Tryndamere
Recommended Build
Most popular build path
Recommended items for Tryndamere: Ravenous Hydra, Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge, Berserker's Greaves, Lord Dominik's Regards, Endless Hunger, Guardian Angel, Navori Flickerblade.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Anti CC
Other options
Domination
Hail of Blades
Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos
Treasure Hunter
Precision
Last Stand
Legend: Alacrity
Playing as Tryndamere
Tips to maximize your impact
- Manage your Fury
Keep your Fury high before a trade: with Battle Fury (passive), it raises your critical strike chance. Spend it with Bloodlust (Q) when you need health.
- Mocking Shout before the trade
Cast Mocking Shout (W) before a trade against a physical damage champion: it lowers their attack damage, and slows enemies who turn their back on you.
- Reset Spinning Slash with crits
Count on Spinning Slash (E) to stick to your target or to escape: each critical strike lowers its cooldown, more so on a champion.
- Use your ult at the last moment
Wait until you're close to death to cast Undying Rage (R): you can't die during the effect, and delaying it pushes the enemy to take risks to kill you.
- Split push far from your team
Split push in a distant lane to draw several enemies: Undying Rage (R) helps you hold them off while your team takes an objective.
Versus
Compare against an opponent
Tryndamere matchups
Global strengths and weaknesses
All Tryndamere matchups
Build, runes and tips against each opponent
Tryndamere vs Malphite
Tryndamere vs Garen
Tryndamere vs Jax
Tryndamere vs Gangplank
Tryndamere vs Yone
Tryndamere vs Darius
Tryndamere vs Jayce
Tryndamere vs Aatrox
Tryndamere vs Mordekaiser
Tryndamere vs Shen
Tryndamere vs Ambessa
Tryndamere vs Sett
Tryndamere vs Fiora
Tryndamere vs Pantheon
Tryndamere vs Nasus
Tryndamere vs Kennen
Tryndamere vs Quinn
Playing against Tryndamere
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
- Don't trade when his Fury is high
Avoid taking a trade when his Fury is high: with Battle Fury (passive), it raises his critical strike chance, and Bloodlust (Q) turns it into healing.
- Harass him while he farms
Hit him when he walks up to minions to farm: each last hit gives him Fury, which Bloodlust (Q) then turns into healing.
- Don't turn your back on him
Against Mocking Shout (W), back off sideways rather than turning your back on him: the spell only slows enemies who are facing away from him.
- Respect his level 6
Once he hits level 6, plan for what comes after Undying Rage (R): he can't die during the effect, so back off or hold any CC you have, and finish him when it ends.
Abilities and cooldowns
Tryndamere gains Fury for each attack, critical strike, and killing blow he makes. Fury passively increases his Critical Strike Chance and can be consumed with his Bloodlust spell.
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 12s | 14s | 12s | – |
| 6 | 12s | 14s | 12s | 2m |
| 9 | 12s | 14s | 12s | 2m |
| 11 | 12s | 14s | 12s | 1m40 |
| 16 | 12s | 14s | 10s | 1m20 |
| 18 | 12s | 14s | 8s | 1m20 |
How pros play Tryndamere
High-elo players who play this champion.
Patch 16.21.1