Talk:Tristana/@comment-88.102.160.74-20120623195320/@comment-88.186.19.90-20120625202359

Tristana is a very independant hypercarry that doesn't need much team protection to do well, meaning that you can pick other champions that aren't necessarily axed around defending a carry. You can't say the same thing for Kog or Vayne, who both need a babysitter, in teamfights and lane respectively.

Kog dies if he gets caught; Trist can rocket jump away. The ONLY advantage Kog has over Tristana is his long-range ult that lets him harass more safely and %HP damage. Tristana on the other hand has a free heal debuff, a very nice CC, and a huge AS boost that allows her to buy more damage. If you compare the two, and if the opponents aren't HP sacks, you'll see that their DPS over 5 seconds is noticeably the same.

She's vulnerable mid-game, but she certainly doesn't get outfarmed. Once again, if you compare it to other hypercarries, you'll see that they almost (almost, kog has a better dueling/zoning ability) all have similar problems.