Talk:Tristana/@comment-93.137.172.223-20121102163301/@comment-71.236.199.117-20121110015709

AP Tristana is bad for the same reason as AP Yi. You do a TON of early-game burst, to be sure, but you hit like a wet napkin otherwise. And late-game, people have more mr and hitpoints. In essence, you're gambling that you can shut down your lane opponent so hard that they cannot recover - thus their crippled teammate makes up for you. If you don't succeed (and you won't if you're playing against someone good enough to force you to push them to your tower,) you're screwed. You hit like a wet napkin, and the reason a lot of AD types have high AP ratios is that AP doesn't benefit them as much, given their other mechanics.

Can you be successful playing either of these builds? Of course! But your anecdotal success does not change the fact that both builds are sub-optimal.