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Tristana & Alistar vs Samira & Rakan

Bot Lane Matchup

Tristana vs Samira (with Alistar & Rakan) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you and Alistar win this lane — Alistar's level 2 W+Q combo forces Rakan and Samira to play extremely passive, and your range advantage lets you freely poke Samira who needs to be in melee range to be effective.
Post-6, you maintain the advantage because your R can interrupt Samira's R channel and Alistar's R counters Rakan's R engage, but you must respect the burst window if both enemies have ultimates available simultaneously.

Your best trading pattern is to use E on Samira or Rakan during Alistar's CC chain to add the knockback damage and reset, then use your range to continue poking while they are displaced.
Avoid extended melee trades because Samira's passive damage at close range is real, and Rakan's healing from Q will sustain them through prolonged poke if you are not dealing burst damage.

Push the wave with E to deny Samira farm and force her to last-hit under pressure — a fast-pushed wave also removes Rakan's ability to roam freely because he must stay to defend.
At level 6, a pushed wave sets up a tower dive with Alistar that Rakan + Samira struggle to survive given their lack of reliable disengage.

Do not use R reactively to escape Rakan's W engage if Samira has already dashed in — saving R to interrupt Samira's R channel mid-fight is far more valuable than using it as a panic button.
Also avoid pushing so far forward that Rakan can W onto you and Alistar cannot reach in time to peel.

Created on 09/09/2026

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