Tristana

Tristana is an AD carry in the mid, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 49.3% win rate, 1.0% pick rate, 11,707 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 Yun Tal Wildarrows, Infinity Edge, Navori Flickerblade, which holds a 55.3% win rate across 524 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.

The matchup to respect is Kha'Zix, where Tristana sits at just 41.0%, the lane swings the other way into Zilean (59.9%), and on the team side, Tristana gains the most from a Sylas (+13.3% pair win rate).