CHAMPIONSTristana
Tristana
CHAMPION · ADC

Tristana

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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01

Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
Like Lucian and Mil- with Milio can still be a massive threat, Miss Fortune and all this can still be a massive threat. Then you got your have some hyper carries in A tier. And the weaker ADCs in my opinion, which are going to be Kaisa, Twitch, and Tristana. I do think Kaisa might actually be a little underrated, maybe she deserves to be in A tier, especially if Kraken Slayer does end up being a good option on her. However, for now I'm going to leave her in B tier with a small asterisk, and let's move on to supports.
royal · patch 7.1e · (07:16)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
02

Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdeviladcA+12026-05-19
7.1eroyaladcB=2026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtadcC·2026-05-08
7.1droyaladcB·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdeviladcB·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR48.03%PR8.72%BR0.19%
Items (in order)
Bloodthirster
BloodthirsterIncreases Physical Vamp
  • +55 Attack Damage
  • +250 Max Health
  • +25% Critical Rate

Bloody: +8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp.

3000 gold
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous GreavesAttack Damage, Omnivamp
  • +10 Attack Damage
  • +45 Move Speed.

Conversion: +7% Omnivamp.

900 gold
Navori Quickblades
Navori QuickbladesAbilities grant damage amplification and cooldown reduction
  • +25% Critical Rate
  • +45% Attack Speed
  • +5% Move Speed

Deft Strikes: Attacks reduce the remaining cooldowns of your basic abilities by 15%.

2800 gold
Magnetic Blaster
Magnetic BlasterIncreases attack range and damage
  • +25% Critical Rate
  • +35% Attack Speed

Fervor: +5% Move Speed.

Energized: Moving and attacking will generate an Energized Attack.

Power Blitz: Energized Attacks gain 100 range (50 range for melee attacks), deal 40-100 bonus magic damage, and grant 60 Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. This damage bounces to 5 nearby enemies and can Critically Strike.(Deals 50-80% bonus damage against minions.)

3000 gold
Terminus
TerminusIncreases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
  • +40 Attack Damage
  • +30% Attack Speed

Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.

Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.

3300 gold
Guardian Angel
Guardian AngelRevives at death
  • +40 Attack Damage
  • +40 Armor

Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown)

3400 gold
Runes
Lethal Tempo
KeystoneLethal Tempo
Lethal TempoKeystone

Gain stackable Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed your Attack Speed cap. Each stack increases Attack Speed by 8 – 16% (melee) or 3 – 10% (ranged) for 6 seconds. At max stacks, gain 50 (melee) or 75 (ranged) Attack Distance.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Brutal
BrutalMinor · Precision

Attacks deal 6 (+ 8% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Coup de Grace
Coup de GraceMinor · Precision

When an enemy has less than 40% health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: AlacrityMinor · Precision

Gain 3% bonus attack speed when engaging in taking down monsters, enemy champions and minions, up to 20% at maximum stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
EQW
Spells
FlashFlashBarrierBarrier

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-tristana-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Quicksilver Enchant instead of Stasis Enchant — based on enemy crowd control
  • Mortal Reminder — vs. high-healing enemies
  • Dominik's Regards — vs. tanky teams stacking HP and armor
  • Infinity Edge — for maximizing critical damage
  • Maw of Malmortius — vs. magic burst damage

Counters / threats: Nilah, Vayne, Draven, Alistar, Blitzcrank, Galio, Leona, Malphite, Nautilus

04

Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
itzstu4rtauto· Auto-extracted commentary (iTzSTU4RT, 7.1b)
patch 7.1b

Generated by /wr-extract from iTzSTU4RT's patch 7.1b video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1b analysis (iTzSTU4RT) sections above. Adc "Varys just needs more buff to his um more buffs to his damage, but it's kind of whatever. Uh, Tristana, again, the very quick blade snuff, you know, champions pretty mid. Twitch buff doesn't really do anything at all." (01:05:01)

itzstu4rtauto· Adc
patch 7.1b·adc

Varys just needs more buff to his um more buffs to his damage, but it's kind of whatever. Uh, Tristana, again, the very quick blade snuff, you know, champions pretty mid. Twitch buff doesn't really do anything at all.(01:05:01)

royalauto· Auto-extracted commentary (Royal, 7.1e)
patch 7.1e

Generated by /wr-extract from Royal's patch 7.1e video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1e analysis (Royal) sections above. Adc "Like Lucian and Mil- with Milio can still be a massive threat, Miss Fortune and all this can still be a massive threat. Then you got your have some hyper carries in A tier. And the weaker ADCs in my opinion, which are going to be Kaisa, Twitch, and Tristana. I do think Kaisa might actually be a little underrated, maybe she deserves to be in A tier, especially if Kraken Slayer does end up being a good option on her. However, for now I'm going to leave her in B tier with a small asterisk, and let's move on to supports." (07:16)

royalauto· Adc
patch 7.1e·adc

Like Lucian and Mil- with Milio can still be a massive threat, Miss Fortune and all this can still be a massive threat. Then you got your have some hyper carries in A tier. And the weaker ADCs in my opinion, which are going to be Kaisa, Twitch, and Tristana. I do think Kaisa might actually be a little underrated, maybe she deserves to be in A tier, especially if Kraken Slayer does end up being a good option on her. However, for now I'm going to leave her in B tier with a small asterisk, and let's move on to supports.(07:16)

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Patch notes

mentions of Tristana
Patch 7.1d
  • listedTristana · included in this patch's champion changes