Talk:Tristana/@comment-22964237-20131021010020/@comment-20804982-20140422194953

Like Wub said - she is PURE AA based. Her abilities are basically just escapes and her steroid.

She is a pure marksman, not an ad-mage hybrid like most of the other adcs. Ashe, Cait, Vayne, Lucian, Sivr - they all rely on abilities for their impact. Trist basically just has her AA - it is common to not even bother leveling her ult past 1... it is a self-peel, not a damage dealer past lvl 10 or so.

The lack of offensive scaling abilities is why she is bad mid-game (and why she is super tricky for players of other champs to pick up). Her AS steroid makes her viable by doubling down on what she can do effectively - auto attack from range.