Talk:Tristana/@comment-6187671-20130607171158/@comment-4659858-20130620001627

There are only 2 items you can rush on AD tristana: BorK or IE.

Trist already has an AS steroid, pushes the lane naturally with E passive, has measly base AD and no on-hit effect, so going for AS or crit isn't efficient for laning nor teamfights.

Early game you have a short range, no real DPS capabilities (low AD), no kiting potential and you are very squishy, so you effectively have the gameplay of a defensive burst caster: AA until you are about to die and unleash your spells and run away. BorK allows you to gain an overall damage boost that allows you to deal damage even if you don't have a lot of AD with the %health damage and complements your burst with the active while bringing you stats you can make use of (AS and lifesteal) as you build your critbuild. However, it doesn't synergise with crit particularly well, so you will reach your endgame power later than with an IE.

IE gives you critical damage and an AD boost, that hypersynergises with your Q and mobility. Your Q and the fact you don't have to cast spells (Graves, MF, etc... spend a noticeable time casting spells) allows you to AA more than most other carries, meaning you will proc your crit more often and hence your DPS will be more than if you had bought a Bloodthirster (the damage boost of a rushed Bloodthirster comes from the ability scaling more than the AA themselves). Furthermore, Tristana reaches that "end-game-crazy-DPS" once she obtains IE+PD because of her Q steroid, so the faster you get those two items the better you are.