Tristana
Tristana is a 3-cost ranged unit with 18 copies in the shared pool. 4.91 average placement across 687k ranked games, ranking 14 of 14 among 3-costs.
Fae 
Sprykin 
Hunter Attach an explosive charge to the target that lasts seconds. While active, gain infinite range and Attack Speed. After the duration, the charge explodes and splits damage between all enemies within 2 hexes, dealing physical damage + for each attack while casting. If an enemy with an explosive charge on them dies, it attaches to Tristana's new target.
Best items for Tristana
These are the builds recorded on boards that played Tristana this patch, ordered by how often they appear. The first row is the default; the rest are what people build when the components didn't cooperate.
| Build | In comp | Avg place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
   | Fae Sivir | 4.55 | 799 |
 | Fae Tristana | 4.02 | 138 |
  | Sprykin Rammus | 4.19 | 27 |
Note what the table does not say: that you should hold components waiting for the top row. A two-item Tristana on the board at 4-1 beats a perfect one at 5-2 in almost every game you'll play — the reasoning is in the chapter on slamming.
Building Tristana mid-game? The in-game TFT helper shows how many copies are left in the pool under the shop and grades each augment for the comp you're on, without leaving the game.
Stats by star level
Health and attack damage roughly multiply by 1.8 per star, which is the whole reason a 3★ 1-cost can hold a board that a 1★ 4-cost cannot. Armour, magic resist and range never change with stars.
| Star | Health | Attack damage | Armour | MR | Attack speed | Range | Mana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | 650 | 55 | 35 | 35 | 0.75 | 4 | 0/60 |
| ★★ | 1170 | 99 | 35 | 35 | 0.75 | 4 | 0/60 |
| ★★★ | 2106 | 178 | 35 | 35 | 0.75 | 4 | 0/60 |
The mana column is start/cost: Tristana begins each fight with 0 mana and casts at 60. That gap is what a Tear closes, and it's why the same item is transformative on one unit and wasted on another — see how mana works.
Comps playing Tristana
Ranked by the comp's own average placement. A Tristana marked as a carry is one the comp builds items on.
Other 3-costs
Kog'Maw 
Krug 
Mama Beak 
Diana 
Rammus 
Azir 
Fiddlesticks 
Kha'Zix 
Hecarim 
Vi 
Rengar 
Master Yi 
Cassiopeia Where these numbers come from. Placements, win rates and pick rates are aggregated from ranked Teamfight Tactics games — the same dataset the NoxuTFT desktop app reads, refreshed every six hours. Champion costs, traits, item recipes and trait breakpoints are game data from Riot. Tier letters are relative to this set: S is the top 10% by average placement, not an absolute threshold, and champions are ranked inside their cost bracket because a 5-cost's average only looks good for having been reached from a winning position. NoxuTFT is not affiliated with Riot Games.