What is a good first item for Tristana?

Siachi·Feb 1, 2015·1 votes·2,575 views

Just working on practicing her since her rework. I'm not the best ADC, so I'm not sure what she should rush.

I've been considering either a BoRK or Bloodthirster, because I'm not sure if an Infinity rush works for her (Her base attack speed is reduced for the rework, so the early crit may not help if your Q's on cooldown), and I think Infinity Rush was nerfed anyway.

BoRK, because the extra attack speed early would make her less reliant on her Q to stack up Explosive Charge.

Bloodthirster because Riot seems to want her to be more risky and try to get resets and get damage amp on her Rocket Jump, and the shield can help with those risky plays. Not to mention her E has an attack damage scaling now, so the AD from a BF Sword item could still be helpful.

Any thoughts?

5 Comments

hh the thinkerFeb 1, 20151 votes

she scales with AD now on her E. you should still rush IE first, get PD and BT(not BOTRK because of the scaling ad).

AwesomeChadFeb 2, 20151 votes

With the new tristana, going IE is really good on her. Just build standard ADC: IE > berserkers > SS/PD > BT > LW > defensive item. She scales really well with flat AD now so you definitely want flat AD items to make her E deal more dmg.

QuantumLightFeb 2, 20151 votes

can i say swap lw&bt if their building any sort of armor, and possibly sit with tier 1 boots till after ss/pd? if your rich

Btheman06Feb 2, 20151 votes

I agree with the swap lw and bt here, but get vamp first. then go into lw. the life steal is needed bc at this point your at 20 min + and still have no sustain other than dorans.

As for the skipping boots t2, that is a huge mistake. the diff between boots 1 and 2 is HUGE. 675 gold for +20 move speed and +25% attack speed????? just to put that into perspective, boots 1 is 325 for +25 ms and dagger is 450 for 15% as. That equates to 30g per 1 attack speed and 13g per 1 move speed. So getting boots 2 is worth 260G worth of ms and 750g worth of as.... so you get literally 1010g worth of stats for 675g, or boots 2 (on berserk grieves) is 150% gold efficient (149.629% but i rounded up).

Sorry for the long explanation, but a lot of ppl don't realize how important and gold efficient boots 2 can be.

But back on the main question, IE > zeal > boots 2 > SS/PD > vamp > LW > BT.

Thats usually the build i take and it works well so far.

AwesomeChadFeb 2, 20151 votes

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can i say swap lw&bt if their building any sort of armor, and possibly sit with tier 1 boots till after ss/pd? if your rich

of course. you always prioritize dmg over sustain for ADCs. regarding tier 1 boots, i'd say it depends on whether you're able to instantly buy your next big item. So for example, i have tier 1 boots but have enough gold for PD. Then i'd finish the PD. But if you dont have enough gold to finish the item immediately , buy tier 2 boots. It will hurt your mobility to buy parts of the item rather than finishing your boots.