Tristana,the Yordle Gunner

Stats: health: Health640+102, resource: Mana250+32, health regen: Health regen. (per 5s)4+0.65, resource regen: Mana regen. (per 5s)7.2+0.45, armor: Armor30+4.5, attack damage: Attack damage59+3.7, attack speed: Base AS0.656, gameplay radius: Gameplay radius55, selection radius: Selection radius100, release: 2009-02-21, changed: V13.16, role: Marksman, position: MiddleBottom, rangetype: Ranged, adaptivetype: Physical, cost: 1350|585

Biography:
Missing section(s):



Games

TristanaMainCurrentTitlesAlias(es)The Yordle GunnerCharacteristicsSpeciesYordlePronoun(s)She/HerTimelineBorn:UnknownWeapon(s)BoomerExplosive ChargePersonal statusStatusAlivePlace of originBandle CityCurrent residenceBandle CityProfessional statusOccupation(s)Guardian of the BandlewoodsMember of the Bandle GunnersRegion(s)Bandle CityRelated character(s)YuumiTeemoRumbleKledPoppyLuluCorkiDravenGravesTwisted Fate

Tristana

• Main
• Current
Titles

Alias(es)

Characteristics

Species

Pronoun(s)

Timeline

• Born:Unknown
Weapon(s)

• Boomer
• Explosive Charge
Personal status

Status

Place of origin

Current residence

Professional status

Occupation(s)

• Guardian of the Bandlewoods
• Member of the Bandle Gunners
Region(s)

Related character(s)

While many otheryordleschannel their energy into discovery, invention, or just plain mischief-making,Tristanawas always inspired by the adventures of great warriors. She had heard much aboutRuneterra, its factions, and its wars, and believed her kind could become worthy of legend too. Setting foot in the world for the first time, she took up her trusty cannon Boomer, and now leaps into battle with steadfast courage and optimism.



Contents

• 1Background1.1Early life1.2Meeting Lulu1.3Saving Teemo
• 2Appearance
• 3Personality
• 4Abilities
• 5Relations5.1Other Yordles5.2Draven5.3Graves
• 6Read More6.1Biography6.2Starring Champion6.3Mentioned Champion6.4Alternate Universes
• 7Trivia
• 8Change log
• 9References
• 10See also
• 1.1Early life
• 1.2Meeting Lulu
• 1.3Saving Teemo
• 5.1Other Yordles
• 5.2Draven
• 5.3Graves
• 6.1Biography
• 6.2Starring Champion
• 6.3Mentioned Champion
• 6.4Alternate Universes
Background[]

Early life[]

Like most yordles, Tristana was always fascinated by the world beyond Bandle City. She traveled far and wide, full of wonder and enthusiasm for the varied places, people, and creatures she encountered. Using the hidden pathways that only yordles know, she explored the length and breadth of the material realm, remaining mostly unseen.

She witnessed such breathtaking sights as ice trolls migrating across the floes of the far north beneath kaleidoscopic auroras. She marveled as warships blasted each other to pieces in naval battles that churned the seas. She watched, awestruck, as great armies marched with unity and precision—incredibly strange concepts to a yordle!—across the endless sands to the south.

But Tristana’s carefree, wandering ways changed the day she witnessed the destruction of a bandlewood. These places are steeped in the magic of the gateways they grow around, giving yordles a safe haven from the world. Tristana, dozing in the dappled sunshine, was shaken awake as the trees around her began to burn and topple. A warband of armored marauders rampaged through the woodland with fire and axes, led by a sorcerer wreathed in dark energy.

Tristana hid in horror. The sorcerer focused his power upon the portal at the heart of the bandlewood, speaking one final utterance. Her ears still ringing with pain, Tristana watched the gateway collapse, never to be opened again. The ripples of that destruction were felt in Bandle City itself, causing great despair among the yordles.

Tristana had never experienced anything like the pain of this loss, or the guilt she felt for not acting. Never again would she allow such a terrible thing to happen. In that moment, she dedicated herself to become the guardian of all bandlewoods, and her fellow yordles.

Tristana had often marveled at how mortals protected the things that were dear to them. While she couldn’t comprehend their reasons to guard shiny metals, or walls of stone, she respected their methods, and decided to emulate them. Other yordles watched with curiosity as she took to marching around the borders of Bandle City stern-faced, and watching out for danger. She started calling her food “rations”, and set herself strict times for rest and relaxation.

But something was missing. In her travels, she had seen many powerful inventions, including the black powder cannons of Bilgewater. Inspired by them, she collected enough precious metal discs to commission a gun suited to her diminutive size.

With a wry smile, she named it Boomer.

Since then,Tristana has defended the bandlewoods from innumerable threats. In the jungles of the Serpent Isles, she intervened in a clash between the localBuhrupeople and treasure hunters from Valoran that was getting too close to a hidden portal, sending them all running for their lives after she leapt into their midst, Boomer roaring. And in the burning deserts at the edge of Shurima, she destroyed a Void-horror after it began consuming a secret bandlewood oasis, killing it with an explosive bomb down the gullet.

Tristana has become something of a legend in Bandle City, and recently, a number of yordles have started to imitate her, trying—and mostly failing—to copy her disciplined ways. Some have even had weapons mimicking Boomer constructed for them by the scrappy inventor Rumble, who is always seeking to win Tristana’s approval. While Tristana finds this all rather embarrassing, she has come to the conclusion that if they are going to defend the pathways to Bandle City, they had better do it properly. As such, she has started training these new recruits, and they have adopted a new moniker—the Bandle Gunners.

Nevertheless, Tristana can often be found out in the wilds on patrol by herself—simultaneously protecting the bandlewoods and also getting away from her new, and rather annoying, trainees.

Meeting Lulu[]

(TBA)

Saving Teemo[]

(TBA)

Appearance[]

(TBA)

Personality[]

Tristana has a very rowdy and impulsive personality. She's very excitable (especially when it comes to fighting) and more often than not tends to act without much forethought, in spite of how much she truly means well. One of Tristana's most defining traits is her ambition towards becoming a hero and creating her own adventure, being the reason why she became the feisty and strong-willed powerhouse she is today in the first place. Tristana is also incredibly selfless in spite of how scatterbrained and wacky she is otherwise, as she has protected Bandle City's gateways from mortals of Runeterra to the point of inspiring other yordles to protect the city as well.

Abilities[]

• Cannon Proficiency:There's a reason why she carries a cannon around.
• Yordle Physiology:Tristana is a Yordle, a being coming from theSpirit Realmand possesses several abilities natural of her species.Immortality:Being spiritual beings, Yordles don't age the same way as normal humans, and they can't normally die.Yordle Magic:Just like anyYordle, Tristana is capable of performing yordle magic, which she utilizes in tandem with her skills as a gunner.
• Immortality:Being spiritual beings, Yordles don't age the same way as normal humans, and they can't normally die.
• Yordle Magic:Just like anyYordle, Tristana is capable of performing yordle magic, which she utilizes in tandem with her skills as a gunner.
Relations[]

OtherYordles[]

Tristana,Teemo,LuluandCorkiare friends. Tristana findsLuluto be quite a handful and bothersome yordle.Rumblehas an obvious (named his mech 'Tristy') crush on her.

Draven[]

DravenhadencounteredbothLuluandTristana, fought and fled from them during his return trip fromBasilichto Noxus Prime.

Graves[]

Graves capturedTeemofor the bounty onyordleswhileTwisted Faterefuses because "messing with Yordles brings a whole heap of trouble."Corki, Lulu andTristanafoughtGraveswhen trying to save Teemo, which ended up in Graves beingturnedinto a frog and the Yordles escaping.

Read More

Biography



Biography

The Yordle Gunner

ByAnthony Reynolds Lenné

Starring:Tristana

Starring Champion



Short Story • 5 Minute Read

A Quiet Night

ByGraham McNeill

The fire was crackling away nicely, spreading a warm glow throughout the forest clearing. Tristana lay on her back with her head pillowed on her pack, watching a comet streak across the starlit sky. The winking lights glittered prettily through a swaying canopy of birch and oak leaves. The humans liked to name the patterns in the stars – she'd seen some in an old book in Heimerdinger's laboratory – but she decided it would be more fun to give them names of her own invention.

Starring:Tristana



Video

Don't Mess With Yordles

Wanna go cause a ruckus? When Teemo goes missing, Tristana finds plenty of volunteers to help bring him home to Bandle City—in all the ways that only yordles can!

Starring:Corki,Graves,Lulu,Teemo,Tristana,Twisted Fate



Short Story

The Whispering Doodad

ByGraham McNeill

“Here, doodad,” she whispers to the grass. “Pretty please, with sprinkles on top! I'll let you take us somewhere you want to go next.” The doodad—or whatever it's really called—doesn't respond, but I sense it rolling away from Lulu. Well, not really rolling, as such, more making itself be where she isn't.

Starring:Draven,Lulu,Tamara,Tristana

Mentioned:Darius,Heimerdinger,Janna,Poppy

Mentioned Champion



Short Story

A Bandle Scout Mission Journal

By Numerous creators

Another Bandle Scout mission badge complete.

Starring:Teemo

Mentioned:Corki,Kennen,Lulu,Tristana,Von Yipp



Video

Tales of Runeterra



Starring: N/A

Mentioned:Akali,Braum,Corki,Darius,Diana,Ekko,Fiora,Garen,Graves,Heimerdinger,Jinx,Leona,Lulu,Miss Fortune,Shen,Teemo,Thresh,Tristana,Twisted Fate

Alternate Universes



Comic

A Fireside Frightener

ByLuchador Teemo,ZeOcelot



Starring:Darius,Draven,Jinx,Lucian,Tristana,Vi

Mentioned:Fiddlesticks,Hecarim,Karthus



Video

Almost Home

Five unlikely friends band together to discover that home isn’t just a place—it’s a feeling.

Starring:Diana,Sett,Teemo,Tristana,Xin Zhao

Mentioned:Amumu,Sejuani,Sylas



Entries

Journal of Justice

ByInstitute of War

Formare veneficum est formare fatum.

Starring:Akali,Alistar,Amumu,Anivia,Annie,Ashe,Blitzcrank,Brand,Cassiopeia,Cho'Gath,Corki,Darius,Dr. Mundo,Evelynn,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Gangplank,Garen,Gragas,Heimerdinger,Irelia,Janna,Jarvan IV,Jax,Karma,Karthus,Kassadin,Katarina,Kayle,Kennen,Kog'Maw,Lee Sin,Leona,Lissandra,Lux,Malzahar,Maokai,Master Yi,Mordekaiser,Morgana,Nasus,Nidalee,Nocturne,Nunu,Olaf,Pantheon,Poppy,Rammus,Renekton,Riven,Rumble,Ryze,Sejuani,Shaco,Shen,Singed,Sion,Sivir,Skarner,Sona,Soraka,Swain,Talon,Taric,Teemo,Tibbers,Tristana,Trundle,Tryndamere,Twisted Fate,Twitch,Udyr,Urgot,Veigar,Vladimir,Warwick,Willump,Wukong,Xin Zhao,Yorick,Zilean



Comic

Academy Adventures: Series 1

ByGutter Rat



Starring:Ahri,Darius,Ekko,Vladimir

Mentioned:Akali,Amumu,Anivia,Azir,Bard,Blitzcrank,Braum,Cho'Gath,Elise,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Fiora,Gnar,Heimerdinger,Ivern,Jhin,Jinx,Karthus,Kog'Maw,Lulu,Lux,Malzahar,Miss Fortune,Nidalee,Olaf,Poppy,Rek'Sai,Renekton,Rumble,Ryze,Shaco,Shen,Sion,Sona,Soraka,Talon,Taric,Teemo,Tristana,Trundle,Twitch,Urgot,Varus,Veigar,Vel'Koz,Vi,Yorick,Zed,Ziggs,Zyra



Comic

Academy Adventures: Series 2

ByGutter Rat



Starring:Ahri,Darius,Ekko,Vladimir

Mentioned:Amumu,Anivia,Annie,Ashe,Aurelion Sol,Braum,Caitlyn,Cho'Gath,Dr. Mundo,Draven,Elise,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Fizz,Galio,Gnar,Heimerdinger,Janna,Jhin,Jinx,Kog'Maw,Lulu,Lux,Malphite,Malzahar,Miss Fortune,Nami,Nasus,Olaf,Poppy,Rakan,Rammus,Rek'Sai,Riven,Rumble,Ryze,Shaco,Singed,Sona,Soraka,Syndra,Taliyah,Talon,Taric,Teemo,Thresh,Tibbers,Tristana,Twitch,Urgot,Varus,Veigar,Volibear,Warwick,Wukong,Xayah,Yasuo,Yorick,Zac,Zed,Ziggs,Zyra



Comic

Academy Adventures: Series 3

ByGutter Rat



Starring:Ahri,Darius,Ekko,Vladimir

Mentioned:Akali,Amumu,Bard,Blitzcrank,Draven,Elise,Evelynn,Ezreal,Fiddlesticks,Fiora,Fizz,Galio,Gnar,Jayce,Jhin,Kayn,Kog'Maw,LeBlanc,Lulu,Lux,Malzahar,Nasus,Nunu,Poppy,Rakan,Rammus,Rek'Sai,Renekton,Rhaast,Rumble,Ryze,Shaco,Singed,Sivir,Sona,Taliyah,Talon,Teemo,Tristana,Trundle,Twitch,Varus,Veigar,Warwick,Xayah,Zed,Ziggs,Zoe,Zyra



Music Video

Pentakill II: Grasp of the Undying

ByPentakill

No one shreds like the undead.

Starring:Karthus,Kayle,Mordekaiser,Olaf,Sona,Yorick

Mentioned:Poppy,Rumble,Teemo,Tristana



Comic

Punches and Plants: Series 2

ByRisu



Starring:Vi,Zyra

Mentioned:Aatrox,Ahri,Alistar,Amumu,Annie,Aurelion Sol,Azir,Bard,Blitzcrank,Caitlyn,Cho'Gath,Diana,Draven,Ekko,Ezreal,Fizz,Galio,Gnar,Graves,Heimerdinger,Jayce,Kha'Zix,Kog'Maw,Leona,Lucian,Lux,Malphite,Maokai,Miss Fortune,Nasus,Nautilus,Nidalee,Olaf,Orianna,Poppy,Quinn,Rakan,Renekton,Riven,Rumble,Shaco,Taric,Teemo,Tibbers,Tristana,Trundle,Udyr,Valor,Vel'Koz,Viktor,Volibear,Warwick,Wukong,Xayah,Xin Zhao,Yasuo,Ziggs



Comic

The Tale of the Poro King

By Numerous creators



Starring: N/A

Mentioned:Aatrox,Akali,Ashe,Aurelion Sol,Azir,Braum,Caitlyn,Cho'Gath,Darius,Diana,Draven,Ezreal,Gnar,Illaoi,Janna,Jarvan IV,Jayce,Kai'Sa,Karma,Karthus,Katarina,Kayle,Kayn,Kennen,Kha'Zix,Lee Sin,Leona,Lulu,Lux,Malzahar,Miss Fortune,Nunu,Ornn,Pantheon,Pyke,Rammus,Rek'Sai,Rhaast,Ryze,Sejuani,Shen,Sion,Sivir,Soraka,Sylas,Syndra,Taliyah,Talon,Taric,Thresh,Tristana,Trundle,Udyr,Vi,Volibear,Willump,Yasuo,Zed,Ziggs,Zoe



Video

Wandering Spirits

Maybe this is the year. Sett leaves home once again to find his akana father, the Spirit of Abandonment. Will the spirits along the path lead him away? Or will he finally find the way back to his mother?

Starring:Sett

Mentioned:Master Yi,Syndra,Tristana

Trivia[]

Change log[]

References[]



See also[]

Passive ability — Name: Draw a Bead, Description: Innate: Tristana's basic attacks , Explosive Charge and Buster Shot gain 0 − 136 (based on level) bonus range , for a total of 525 − 661 (based on level) ., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputPassive', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'No additional details.']}

Q ability — Name: Rapid Fire, Description: Active: Tristana empowers her cannon, gaining bonus attack speed for 7 seconds. Bonus Attack Speed: 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 / 125%, {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputAuto', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'Rapid Fireis a non-refreshing buff that will not update on rank-up.']}

W ability — Name: Rocket Jump, Description: Active: Tristana jumps to the target location. Upon landing, she deals magic damage to nearby enemies and slows them by 60% for a duration. Magic Damage: 95 / 145 / 195 / 245 / 295 (+ 50% AP) Slow Duration: 1 / 1. 5 / 2 / 2. 5 / 3 Scoring an enemy champion takedown or detonating Explosive Charge at maximum stacks on a champion will reset Rocket Jump's cooldown . Tristana can cast any of her abilities during the dash. Rocket Jump will cast at max range if cast beyond that., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputLocation', 'damage_type': 'Magic', 'spell_shield': 'Blocked', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'Tristanacan still use herabilities,summoner spells, anditem activesduringRocket Jump.', "Rocket Jump'sdash speed depends on the distance of the jump. Close-ranged jumps are much shorter while long-ranged jumps leaveTristanain the air significantly longer.", 'IfTristanahas less than 850 movement speed, a full-rangeRocket Jump(including its cast time) will make her arrive quicker at its destination than walking at this speed could.', "Killingclonesor detonatingExplosive Chargeon them also resetsRocket Jump'scooldown.The former may be unintended.", 'The former may be unintended.']}

E ability — Name: Explosive Charge, Description: Passive: Tristana's basic attacks are empowered to trigger an explosion when they kill the target, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies. Magic Damage: 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+ 25% AP) Active: Tristana tosses an explosive charge at the target enemy that attaches to them for 4 seconds. The charge then detonates, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies. Explosive Charge can target and damage turrets , and explodes in a larger radius on a turret. Minimum Physical Damage: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 (+ 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150% bonus AD) (+ 50% AP) Tristana's basic attacks on-hit and abilities against the target increase Explosive Charge's damage by 30%, stacking up to 4 times for a maximum 120% increase, upon which the charge also detonates instantly. The charge's total damage is additionally increased by 0% − 33. 3 % (based on critical strike chance) . Bonus Damage Per Stack: 21 / 24 / 27 / 30 / 33 (+ 15 / 22. 5 / 30 / 37. 5 / 45% bonus AD) (+ 15% AP) Maximum Physical Damage: 205 / 235 / 264 / 293 / 323 (+ 146. 6 / 219. 9 / 293. 3 / 366. 6 / 439. 9 % bonus AD) (+ 146. 6 % AP) If Buster Shot is used to apply the last stack, the detonation will instead be delayed until the end of the knock back or the 4 seconds expire. Tristana will attempt to basic attack the target afterwards., {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputUnit', 'damage_type': 'Physical', 'spell_shield': 'Blocked', 'parries': 'See Notes', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', "Explosive Charge'scast time is always 100% of the caster's attack windup time.At base attack speed,Tristana'sattack windup is 0.225625seconds.An easy formula to calculate the cast time is [ 0.14801seconds divided bytotalattack speed].ReducingTristana'sattack speed viaattack speed reductionsalso increasesExplosive Charge'scast time by the same fraction.It is calculated fromTristana'stotal attack speed after cap (2.5) and floor (0.2), making the maximum possible cast time0.759seconds.", "At base attack speed,Tristana'sattack windup is 0.225625seconds.", 'An easy formula to calculate the cast time is [ 0.14801seconds divided bytotalattack speed].', "ReducingTristana'sattack speed viaattack speed reductionsalso increasesExplosive Charge'scast time by the same fraction.", "It is calculated fromTristana'stotal attack speed after cap (2.5) and floor (0.2), making the maximum possible cast time0.759seconds.", 'Tristanawill be automatically ordered to basic attack the target.', "Explosive Charge'sinitial application deals 0physicaldamage, triggeringturretaggro.It also triggers astackof effects such asElectrocute.", 'It also triggers astackof effects such asElectrocute.', "All explosions byExplosive Charge'spassive count as the same cast instance. Every cast of the active is a separate cast instance:Hitting a champion with the passive by killing a nearby unit, casting the active on them (see note above) and landing a basic attack against them triggersElectrocute.Hitting a champion with the passive by killing a nearby unit, casting the active on them and hitting them again with the Passive by killing another nearby unit doesnottriggerElectrocute.", 'Hitting a champion with the passive by killing a nearby unit, casting the active on them (see note above) and landing a basic attack against them triggersElectrocute.', 'Hitting a champion with the passive by killing a nearby unit, casting the active on them and hitting them again with the Passive by killing another nearby unit doesnottriggerElectrocute.', "Dodge,blockandblindall preventExplosive Charge'sstack application via basic attacks.", "Explosive Charge'sdetonation will deal damage to the primary target even if they have becomeuntargetable.", "Explosive Charge'sstacks from basic attacks are applied as anon-hiteffect and will therefore interact withGuinsoo's Rageblade'sPhantom Hit andRunaan's Hurricane'sbolts.", 'If the target becomesuntargetable,dies, or is too far away or no longer insightduring the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go oncooldownnor pay its cost (if applicable).']}

R ability — Name: Buster Shot, Description: Active: Tristana fires a massive cannonball at the target enemy that deals magic damage . They and surrounding enemies are also knocked back and stunned for up-to 0. 75 seconds , during which they are revealed . Magic Damage: 300 / 400 / 500 (+ 100% AP) Knock Back Distance: 600 / 800 / 1000, {'targeting_input': 'Targeting inputUnit', 'damage_type': 'Magic', 'spell_shield': 'Blocked', 'details': ['Hide', 'Details', 'Appliesspell damageto the primary target and deals 0default damageto secondary targets.The 0 damage to secondary targets triggersturretaggro, but does not stackExplosive Charge.', 'The 0 damage to secondary targets triggersturretaggro, but does not stackExplosive Charge.', 'Tristanawill attempt to basic attack the target afterwards.', "Buster Shot'sdisplacementdirection is based onTristana'slocation at the end of the cast time.The primary target is pushed in a straight line away from that location, but the knockback distance and speed may be impeded by terrain.Secondary targets are displaced parallel to the primary target's displacement.", 'The primary target is pushed in a straight line away from that location, but the knockback distance and speed may be impeded by terrain.', "Secondary targets are displaced parallel to the primary target's displacement.", 'Thecrowd controlis removed early when the forced movement stops.At normal knockback distance and knockback speed, this changes the duration of the disable to circa 0.4/ 0.5/ 0.6seconds by default.', 'At normal knockback distance and knockback speed, this changes the duration of the disable to circa 0.4/ 0.5/ 0.6seconds by default.', 'Displacement immunitywill also resist the application of thestun.', 'If the target becomesuntargetable,dies, or is too far away or no longer insightduring the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go oncooldownnor pay its cost (if applicable).']}

Trivia:
Rocket Jumpis a reference torocket jumpingin FPS Arena games (like Quake) which allows oneself mobility by using a RPG or any other rocket launcher to accelerates one's jump.
Buster Shotis a reference to the attack used by Megaman.
Tristana has the fifth longest possiblebasic attack rangein the game with669 unitsat level 18, right afterKog'Mawwhen he uses hisBio-Arcane Barrage, which grants him a 710 attack range,Jinx'sFishbonesat rank 5, which grants her a 725 attack range,Twitchwhen he usesSpray and Praywhich grants him a total of 850 attack range, andSeraphinewhen she have full stacks(20 stacks) of her passive,Stage Presence, granting her a grand total of 1025 attack range(25 per note). This does not count champions that can have theoretically infinite range with stacking.
Her dance references a typical soldier's stationarymarching while singingamilitary cadence.A side-by-side comparison can be seenhere.
Tristanacan attack theBaron Nashorover the back wall once she hits Level 15 due to the extra attack range she gains fromDraw a Bead.