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Tryndamere
Patch 16.2.1
TopDifficulty
Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Win lane or survive until you can split-push. Your goal is to force the enemy team to send 2+ people to stop you, then escape with while your team takes Baron or Dragons.
Playstyle
Relentless split-pusher and duelist who uses invulnerability to ignore towers and force 1v2 scenarios.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + makes you the best diver in the game; towers are just suggestions.
- + provides massive free stats, allowing you to win lane through early critical strikes.
- +Infinite lane sustain via means you can out-attrition almost any opponent.
- +Extreme mobility with resets allows for safe split-pushing and easy escapes.
Weaknesses
- -Hard countered by heavy crowd control and kiting once is used.
- -Useless in fights if you enter with 0 Fury from .
- -Extremely reliant on hitting timing; one millisecond too late and you're dead.
- -Poor teamfighter against organized teams who can peel you off high-priority targets.
Abilities
Building Fury is your only priority. At 100 Fury, you get 40% crit chance for free. Never take a fight with 0 Fury unless you have no choice. Hit minions constantly to keep the bar red.
Passive gives you AD based on missing health—you actually hit harder while dying. Active heals you but wipes your Fury. Only use the active to survive a poke or after a trade is over; never use it during an all-in.
The AD reduction is massive in 1v1s even if they face you. The slow ONLY works if their back is turned. Use this the moment an enemy starts to kite away or retreat.
Your main gap closer and escape. Critting a champion reduces this cooldown by 2 seconds. In a late-game fight, hitting a few crits means you can again almost instantly.
You cannot die for 5 seconds. You can cast this while stunned, silenced, or suppressed. Do not wait until 1 HP to use it; cast it at ~10% HP to account for burst or server latency.
Teamfight Role
Backline Janitor / Flanker
Do not run at them from the front. Wait for the fight to start and flank the ADC or Mid. Use to get in, force them to focus you, pop , and spin out when it's about to end.
If you are extremely fed, you can act as a front-line sponge by drawing all enemy Ultimates and CC while in , but only if your team can follow up.
Combos
Short Lane Trade
through enemy -> Auto -> Walk away
Spin through them to deal damage, land one auto, and use the momentum to walk back to your wave. Great for chipping health.
The Chase
(when they turn) -> on top of them -> Ghost -> Auto-attack
Slow them with W, close the gap with E, and use Ghost to stay on top of them. Every crit reduces your E cooldown to follow their Dash/Flash.
Tower Dive
Stack Fury -> -> Auto-attack under tower -> when low -> out
The bread and butter. Tank the tower shots while killing them, pop R to survive the final shots, and spin over a wall to safety.
Spin-Flash
-> Flash mid-animation
Extends the damage range of your spin and makes it impossible to react to. Use this to finish off low-HP targets who think they are safe.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | With a full bar of , you have the highest kill pressure in the game. Most champs cannot 1v1 you if you get two crits. |
| Level 2 | Having and (for AD) or (for slow) lets you run down opponents who overextend. |
| Level 6 | unlocks your ability to dive and stay in fights you should lose. You can now ignore the enemy's tower. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 significantly reduces your ultimate's cooldown, allowing you to split and dive more frequently. |
Tips & Tricks
- • icon lights up even if you don't have vision of the enemy. Use it to check if someone is hiding in a bush.
- •You can cast during the animation to heal while still moving.
- •The passive AD from is massive. Don't use the heal unless you absolutely need to survive poke; the extra damage helps you clear waves faster.
- • through thin walls to escape or take jungle camps to refresh your Fury bar.
- •Always run Ghost. Flash is good, but Ghost is what prevents you from being kited during .
- •If you're about to die while is active and have Ignite on you, wait until the very last second of to use to survive the tick damage.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using active right before starting a fight.→You lose your crit chance and will likely lose the duel due to low damage.
- ✕Casting when the enemy is facing you.→They don't get slowed, and you've wasted your only way to catch them.
- ✕Overestimating duration.→5 seconds goes by fast. If you don't away by second 4, you will die to the next auto or minion hit.
- ✕Grouping for 5v5 mid-lane fights when you could be splitting.→Tryndamere is easily kited in groups. You lose your gold/XP advantage and pressure.
- ✕Ignoring the Fury bar.→Trying to fight with 0 Fury is like playing half a champion. You rely on those crits to reset .
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