Have been talking about Hexoptics into IE or PD Tristana for months at this point. Really nice to see coachless/Petu stats backing this up ^^
Tristana mid generally broken but held back by poor itemization/runes by a significant amount of her player base
🚨Top 3 Most Criminal Builds in WORLDS 2026 Swiss🚨
DISCLAIMER: I don't want to flame anyone, and I respect these pros a lot. I just want the West to win and maybe this helps a bit if our players/coaches see this.
#3 DK Siwoo's Ornn vs MKOI
1ST ITEM: Jak'Sho, The Protean
BEST ALTERNATIVES: Dead Man's Plate, Frozen Heart, Unending Despair
ESTIMATED EFFECT: -1.5% Win Probability
I liked the Stormraider's Surge technology, but it doesn't excuse the fact that he built Jak'Sho 1st💀Deadman's Plate (slow resistance + ms + Ornn has one of the highest base ADs in the game) would have been insane into Trundle, Anivia & Karma.
#2 TL Quid's Akali vs AL
1ST ITEM: Hextech Rocketbelt
BEST ALTERNATIVE: Hextech Gunblade
ESTIMATED EFFECT: -2% Win Probability
Rocketbelt got nerfed on the Worlds patch (lost 10 AH) and even before the nerfs it has been much worse than Gunblade in terms of stats. Would love to hear an Akali OTP's opinion on this.
#1 LYON Saint's Tristana vs GEN
BUILD: Kraken Slayer -> Navori Flickerblades
BEST ALTERNATIVE: Yun'Tal/Hexoptics -> IE
ESTIMATED EFFECT: -4% Win Probability
Saint started the game off strong on Tristana, but I genuinely believe he threw it all away by building these items (legit tickler build) instead of the AD/Crit build. I loved LYON's game vs GEN and I really hope they make it as far as possible in the tourney!!
Win probability stats taken from Coachless using Diamond+ data. Stay tuned for more itemization analysis!