By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Yordle Gunner
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (9,786 games).
Tristana, the Yordle Gunner, gains attack range every level through Draw a Bead and jumps out of danger with Rocket Jump. Master+ played her in the bot lane far more than Mid, with Lethal Tempo on almost every game, and Yun Tal Wildarrows into Infinity Edge was her standard build. Draven and Syndra beat her most often. Twitch, Caitlyn and Yunara she was favored against. Jhin and Jinx were about even.
MarksmanAssassin
Patch 26.18 · Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 9,786 games · Preview sample
9,786
Games
Very High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
62.1%Win Rate
Flash
Barrier63.4%Win Rate
Flash
Exhaust
This exact page: taken in 19.7% of games·51.3% win rate over 1,927 games.
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.
Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.
Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.
Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice. Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force. Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.
Press the Attack4.0% taken · 52.8% win396 games
Fleet Footwork1.2% taken · 44.7% win114 games
Hail of Blades0.7% taken · 50.7% win69 gamesPrecision + Inspiration79.0% taken · 51.3% win7,731 games
Precision + Resolve14.0% taken · 51.5% win1,372 games
Precision + Domination3.8% taken · 55.0% win369 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Tristana's most common path.
QTristana fires her weapon rapidly, increasing her Attack Speed for a short time.
Cooldown 20/19/18/17/16s · 15/20/25/30/35 Mana
WTristana fires at the ground to propel her to a distant location, dealing damage and slowing surrounding units for a brief period where she lands.
Cooldown 22/20/18/16/14s · 30/35/40/45/50 Mana
EWhen Tristana kills a unit, her cannonballs burst into shrapnel, dealing damage to surrounding enemies.
Cooldown 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s · 50/55/60/65/70 Mana
RTristana loads a massive cannonball into her weapon and fires it at an enemy unit.
Cooldown 100s · 100 ManaMax E first, then Q, then W. Take R whenever available (6 / 12 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QRapid Fire | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WRocket Jump | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EExplosive Charge | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RBuster Shot | R | R | R |
How Tristana performs against enemy bot laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
TristanaBot average
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Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Tristana is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 4/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PDraw a Bead
Increases Tristana's Attack Range as she levels.
Passive — never cast
QRapid Fire
Tristana fires her weapon rapidly, increasing her Attack Speed for a short time.
Cost 15/20/25/30/35 ManaCooldown 20/19/18/17/16sRange 20
WRocket Jump
Tristana fires at the ground to propel her to a distant location, dealing damage and slowing surrounding units for a brief period where she lands.
Cost 30/35/40/45/50 ManaCooldown 22/20/18/16/14sRange 900
EExplosive Charge
When Tristana kills a unit, her cannonballs burst into shrapnel, dealing damage to surrounding enemies. Can be activated to place a bomb on a target enemy that explodes after a short duration dealing damage to surrounding units.
Cost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaCooldown 16/15.5/15/14.5/14sRange 550
RBuster Shot
Tristana loads a massive cannonball into her weapon and fires it at an enemy unit. This deals Magic Damage and knocks the target back. If the target is carrying the Explosive Charge bomb, the bomb detonation radius is doubled.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 100sRange 550
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Tristana in 4 patches. The latest is patch 26.12, published 2026-06-09.
Base Stats
QRapid Fire
it's been two years since we've seen marksmen run over the mid meta, and while we absolutely don't want to go back to that world, we do feel like some marksmen in mid make for an interesting flavor of game. Tristana makes for a good candidate as she's been absent since we added mana costs to her Q in a couple seasons back. We'll be pulling back on some of those nerfs here and improving her level scaling generally.
EExplosive Charge
Tristana's E is one of the sharpest-scaling abilities in the game, and considering her late game is already poised to be great with a strong attack speed steroid, long range, and lots of crit damage, we think the top end of her E can stand to go down a few pegs.
Base Stats
Tristana is a little underrepresented and could do with a small buff and we'd like to ensure she has good late-game attack power, so we're bumping her AD growth.
RBuster Shot
Tristana is strong at virtually all points of the game and suppressing some of the other botlaners due to her combination of laning burst damage and lategame DPS. We're nerfing her ultimate to make snowballing through the level 6 spike less consistent.
Riot's data lists 19 looks for Tristana with their own art, the base skin included and 62 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Tristana | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 640 | =48th | 620 |
| Health per level | 102 | =107th | 104 |
| Base armor | 30 | =82nd | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4 | =157th | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 33 | =4th | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.1 | =145th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 60 | =72nd | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.656 | =83rd | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 1.5% | =150th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 325 | =154th | 335 |
| Attack range | 550 | =9th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 640 | +102 | 2374 | =99th of 173 |
| Mana | 300 | +32 | 844 | =131st of 145 |
| Armor | 30 | +4 | 98 | =136th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 33 | +1.1 | 51.7 | =141st of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Tristana, the Yordle Gunner, is a Marksman and Assassin champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 4/10 for difficulty, 9/10 for attack, 3/10 for defense and 5/10 for magic. Tristana spends Mana and has 19 skins with their own art.
While many other yordles channel their energy into discovery, invention, or just plain mischief-making, Tristana was always inspired by the adventures of great warriors. She had heard much about Runeterra, its factions, and its wars, and believed her kind could become worthy of legend too. Setting foot in the world for the first time, she took up her trusty cannon Boomer, and now leaps into battle with steadfast courage and optimism.
Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 30 January 2015.
11 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.
It plays in YouTube’s own player once you press play. Nothing is downloaded or re-hosted here, and nothing loads from YouTube until then.
