Azir vs Tristana MID Matchup Guide

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Azir into Tristanamedium

Overview

Prioritize stable wave control to safely farm toward your first mage DPS item spike.
Use soldiers to zone Tristana and punish her jump if she overextends without support.
Avoid early extended fights before your soldiers can output meaningful DPS and your is ready.

Trade by placing soldiers with and poking with while maintaining distance.
Save and for repositioning or disengage to counter Tristana's all-in attempts.
Punish Tristana when she uses forward without reset potential by stepping up with soldiers.

Tristana's level 2 with support follow-up is a high-risk all-in window; avoid extended trades.
When is down, respect her knockback threat and avoid overextending without escape tools.
If Tristana uses aggressively without reset, be ready to punish her vulnerability immediately.

Hold the wave near your turret early to avoid Tristana's level 2 all-in with support follow-up.
Use to reposition soldiers for poke when Tristana attempts to last-hit near them.
Respect Tristana's jump cooldown and avoid committing aggressively without a clear escape.

Level 6 unlocks , enabling safer trades and defensive disengages against Tristana's all-ins.
First mage DPS item completion increases soldier damage, allowing more confident poke and wave pressure.
Post-item spike, pressure waves and punish Tristana's jump cooldown to deny turret plates.

Scale through controlled farming and soldier DPS to outlast Tristana's early aggression.
Use to disengage or isolate Tristana during her all-in attempts, forcing resets or kills.
Convert wave control into mid-game objective fights where soldier zoning dominates teamfights.

Tactical tip

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