Everything for Tristana Mid on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Tristana's win conditions.
Tristana is an AD carry in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as an off-meta pick — a 47.0% win rate, 0.4% pick rate, 4,451 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Tristana is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.
How Tristana wins: using Tristana's mobility to catch isolated targets, and splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it. The kit grades 8/10 mobility, 7/10 split-push. Tristana's soft spots are engage and roaming (3/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is The Collector, Navori Flickerblade, Infinity Edge, which holds a 52.1% win rate across 194 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Viktor, where Tristana sits at just 38.9%, the lane swings the other way into Lee Sin (52.4%), and on the team side, Tristana gains the most from a Xin Zhao (+7.7% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Tristana Mid this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
Tristana Mid's worst matchups on patch 16.11, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
Champions whose presence raises Tristana's win rate most as Mid, by pair WR delta over Tristana's solo performance.
Tristana is also played in this other role this patch.
Drafting a whole team? The Team Builder coaches all 10 picks at once. Want Tristana's current standing? Open the Tier List.