I remember when Tristana had a 30% Playrate

SirPurrr··2 votes·509 views

Why does no one play her these days? All I see is Ezreal, Jinx and Cait with some spicy Draven mixed in.

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Mimy1 votes

Caitlyn, Miss fortune, Jinx, and twitch, all heavy counter her..

Guess Who is all being played right now?

Yea..

Her Win rate is slowly dropping with each patch.

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She's kinda hurting right now.

SirPurrr1 votes

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Caitlyn, Miss fortune, Jinx, and twitch, all heavy counter her..

Guess Who is all being played right now?

Yea..

Her Win rate is slowly dropping with each patch.

http://prntscr.com/d6iy4m

She's kinda hurting right now.

Oh, I forgot MF. You're right. I've seen her a lot too. I haven't seen a Tristana in almost a month though.

Do you think if BoRK gets buffed, Tristana would be any better? I'm not sure BoRK is really a great item on her even if it did 8% since she has AD scalings now. If I were to get BoRK it would be a late buy vs tanks and after Lord Dominik's.

Mimy1 votes

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Oh, I forgot MF. You're right. I've seen her a lot too. I haven't seen a Tristana in almost a month though.

Do you think if BoRK gets buffed, Tristana would be any better? I'm not sure BoRK is really a great item on her even if it did 8% since she has AD scalings now. If I were to get BoRK it would be a late buy vs tanks and after Lord Dominik's.

Bork May help tristana a little bit, but it will mostly help champions like Vayne and Twitch just be THAT much stronger.

Tristana can use Bork, but there are other who use Bork Better.

Like Big Lincoln says.. "She Don't really have that Niche anymore."

Why pick her for Range when Jinx and Twitch can outrange her with abilities? Why Choose her for Attack speed increase when MissFortune Jinx have the same ability but more damage.. Why pick her for safeness when Well everyone now one-shots you now.. hahah! Assassin Meta.. Why pick her for Tower destruction when every other ADC is just as good if not BETTER at it? Ashe's Q Vayne's Q works on towers

Her Ultimate Scales off AP and Deals Magic Damage. You use it more for a second escape than a Huge Damage ability..


In the end... she really doesn't have anything.

I moved to Teemo, but now he's getting shit upon. with all the Shroom detection.

Tank supports are all the rage with the new mastery.

None of my mains are strong anymore... QQ I kinda feel like Shit right now...

A Doorknob1 votes

Probably because she is boring to play. All you do is push a lane and farm. You prioritize objectives more than anything else. It makes for boring gameplay. Very stale. This isn't to say she bad or anything; she still is very valid and very strong but very stale.

SirPurrr1 votes

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Probably because she is boring to play. All you do is push a lane and farm. You prioritize objectives more than anything else. It makes for boring gameplay. Very stale. This isn't to say she bad or anything; she still is very valid and very strong but very stale.

Really? I thought she wasn't boring at all. The pushing power gives you pressure and combined with her E, you can take turrets and rotate. Having an escape, knockback and decent all-in also lets you be a more independent ADC and make more daring plays. If I'm an MF for example, I really need my team to protect me and I can't go for some random 1v1 only to jump out once I get the kill. Tristana does lack any form of poke but her playstyle is really fun and gives her more room to be a playmaker.

A Doorknob1 votes

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Really? I thought she wasn't boring at all. The pushing power gives you pressure and combined with her E, you can take turrets and rotate. Having an escape, knockback and decent all-in also lets you be a more independent ADC and make more daring plays. If I'm an MF for example, I really need my team to protect me and I can't go for some random 1v1 only to jump out once I get the kill. Tristana does lack any form of poke but her playstyle is really fun and gives her more room to be a playmaker.

Then kudos to you is all I have to say. She is super strong I agree with you 100%. She is a very dangerous Adc in the right hands and worth picking up right now. I'm just giving you my thought on why she isn't more frequently picked. She beyond easy to use in lane. I could also assume it could be because people don't understand how to utilize her kit properly. With Lucian or Jinx or Draven, people costanstly engage in PVP with each other. Tristana you try to avoid that unless you have the engage. You just want to farm and push and annoy enemy jungle by baiting him to gank you and saying "nana, you can't catch mestick tongue out" and waste his time. Again it makes for boring gameplay unless you are the type to enjoy that sort of gameplay. And since you are, kudos to you; play her master her. She will get you far.

SirPurrr1 votes

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Then kudos to you is all I have to say. She is super strong I agree with you 100%. She is a very dangerous Adc in the right hands and worth picking up right now. I'm just giving you my thought on why she isn't more frequently picked. She beyond easy to use in lane. I could also assume it could be because people don't understand how to utilize her kit properly. With Lucian or Jinx or Draven, people costanstly engage in PVP with each other. Tristana you try to avoid that unless you have the engage. You just want to farm and push and annoy enemy jungle by baiting him to gank you and saying "nana, you can't catch mestick tongue out" and waste his time. Again it makes for boring gameplay unless you are the type to enjoy that sort of gameplay. And since you are, kudos to you; play her master her. She will get you far.

I don't think she's super strong, at least not above Gold, but I do think she's balanced. I also think her laning is really weak outside of levels 2-3 vs competent players since she lacks poke or CC. Laning vs Cait or MF is pretty awful for example. Moreover, they can shove you in since you can't really outtrade them early. CSing is quite hard on Tristana due to the E passive. You'll miss 10-15 CS that other ADCs would have no trouble getting. Farming under turret is especially difficult.

Big Lincoln1 votes

she's supposed to be the ADC for killing towers

but towers are paper to every ranged AD so she has no niche

cope moment1 votes

{quoted} spicy Draven

idk about you, but I've seen some pretty salty Dravens too.

JayHog19921 votes

Level 7 Tristana here, and it's mostly because she's decent early, weak mid, strong late game.

Most games don't last to late game, which makes champions like Vayne not that great as well.

During mid game, you just farm because you can barely do anything during that unless you get insane peeling.

Oglaf1 votes

The biggest problem is that she

  1. Does not have big ol' titties or a short miniskirt. or
  2. Is not a male edgelord.
Requiemsfire1 votes

Tristana doesn't impact the game as early as other ADC's

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