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Tristana

This article covers how Tristana plays in League of Legends Arena: interactions, bugs and patch changes. Builds and statistics are on Tristana's ArenaSweats Pages build.

Overview

Arena changes

  • I: Bonus attack range changed to 0+150/17*(x-1)
  • I: Total attack range changed to 550+150/17*(x-1)
  • Q: Bonus attack speed changed to 60 to 100%.
  • W: AP ratio changed to 80% AP.
  • E: Minimum bonus AD ratio changed to 75 to 115% bonus AD.
  • E: Bomb AP ratio changed to 80% AP.
  • E: Bomb AP ratio per stack changed to 20% AP.
  • E: Maximum bomb AP ratio changed to 160% AP.
  • R: AP ratio changed to 150% AP.2

ArenaSweats stats

2026 Season 3 Act 2, all regions
Emerald tierArenaSweats tierEmerald
Top 3 %
52.2%
Avg place
3.42
Pick %
13.95%
Ban %
4.70%
Games
255,272

Most picked augments

Full stats on ArenaSweats PagesFrom ranked Arena games tracked by ArenaSweats, updated .

Tips

  • Take Aim for the Head on champions whose abilities scale with critical strike damage, such as Tristana's Explosive Charge.34
  • Play Tristana selfishly; peel may not come to you.5
  • A Master of Duality build with classic critical-strike items can build AP quickly and make Explosive Charge deal heavy damage.6

Interactions

  • Fan the Hammer can make one basic attack detonate Explosive Charge.78910
  • Explosive Charge damage scales multiplicatively with critical chance and critical damage.11

Bugs

No verified information yet.

History

Riot patch notes that name Tristana, newest first
PatchDateChanges
26.88x2 duos
  • Rocket Jump: 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP
  • Explosive Charge: 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP
  • : Buster Shot: 100% AP ⇒ 150%12

Earlier formats

  • Since patch 14.11, Tristana's W or R no longer instantly triggers Explosive Charge when she has AP.13 8x2 duos
  • Fan the Hammer could let Tristana detonate Explosive Charge instantly and was especially effective against a squishy lobby.1415 8x2 duos
  • A build with Hexbolt Companion, Moonflair Spellblade, and Reverberation let Tristana spam Explosive Charge and knock up enemies with basic attacks.16 8x2 duos
  • Tristana's range scaled with level and could increase further with Wisdom of Ages.1718 8x2 duos
  • AP Tristana with Decapitator was used for a first-place build.19 8x2 duos
  • Range was a valuable stat on Tristana.20 8x2 duos
  • Tristana with Dual Wield reached 1000 range.21 8x2 duos

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    League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki, Module:MapChanges/data/ar, revision 4091873

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    Arena changes (wiki): I: Bonus attack range changed to 0+150/17*(x-1) I: Total attack range changed to 550+150/17*(x-1) Q: Bonus attack speed changed to 60 to 100%. W: AP ratio changed to 80% AP. E: Minimum bonus AD ratio changed to 75 to 115% bonus AD. E: Bomb AP ratio changed to 80% AP. E: Bom
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    RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.8 Notes > Arena > Champions

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    Tristana Rocket Jump: 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP Explosive Charge: 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP : Buster Shot: 100% AP ⇒ 150%
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    RiotRiot patch notes: Patch 14.11 Notes > Arena > Bugfixes

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    Fixed an issue where Tristanna's W or R would instantly proc her E when she had AP.
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