Tristana ARAM Mayhem Build

The Yordle Gunner. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #146 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21MarksmanAssassinNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 46.4%
Pick rate: 7.2%
Rank: #146 of 173
Games: 1,659,516
Patch: 26.21

How to play Tristana in ARAM Mayhem

Tristana is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #146 of 173 champions, with a 46.4% win rate over 1,659,516 games.

88% of Tristana's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Yun Tal Wildarrows, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 48.0% win rate over 1,197,402 games. For boots, most players buy Berserker's Greaves, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Tristana are Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny and Dual Wield. Cards built around attack damage fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Ultimate Awakening and Snowday when you can: they do worst on Tristana. A pair to look for: Scopiest Weapons with Draw Your Sword.

Take Flash and Ghost (61% of players). Max E (Explosive Charge) first, then Q, then W.

Tristana ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Tristana game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

48.0% win rate · 84% of Tristana games · 1,197,402 games

Start

B. F. Sword

Core items, in buying order

Yun Tal Wildarrows
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Tristana, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	17%
No boots	31%
Berserker's Greaves	49%

Situational, after the core

Bloodthirster23% buy it
Blade of The Ruined King36% buy it
The Collector5% buy it
Phantom Dancer5% buy it
Kraken Slayer5% buy it
Navori Flickerblade16% buy it

Other build paths

Other Tristana build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
On-hitKraken Slayer, Blade of The Ruined King, Lord Dominik's Regards		1.1%	47.6%

Games: the share of all Tristana games that went this way.

Most bought items

Infinity Edge79% of games
The Collector62% of games
Berserker's Greaves51% of games
Navori Flickerblade50% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards46% of games
Yun Tal Wildarrows42% of games
Blade of The Ruined King41% of games
Bloodthirster19% of games
Runaan's Hurricane13% of games
Mortal Reminder12% of games

Best augments for Tristana

Every card with enough Tristana games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Tristana's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1escAPADeTier S
2Blunt ForceTier A
3HomeguardTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Tristana

10 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Tristana in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Draw Your Sword	Prismatic	Tier S	You are now melee. Gain 24% Attack Damage, 24% Health, 20% Attack Speed, 20% Lifesteal, and 20% Move Speed (each further increased based on…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier S	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Still Here	Gold	Tier S	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
escAPADe	Silver	Tier S	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier S	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier S	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Tap Dancer	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Attacks grant you 10 Movement Speed. Gain (10% Move Speed) Attack Speed. The buff stacks and refreshes infinitely but lasts 5 seconds.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Light 'Em Up!	Silver	Tier A	Every 4th Attack shoots 4 missiles dealing (44–320 (by level) +140% Bonus Attack Damage+76% Ability Power) magic damage.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Lil' Extra Help	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range and Melee 75% / Ranged 40% Attack Speed during your selected ability duration.
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
It's Go Time	Silver	Tier A	Activating selected ability grants you 25–45 (by level) % Movement Speed for its duration.
Critical Rhythm	Gold	Tier A	Your basic Attack stacks 6% Attack Speed on Critical Strikes up to 10 stacks. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…

Average on Tristana
44 cards, best first

Below average on Tristana
28 cards, best first

Weakest on Tristana
12 cards, best first

Best first augment for Tristana

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Tristana's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Draw Your Sword, Urf's Champion and Weapon of Destiny come out on top.

The best augments for Tristana in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S
2	Urf's ChampionTier S	Dual WieldTier S	Dual WieldTier S	escAPADeTier S
3	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Dual WieldTier S
4	Dual WieldTier S	Still HereTier S	TotentanzTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Heavy Is The CrownTier A	Still HereTier A	Still HereTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Tristana, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost61% of players · 46.7% win rate
Flash + Barrier5% of players · 46.7% win rate
Flash + Cleanse2% of players · 46.9% win rate

Skill order

EExplosive Charge
QRapid Fire
WRocket Jump

Max E first. 63% of players use this order (47.9% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Tristana in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 12.7 / 12.2 / 18.6
KDA: 2.77
Damage to champions: 36,078
Damage taken: 31,278
Self-mitigated: 15,453
Healing on allies: 11
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 5 s
Kill participation: 58%
Game length: 16:43

Damage type

Physical 88%Magic 9%True 4%

Questions and answers

What is the best Tristana build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Tristana: Yun Tal Wildarrows, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Tristana in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Tristana, best first: Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny, Dual Wield, Mad Scientist and Still Here. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Tristana good in ARAM Mayhem?

Tristana is tier C on patch 26.21, #146 of 173 champions, with a 46.4% win rate over 1.7 million games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Tristana in ARAM Mayhem?

For Tristana's first pick on patch 26.21: Draw Your Sword, Urf's Champion, Weapon of Destiny, Dual Wield and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Tristana counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.