Why do people keep asking for Tristana buffs when there are champs with much worse stats than her?

FalconPawwwwnch··5 votes·589 views

These are some of the following champions who are picked less than her and also have lower win rates

Zac, Jax, Veigar, Kha'Zix, Elise, Twitch, Shyvana, Dr. Mundo, Ryze, Olaf

Most of if not all of these champions currently deserve buffs before Tristana does

At least some of them have received buffs in 2015, but many of the others have not.

13 Comments

Sightless663 votes

Because she's bad enough to need buffs, so people who enjoyed her ask for them.

FantasySniper3 votes

Their problems cannot be entirely blamed on their (potential lack of) base stats.

Tristana had a lot of nerfs before her rework, and right when they did her rework, the most major being reductions to her attack speed.

I do not want to ever see the return of the impossible to shut down Tristana that killed you in a blink, but there needs to be some slight compensation for how reliant she is on a (highly) delayed damage output now. Increasing her AS growth is something she needs, and if she still cannot compete after that, maybe an increase in her Explosive Charge boosting cap.

ProfDrDeath3 votes

Instead of hitting her AS growth factor, I'd like them to raise her base AS to something like 0.679. Making all AS more effective on her, but retaining her peak/valley tactical play style with Rapid Fire.

FantasySniper3 votes

Depending on how much that changes her early game prowess, that could be a fine alternative.

Only Play Darius3 votes

The only ADC you mentioned there is Twitch, and although he is not in a good spot, he still is** THE **late game ADC, capable of singlehandedly ripping apart teams, and yet still being able to assassinate lone targets.

Tristana as of current is outclassed by every ADC in the game. There is nothing she does that another ADC doesn't do better.

Lategame power? Jinx Twitch both have late games superior to Tristana (pre-rework her late game superiority was unmatched)

Midgame strength? Graves Sivir Caitlyn all do it better.

Mobility? Kalista Lucian are better if thats what you want.

Long range? Caitlyn Jinx have better range ever since her passive got nerfed without context.

Assassination potential? Vayne Twitch Quinn are all better at executing stragglers.

There is nothing Tristana brings to the table, simply because her base stats are the worst of all the ADC's.

Lugg1 votes

Doesn't bring anything to the table? I have to STRONGLY disagree.

-She has an on demand AS steriod -She has an escape/engage that resets on kill or assist -Takes turrets very fast -An ult that does good damage and allows disengage -Does hybrid damage -Her range starting out is the same as 7 other ADCs and is higher than Caitlin at level 16+

Trish is fine, it is just that Jinx and Kalista need nerfs is all.

Only Play Darius2 votes

-On demand AS steroid

And that's literally it. Takes the cake for most underloaded ability in the game, next to Akali's crescent slash. They even joked in her spotlight about it.

-She has an escape/engage that resets on kill or assist

They reduced her base defensive stats, so now diving in with her rocket jump usually results in her death and isn't worth the risk

-Takes turrets very fast

I will give you this. But it's not like Jinx Draven Quinn or any other ADC really has issues taking turrets

-Does hybrid damage

Lol not really. The rework killed the viability of AP Tristana and 99% of her damage comes from basic attacks. If anything the magic damage from her abilities is a liability, since it reduces the effectiveness of armor penetration on her.

-Her range starting out is the same as 7 other ADCs and is higher than Caitlin at level 16+

You want to know what else she has starting out? One of the weakest early games of all the ADC's. The only ADC I can imagine with a weaker early game is Twitch, but he scales into a late game god. Tristana used to be the same way, but not any more. Her late game is average at best. If you think she has a good late game now then you definitely never saw old Tristy.

Lugg1 votes

Trish needed to be squishier, she never died before. There has to be risk/reward to make you judge engagements.

Old trish was broken, she is MUCH more balanced now. She still carries hard in late game.

atomicwit3 votes

Just because other champs are also doing poorly doesn't mean Tristana is in a great spot. I think all she needs is the passive range increase to be 8 instead of her current 7. It's still worse than old Tristana but would give me just a tad more motivation to pick her.

I'm also not convinced that all those champs need more help. For example, I think Jax is fine and his winrate suffers only because people don't use him as the niche counterpick he's supposed to be.

Kagemyth1 votes

Because she used to be almost always picked or banned and they miss all the power she used to have. it was hard getting used to the changes but i like the fact that they are trying to give her something unique and have seemed to keep their eyes on her since the changes but they dont want her to get back to her old powerhouse state.

Arcane Azmadi1 votes

People keep asking for Trist buffs?

JustMyBassCannon1 votes

Implying Riot only changes 1 champion per patch

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