Tristana·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Tristana Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Kraken Slayer as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Navori Flickerblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Mortal Reminder, Bloodthirster and finish with Infinity Edge. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.4% winrate over 146 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Tristana Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Taste of Blood with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are The Collector, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Navori Flickerblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 50.5% win rate over 93 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Taste of Blood with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are The Collector as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Navori Flickerblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 40.4% win rate across 52 matches played.

Situational Tristana Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Tristana build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.