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Underrated Skins, Part 2: Buccaneer Tristana, Rocket Girl Tristana

ADC Yuumi·9/22/2019, 8:04:18 AM·1 votes·2,968 views

Of the Bilgewater Burning Tides skinline... Tristana seemed very out of place.

Lore: None.

Splash art: Tristana can be seen using Rocket Jump from one side of the ship to the other. All we know is that she's on a ship, and the skies are darkened. Tristana adorns a Buccaneer uniform and an eyepatch.

Summary: Pirate themed Tristana.

My thoughts: Earlier, Riot updated Tristana's lore. She was in Bilgewater for a time and saved up to buy the cannon from a weapons dealer in Bilgewater. Obviously not 1:1 of her in Bilgewater at the time, this lore edit definitely sparks up this skin for anyone else who likes this lil' yordle gunner's lore.

A solo skin with no other match or counterpart, is Rocket Girl Tristana.

Lore: None.

Splash Art: Tristana, using ( supposively ) Rocket Jump. However, this time mid-flight. She adorns a jumpsuit with updo-hair, and very, VERY large missle launcher.

Summary: Tristana if she had gone to Piltover instead of Bilgewater. a better gun.

My thoughts: Many people are surprised that despite the wild bights and missile concept, Rocket Girl was not a Neon Strike / Super Galaxy skin. I can completely agree here with that, as I was shocked too. Don't let turn you off to her though, because this is a really great skin in-game. Auto-attacks, W animation, E and R have been changed. The only thing missing is a unique recall. If you see this on sale, and you love Tristana; don't hesitate.

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Ebonmaw Dragon9/22/2019, 8:27:22 AM1 votes

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Of the Bilgewater Burning Tides skinline... Tristana seemed very out of place.

Lore: None.

Splash art: Tristana can be seen using Rocket Jump from one side of the ship to the other. All we know is that she's on a ship, and the skies are darkened. Tristana adorns a Buccaneer uniform and an eyepatch.

Summary: Pirate themed Tristana.

My thoughts: Earlier, Riot updated Tristana's lore. She was in Bilgewater for a time and saved up to buy the cannon from a weapons dealer in Bilgewater. Obviously not 1:1 of her in Bilgewater at the time, this lore edit definitely sparks up this skin for anyone else who likes this lil' yordle gunner's lore.

Well, that skin actually predates the whole even of Burning tides... But anyways.

Her lore mentions that the design of her weapons was inspired by the cannons of Bilgewater, but it doesn't say that she commissioned the weapon to a person from Bilgewater. I mention that because Bilgewater specifically uses "Krakens" as currency and the lore would mention that currency in her lore if she used those... even if "precious metal discs" could be applied to Krakens.

Since the weapon was insiped by the cannons of Bilgewater, it does mean that the weapon its not an actual cannon of Bilgewater, it just does look like one.

Considering that the lore does say that Rumble has created copies of Boomer for other Bandle Gunners, i assume that he made the original weapon as well... since it would be contradictory for a yordle that dislikes humans, to copy things made by humans, even if Trist is the one that tells him to do so.