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Different Ways to Play Tristana?

Korend Slicks·6/15/2015, 2:00:46 AM·1 votes·895 views

Hi there! I've been wondering how to build for Tristana after her rework. Her reworks changed her a bit (I can't fully remember her pre-rework all that well, I didn't play much during seasons 3 and 4, only really started to go in deeply after season 5), and I've had a hard time doing well in lane with her from recommended items. So I've been wondering to ask of those of you playing Tris or have tried Tris, what items, runes, and masteries do you build on her. I've been thinking about building item 3078 first, then item 3006 . However, I got a little stuck after that. I thought about building Triforce first because of the way her abilities benefit from both AP and AD. I've also experimented with AS Marks, but kept Armor Seals and MR Glyphs. As far as masteries go, I haven't fully grasped which of them to take and which to ditch for the offensive ones, but I've been considering going both AD and AP. If this seems inefficient, I would like to hear how to go about masteries in a more efficient manner. Thanks to those who reply.

Edit: Changed Title for further clarification.

2 Comments

OZ3 Freelance6/15/2015, 2:36:35 AM1 votes

Shes a late game Hypercarry and building tri force really isnt the way to play her yes her abilites do benefit from ap scaling but with her attack speed buff building something like BotRk or IE benefits her alot more because she is going to be auto attacking alot.

If you are going to play her AP i would rather see her played mid lane or top lane and are going to have to rely on positioning with her rocket jump to either ult the enemy under your tower or into your team. I feel like playing her AP because she doesnt have enough spell abilities she will still have to rely on autos and it you will really cut down your dmg.

If you are going to play her AD with tri force then use it in the right team comp if you have a strong mid game then go for it but otherwise its really going to hurt you late game if you dont.

Both of the ideas may work but just building her as a late game AD hypercarry is the way to go on her. Good luck though with your experimenting.