Why wouldn't I play Tristana over any other ADC right now?

Aenaeus·Sep 7, 2017·2 votes·656 views

It's a real pleasure being able to crit for 800 damage from 700 units away. If you think about it, she has 3 defensive abilities that can also be used offensively, those being her passive, granting her increased AA, E and ult Range per level, her W to hop away and reposition herself, which also resets on kills or assists, and her ult to push enemy tanks/assassins/ away. There's also her Q which makes it to where you don't really have to buy attack speed items, so she can legit just go full AD and not have to worry about not being able to kite effectively. It's no wonder she's perma picked/perma banned right now. I know she's getting nerfed next patch, but I feel like it's not going to hit her in the right spot.

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EedatSep 7, 20171 votes

Why wouldn't I play Tristana over any other ADC right now?

Twitch ?

Besides, all this is is another one of those threads that just arbitrarily lists a few things a champion does in order to paint them as being absolutely broken

AenaeusSep 7, 20171 votes

He's an exception.

EedatSep 7, 20171 votes

any other ADC

SchmidttyGamesSep 7, 20171 votes

There are currently 7 ADC's at the top of the meta. Kalista, Tristana, Ashe, Sivir, Caitlyn, Kog'Maw, and Twitch. Any one of these seven champions, currently, has a multitude of reasons why they feel OP when they are ahead. I would take any of these seven against anything else in the game. There are even four others (Jhin, Miss Fortune, Jinx, Ezreal) that I will still take into just about anything out there because of my experience with each of them.

There is nothing about Tristana that separates her from the above list in any way that isn't defined by Playstyle or otherwise covered by a Support.

FYI: Every champion feels OP when you're losing. That's just the way it is.

RavenhaleSep 7, 20171 votes

At my level of play... I don't think it matters whom I pick. It's basically whom I feel like playing since I pretty much put the team at a disadvantage simply by queuing up in the AD Carry role.

ChompyWulfSep 7, 20171 votes

Kogmaw also has long range, an attack speed steroid, but also features mixed damage. Caitlyn is weaker now, but traps still allow for hard siege control. Sivir has insanely fast wave clear that can dictate lane pressure better than almost anyone. Twitch becomes an assassin who can pick when he fights better than nearly any adc. Plenty of ADCs have strengths and reasons to play then. Trist just happens to have the best "safe" kit for either caution or aggression.