Caitlyn
- Dragon / ADC is also this pick's lane, so the two meet head-on in lane.
- The reviewed build opens with: The Collector
- The reviewed rune page includes: Lethal Tempo
- Reviewed champion pages that name it as an answer: 21
Kit notes are keyword matches over Riot's ability text and the reviewed builds of both champions. They are guidance, not win rates.
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Every count on this page is a count of documented links, not a win rate or a strength score.
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Tristana: Caitlyn (Dragon / ADC), Ashe (Dragon / ADC), Varus (Dragon / ADC), Jhin (Dragon / ADC), Draven (Dragon / ADC), Ziggs (Mid). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
Riot's ability text for Tristana describes a dash, leap or blink in ROCKET JUMP (ability 2). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Tristana is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Tristana, in purchase order: Magnetic Blaster then Infinity Edge then Mortal Reminder then Berserker's Greaves. Runes: Lethal Tempo, Brutal, Cut Down, Legend: Bloodline, Bone Plating. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Lord Dominik's Regard; against enemy burst: Guardian Angel; against enemy front line: Blade of the Ruined King; against enemy crowd control: Mercurial Scimitar. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Tristana is a Marksman by Riot's classification and is played in Dragon / ADC. Riot rates the difficulty Low. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows B tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.