
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
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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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Tristana and Zed

Tips for Playing as Tristana with Zed

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 Zed Will Play

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

Tristana Zed Synergy Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Zed Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
5.8
< Assists >
5.6
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
164
< Minions Killed >
167
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
16,391
< Physical Damage >
17,185
2,245
< Magic Damage >
2,274
433
< True Damage >
469
19,070
< Damage Dealt >
19,928
21,711
< Damage Taken >
21,670
12,244
< Gold Earned >
12,480
2.55
< Towers >
2.73
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,053
< Total Healing >
6,022
12,513
< Experience >
12,882
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
62
< Time Dealing CC >
66

How to Play with Zed as Tristana in LoL

The Tristana Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zed helps Tristana perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tristana plays on the same team as Zed, she observes a little decrease in her complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Zed does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Tristana is played together with Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Zed.

Additionally, when Tristana plays with Zed on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Zed does a poor job of protecting Tristana during team fights.

Synergies between Tristana and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tristana
Zed

Is Tristana better when played alongside Zed?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Tristana that will no matter what be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Zed is a relatively poor ally for Tristana. By being on the same side as Tristana, he lowers their win rate by -2.8% to 46.1%. This shows that there is a harmful synergy between Tristana and Zed that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Zed has a greater difficulty than Tristana. That means you should be careful when finding Zed teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by grouping Tristana and Zed together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Zed teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana Zed Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tristana and Zed, we analyzed 3,452 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 Zed 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 to pair well with Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Tristana and Zed synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Zed than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average winrate of 46.1% when playing alongside Zed with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Tristana players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Zed with Tristana are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located above.