

Aphelios vs Tristana
As an ADC on patch 26.21, Tristana is among Aphelios's worst matchups in LazyElo players' lobbies: at least 8 games in the matchup, a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Aphelios wins 49.8% of its 219 ADC games on patch 26.21 (tier B), and Tristana is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Tristana itself wins 50.6% of 591 games there (tier A). The games are those of LazyElo players and the players they met, at their own elo, not Emerald and above.
The per-champion pages: Aphelios counters and Tristana counters.
- Aphelios ADC games
- 219
- Tristana ADC games
- 591
- Min. games per matchup
- 8
- Patch
- 26.21
Aphelios vs Tristana at a glance
ADCmeasured
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 49.8% | 219 | 1.9% | Loses to Tristana: among its worst matchups here | |
| A | 50.6% | 591 | 5.2% | Beats Aphelios: Aphelios has it among its worst matchups |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own ADC numbers on patch 26.21, from the ADC tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
How Aphelios plays this matchup
Riot lists Aphelios as marksman, on mana, and rates it 6 for attack, 2 for defense, 1 for magic and 10 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
As an ADC on patch 26.21, Aphelios is tier B with a 49.8% win rate over 219 games (1.9% of ADC picks). Against Tristana it does worse than that: Tristana is one of the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%. Playing Aphelios here means playing for the lane you get: give up the early trades its kit does not win, keep the CS and wait for your item spike or your jungler.
Aphelios's other worst ADC matchups on this patch: Aphelios vs Jhin, Aphelios vs Jinx. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
How Tristana plays this matchup
Riot lists Tristana as marksman and assassin, on mana, and rates it 9 for attack, 3 for defense, 5 for magic and 4 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
As an ADC on patch 26.21, Tristana is tier A with a 50.6% win rate over 591 games (5.2% of ADC picks). Against Aphelios it does better than that: Aphelios has Tristana among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Tristana's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.
Tristana's other worst ADC matchups on this patch: Tristana vs Miss Fortune, Tristana vs Draven, Tristana vs Yunara. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
What each side builds
Aphelios
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Aphelios ends ADC games with most often.
Infinity Edge83.9%55.2%
Lord Dominik's Regards52.3%53.5%
The Collector46.8%51.0%
Stormrazor42.2%54.3%
Runaan's Hurricane28.9%58.7%
Hexoptics C4414.7%50.0%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Press the Attack + Inspiration52.7%51.9%
Press the Attack + Sorcery22.9%58.7%
Lethal Tempo + Sorcery17.4%42.9%
Builds rest on 218 Aphelios games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Aphelios's ADC build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Tristana
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Tristana ends ADC games with most often.
Infinity Edge78.8%55.7%
Yun Tal Wildarrows70.7%53.5%
Navori Flickerblade68.0%54.2%
Lord Dominik's Regards34.1%55.6%
The Collector27.5%45.6%
Bloodthirster17.4%60.4%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Lethal Tempo + Inspiration57.4%48.8%
Lethal Tempo + Domination28.0%51.0%
Press the Attack + Domination10.4%51.9%
Builds rest on 581 Tristana games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Tristana's ADC build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Other matchups
Aphelios's other matchups
Aphelios vs Jinxloses, adc
Aphelios vs Jhinloses, adc
Aphelios vs Ashewins, adc
Aphelios vs Xayahwins, adc
Aphelios counters, every lane.
Tristana's other matchups
Tristana vs Miss Fortuneloses, adc
Tristana vs Yunaraloses, adc
Tristana vs Dravenloses, adc
Tristana vs Samirawins, adc
Tristana vs Smolderwins, adc
Tristana counters, every lane.
Your record in Aphelios vs Tristana
Your plan, asked first
Once LazyElo can tell that Aphelios or Tristana is your lane opponent, a card in champ select asks for your plan against them, and only then shows the notes you wrote earlier.Your record in it
Games, wins and losses, when you last played the matchup and your average KDA in it, plus your CS and gold difference at 10 minutes from the games with a timeline.How others did
How other players in your stored games did in the same matchup, with the number of games.
Matchups is part of Plus; the free plan shows the best 3 picks from your pool. The feature: your own notes for this matchup.
Questions and answers
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Related
- All matchupsEvery measured pair, per lane and per champion.
- All countersEvery champion's hardest matchups per lane.
- Aphelios countersWho Aphelios struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Tristana countersWho Tristana struggles against and beats, per lane.
- ADC tier listThe full lane ranking.
- What decides a counterThe six things behind a matchup, and when not to counter pick.