Tristana, a 3-cost Fae unit in TFT Set 18

Tristana

3 Attack Marksman

Explosive Charge ability — TFT Set 18 Tristana

Explosive Charge
Attach an explosive charge to the target that lasts 4 seconds. While active, gain infinite range and 60% Ability Power Attack Speed. After the duration, the charge explodes and splits damage between all enemies within 2 hexes, dealing 160 / 240 / 385 Attack Damage physical damage + 10 / 15 / 25 Attack Damage for each attack while casting.

If an enemy with an explosive charge on them dies, it attaches to Tristana's new target.
Duration
4
Attack Speed
60 Ability Power
Physical Damage (1)
160 / 240 / 385 Attack Damage
Physical Damage +
10 / 15 / 25 Attack Damage

Traits

  • Description
    Your team's damage, healing, and shielding attracts Pixies.
    
    Each Pixie grants Fae champions Attack Damage and Ability Power, and after they fall below 50% Health, they heal for each Pixie.
  • Description
    Hunters gain Attack Damage. If a Hunter hasn't swapped targets for 4 seconds, they gain 10% Damage Amp.
  • Description
    Gain the Big Furry Friend. Drop a Sprykin on the BFF to pick its Rider.

Tristana enables

  • Bonus Attack Speed makes a unit attack more often per second, which means more auto-attack damage and faster mana generation toward the next ability cast. Some carries scale beyond that — their ability itself fires more hits when they have more Attack Speed (e.g., the number of swipes in Aphelios's onslaught). Stacking AS items and traits on these units compounds: faster autos, faster casts, and bigger casts.

Tristana benefits from

  • Effect fires when the unit itself is killed, commonly on items that bank value during combat (see damage-storage) and discharge it as a final payload.