Tristana
Hardest matchups for Tristana in Bot (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Zed, 
Heimerdinger, 
Vel'Koz. Easiest: 
Ezreal, 
Cassiopeia, 
Mel.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into TristanaOn the pro tier list
Tristana on patch 16.22
- Bot49.8%#38 of 51B14,531 games
- Mid44.0%#90 of 91D1,659 games
- steady since 16.21
Tristana’s main role on patch 16.22 is Bot: a 49.8% win rate across 14,531 Emerald games, #38 of 51 Bot champions on the tier list (grade B), picked in 5.7% of games. Tristana is also played Mid: a 44.0% win rate across 1,659 games, #90 of 91. Since patch 16.21, Tristana Bot has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.2 points across 117,277 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot93% of its games | A | 51.1%51.2% raw ±0.4 | 79,581 | 11.2%11.3% banned | 51.7%51.1% first time |
| Mid6% of its games | C | 48.1%47.8% raw ±1.4 | 5,202 | 0.7%11.3% banned | 51.3%48.8% first time |
| Top1% of its games | C | 48.4%47.0% raw ±3.1 | 1,032 | 0.1%11.3% banned | 51.5%46.9% first time |
| Jungle0% of its games | too few games | 48.6%30.1% raw ±11.5 | 73 | 0.0%11.3% banned | 51.2%46.4% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 49.3%37.0% raw ±13.3 | 54 | 0.0%11.4% banned | 51.4%46.8% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Tristana’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Tristana, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Tristana
Lane leads and team bans
What Tristana’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Tristana than the other team does in the same games (611,255 games). The other team banned before Tristana was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Tristana was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Tristana is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- Crit
52.9%80,058 games - Lethality
51.9%105 games - On-hit
53.5%29 games - AD bruiser
52.7%3 games - AP burst
52.8%1 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Tristana does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
85,387 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Barrier51.2% · 61,415 games
Lethal TempoPrecision + Inspiration · 51.5%
Triumph · Legend: Bloodline · Cut Down · Cash Back · Cosmic InsightShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Start: Doran's Bow + Health Potion · 52.8%
Key items: Yun Tal Wildarrows → Infinity Edge · 54.4%
Boots: Gluttonous Greaves · 56.7%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Barrier51.2%61,415 games · 72% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Exhaust + Flash51.0%17,224 games · 20% pick rate · same players: −1.8 pts vs the usual
Cleanse + Flash51.2%6,005 games · 7.0% pick rate · same players: −1.9 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Keystones
- Lethal Tempo + Inspiration51.5%66,086 games · 77% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Press the Attack + Domination49.3%2,338 games · 2.7% pick rate · same players: −0.4 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended- Lethal Tempo + Domination49.3%11,988 games · 14% pick rate · same players: −0.6 pts vs the usual
Lethal Tempo + Sorcery52.8%1,740 games · 2.0% pick rate · same players: −0.7 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Minor runes with Lethal Tempo
- Triumph51.3%96% take it
Presence of Mind49.6%3.5% take it
- Legend: Bloodline51.7%47% take it
Legend: Alacrity50.8%53% take it
- Cut Down51.5%80% take it
Coup de Grace50.0%19% take it
- Cash Back51.7%77% take it
- Cosmic Insight51.7%23% take it
Triple Tonic51.4%54% take it
Biscuit Delivery51.4%24% take it
Magical Footwear51.3%21% take it
- Attack Speed51.1%98% take it
- Adaptive Force51.2%100% take it
- Health51.5%77% take it
- Health Scaling50.2%23% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Tristana’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Tristana’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Tristana does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Tristana wins 49.6%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 51.7%. That gap ranks it 164 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 28K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Tristana in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot | 49.0%12W 19L | 1%3% in any lane | 74% counter | +15 gold | — |
| Top | 49.8%10W 11L | 1%3% in any lane | 95% counter | +615 gold | — |
| Mid | 49.7%8W 10L | 1%3% in any lane | 61% counter | +218 gold | — |
How much knowing Tristana pays
Players on their Mastery band win 2.1 points more on Tristana than first-timers do: #164 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Tristana players win 51.7%: #126 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 53.2% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
TristanaDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Tristana ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Miss Fortune, Ashe, Caitlyn.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.