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Previous Lore

The Megling Commandos are something of a legend in Bandle City. They have a history that spans centuries, and they remain the oldest yordle military unit still in service. They are renowned for their courage, deadliness, and ruthlessness, making them the most respected and feared of all warriors in Bandle City. Legends of Megling, the valiant founder of the commandos, are still heard throughout Valoran taverns. It was these legends that most fascinated a young Tristana. Since she was a wee child, Tristana wanted nothing more than to become the crack shot that her idol had been all those years ago. She trained her entire life, until finally she was old enough to join the military and able to earn her place among the Megling Commandos. The senior officers were impressed by her abilities, claiming that Tristana was a natural, and her dream was realized the day she donned her Megling fatigues.

Though her heart lies with her unit, the call to the League of Legends was irresistible and now Tristana protects Bandle City as a champion. While intense and focused as a Megling Gunner, Tristana is remarkably different in her personal life. Outside the Fields of Justice, she is friendly and cheerful - the sort of yordle who always has a kind word for everyone. Tristana recently struck up a close friendship with Teemo, the Swift Scout Teemo, the Swift Scout. They are both members of Bandle City's Special Forces, so not only do they bond as yordles, but also as fellow warriors and champions... though she outright ignores any questions pertaining to a blossoming romance.

"If there's one person I'd trust to take on a difficult mission, it's Tristana!"
Teemo Teemo
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Prior to V1.0.0.116:

The Megling Commandos are something of a legend in Bandle City. They have a history that spans centuries, and they remain the oldest yordle military unit still in service. They are renowned for their courage and bravery, as well as their deadliness and ruthlessness, making them the most respected and feared of all warriors in Bandle City. Legends of Megling, the valiant founder of the commandos, can still be heard whispered throughout Valoran and it was these legends that most fascinated young Tristana. Since she was a wee child, Tristana wanted nothing more than to become the crack shot that her idol was all those years ago. She trained her entire life until she was old enough to join the military and could attempt to earn the rank of Megling Commando. The senior officers were impressed by her abilities, claiming that Tristana was a natural, and she realized her dream that day as she donned her Megling fatigues. Though her heart lies with her unit, the call to the Institute of War was greater still and now Tristana honors her tradition and protects her people as a champion in the League of Legends.

"Stand very still when she asks you to put an apple on your head!"

Previous Abilities

Previous Quotes

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Previous Splash Art

Patch History

V8.5
  • Stats
    • Base attack range reduced to 525 from 550.
  • Draw a Bead Draw a Bead
    • Bonus attack range increased to Template:Pp18 from Template:Pp18.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Base damage increased to 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285 from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260.
V8.4
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Cooldown increased to 120 / 110 / 100 seconds from 100 / 85 / 70.
V8.3
  • Stats
    • Base health regeneration reduced to 6 from 6.192.
V8.2
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
V7.22
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 65 from 56.96.
    • Base armor increased to 31 from 22.
  • Explosive Charge Explosive Charge
    • Active base damage increased to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 from 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95.
V7.19
  • Omega Squad Tristana Omega Squad Tristana
    • Bug Fix: Once again has her helicopter shadows during their recall animations.
V7.18
  • Explosive Charge Explosive Charge
    • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% bonus AD from 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110%.
V7.16
V7.9
  • Stats
    • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.
V7.3
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • Duration increased to 7 seconds from 5.
V6.16
  • General
    • Bug Fix: Rocket Girl Tristana Punk chromas no longer use Tristana's base visual effects.
V6.10
  • General
    • New splash artwork for Riot Girl, Earnest Elf, Firefighter, Guerilla and Buccaneer as well as a tweaked splash for Rock Girl.
V5.22
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 56.96 from 51.54.
    • Attack damage growth reduced to 2.41 from 3.
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • removed: On-hit CDR for Explosive Charge Explosive Charge cooldown.
    • removed: On-hit CDR for Rapid Fire when attacking Explosive Charge Explosive Charge.
    • Cooldown reduced to 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 seconds from 20 at all ranks.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Base damage changed to 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 from 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 / 180.
    • removed: Damage increase per Explosive Charge Explosive Charge stacks.
    • new effect: Cooldown is also reset if a fully charged Explosive Charge Explosive Charge hits a champion.
  • Explosive Charge Explosive Charge
    • new effect: Now detonates instantly on 4th stack.
    • new effect: Rocket Jump Rocket Jump and Buster Shot Buster Shot can apply stacks.
    • Missile speed increased to 2400 from 1800.
V5.18
V5.9
  • Explosive Charge Explosive Charge
    • Bonus damage per stack increased to 30% from 25%.
    • Cast time is now reduced by Attack Speed.
V5.7
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • Tristana's basic attacks during Rapid Fire reduce the cooldown of Explosive Charge Explosive Charge by 0.5 seconds (1 second against champions).
  • Explosive Charge Explosive Charge
    • Cooldown increased to 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14 seconds from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12.
V5.5
V5.4
  • General
    • New splash artwork
V5.2
  • General
    • Title changed to "the Yordle Gunner" from "the Megling Gunner".
    • New lore.
    • New ability icons.
    • Visual upgrade across all skins.
    • New voice over.
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 54.54 from 52.54.
    • Attack speed per level reduced to 1.5% from 2.5%.
    • Base health reduced to 542.76 from 552.76.
    • Base armor reduced to 22 from 24.04.
  • Draw a Bead Draw a Bead
    • Range per level reduced to 7 from 9.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Base damage reduced to 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 / 180 from 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250.
    • AP scaling reduced to (+ 50% AP) from (+ 80% AP).
    • New Effect: If Rocket Jump strikes an enemy marked with Explosive Charge Explosive Charge, Rocket Jump's damage to all targets is increased by 25% per stack of Explosive Charge Explosive Charge. Rocket Jump will also detonate Explosive Charge Explosive Charge if the target was at 4 stacks.
      • Maximum damage on Rocket Jump is 160 / 210 / 260 / 310 / 360 (+ 100% AP).
  • Explosive Charge Explosive Charge
    • Renamed from Explosive Shot Explosive Shot.
    • New Active: Tristana places a charge on the target enemy or tower that explodes after 4 seconds, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Tristana's basic attacks against the target will increase Explosive Shot's damage by 25%, stacking up to 4 times, with the 5th attack detonating the charge immediately.
    • Damage changed to to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 (+ 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110% Bonus AD) (+ 50% AP) from 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+ 100% AP).
      • Maximum damage on Explosive Shot is 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200 (+ 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 / 220% Bonus AD) (+ 100% AP).
    • Damage type changed to physical from magical.
    • No longer applies Grievous Wounds.
    • Mana cost increased to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90.
    • Cooldown reduced to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 16 at all ranks.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Ability power ratio reduced to 100% AP from 150% AP.
V4.19
  • General
    • New splash artwork.
V4.18
  • Stats
    • Attack speed per level reduced to 2.5% per level from 4%
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • Duration reduced to 5 seconds from 7.
    • Bonus attack speed increased to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110% from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90%
V4.17
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Cooldown increased to 100 / 85 / 70 seconds from 60 at all ranks.
V4.13
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Slow duration changed to 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 seconds from 2.5 seconds at all ranks.
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Initial damage reduced to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 / 270.
V4.10
  • Draw a Bead Draw a Bead
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Mana cost reduced to 60 at all ranks from 80.
    • Now more accurately checks for nearby landing spots when jumping close to, or over, walls.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Base range reduced to 550 from 700.
    • Spell range calculation changed from 'center to center' of Tristana and her target's champion hitboxes to 'edge to edge' of the hitboxes.
V4.5
  • Stats
    • Base armor increased to 19 from 15.
V4.4
V3.03
  • Stats
    • Attack speed per level increased to 4% from 3.01%.
V3.01
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • Mana cost reduced to 50 from 80.
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Base damage increased to 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 / 270 from 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 / 230.
V1.0.0.152
  • Stats
    • Movement speed increased to 325 from 300.
V1.0.0.150
V1.0.0.143
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Passive damage no longer activates from spell damage.
    • Tooltip now reflects the ability power ratio.
V1.0.0.141
V1.0.0.138
V1.0.0.135
V1.0.0.130(Hotfix)
  • General
    • Fixed a bug that caused Tristana's abilities to lock up.
V1.0.0.129
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 46.5 from 44.5.
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Tristana will now automatically attack the target of Explosive Shot.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Knockback radius increased to 200 from 175.
    • Now has an indicator around the target to show knockback radius (similar to Brand's Brand's Conflagration Conflagration.
V1.0.0.120
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Fixed a bug where the cooldown reset upon kill or assist could fail if Tristana's damage output was fully absorbed by a shield.
V1.0.0.115
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Damage now applies over 5 seconds instead of 4-8.
    • Total damage increased to 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 / 230 from 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200.
    • Healing reduction duration is now a static 5 seconds from 3-8.
V1.0.0.106
  • Stats
    • Base movement speed reduced to 300 from 310.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • No longer deals damage and slows if the jump is interrupted by another movement effect.
V1.0.0.100
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Debuff now correctly states the slow amount.
    • Can no longer be cast while rooted.
V1.0.0.86
  • General
    • Updated several particles.
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Fixed a bug that was causing an extra tick of damage on impact.
V1.0.0.83
V1.0.0.61
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Passive component no longer deactivates when on cooldown.
    • Healing reduction effect increased to 65% from 50%.
V1.0.0.52
  • Stats
    • Auto attack missile speed increased to 2250 from 1450.
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • Mana cost reduced to 80 from 100.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Mana cost reduced to 80 from 100.
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Passive explosion damage increased to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110.
    • Active component will now tick damage every second as opposed to every half second.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Mana cost reduced to 140 from 150.
    • Pushback radius increased to 175 from 150.
v0.9.25.24
V0.9.25.21
  • Stats
    • Attack speed per level reduced to 2.8% from 3.1%.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Cursor changed to Area of Effect Indicator.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Base damage reduced to 300 / 400 / 500 from 300 / 450 / 600.
V0.9.22.16
V0.9.22.15
  • Stats
    • Base health reduced to 497 from 545.
    • Health per level reduced to 82 from 90.
    • Attack speed per level reduced to 3.1% from 3.3%.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Decreased damage to 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 from 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300.
    • Increased cooldown to 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 seconds from 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12.
    • Cooldown is now refreshed on champion kill/assist.
    • Removed AoE cursor (still AoE).
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot (Remake)
    • Reduced passive AoE damage on kill to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250.
    • Increased AoE range to 300 from 275.
    • New active: Single target DoT that reduces health regen/healing by 50% for 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Reduced cooldown to 60 seconds from 90 / 75 / 60.
V0.8.22.115
  • Stats
    • Base attack range increased to 550 from 500 (can now achieve 730 at lvl 18 with her passive).
    • Armor per level increased to 3 from 2.4.
    • Magic resist increased to 30 from 25.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Increased damage to 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 from 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250.
    • Increased slow duration to 2.5 seconds from 2.
June 26, 2009 Patch
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Ability power ratio reduced to (+ 150% AP) from (+ 180% AP.
June 19, 2009 Patch
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Ability power ratio reduced to (+ 80% AP) from (+ 100% AP).
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Ability power ratio reduced to (+ 180% AP) from (+ 200% AP).
June 12, 2009 Patch
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Ability power ratio increased to (+ 80% AP) from (+ 50% AP).
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Now has ability power ratio equal to (+ 200% AP).
June 6, 2009 Patch
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Sped up cast time to make it more responsive and easier to hit with.
May 29, 2009 Patch
  • Explosive Shot Explosive Shot
    • Base damage increased to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 from 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200.
May 15, 2009 Patch
  • Updated recommended items.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Base damage reduced to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 from 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300.
May 9, 2009 Patch
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Updated tooltip to correct values (to 60% slow for 2 seconds from 30% slow for 3 seconds).
    • Cast range reduced to 900 from 1000.
May 1, 2009 Patch Rework
  • Rending Shot Rending Shot
    • Removed
  • Draw a Bead Draw a Bead
    • Moved to Innate: Tristana gains attack range based on her level.
  • Rocket Jump Rocket Jump
    • Added: Tristana jumps to a distant location, slowing and damaging surrounding targets upon landing.
April 25, 2009 Patch
  • Fixed an issue with Rapid Fire Rapid Fire which caused unnecessary lag time when casting the spell.
April 11, 2009 Patch
Alpha Week 6
Alpha Week 4
  • Stats
    • Range increased to 500 from 350.
  • Rending Shot Rending Shot
    • Fixed the tooltip that was not properly showing that the spell slows targets by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%.
Alpha Week 3
  • Rapid Fire Rapid Fire
    • Buff duration reduced to 7 seconds from 14.
    • Attack speed bonus increased to 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120% from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65%.
    • Cooldown reduced to 20 seconds from 30.
  • Draw a Bead Draw a Bead
    • No longer slows and is always on.
  • Buster Shot Buster Shot
    • Base damage reduced to 300 / 450 / 600 from 300 / 450 / 600.
    • Cooldown changed to 90 / 75 / 60 seconds from 100 / 75 / 50.
    • Mana cost reduced to 150 from 200.
    • Now pushes back all enemies around the target instead of just the target itself.
Alpha Week 2

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