Tryndamere is one of the oldest and most unique League of Legends champions. He is distinguished by his ultimate, which allows him to deny death for a whole 4 seconds.
Tryndamere heavily relies on his basic attacks, and to make the most out of him we will want a build which facilitates great auto-attack/damage resources.
Best Items for Tryndamere
Ravenous Hydra
The first item we will want to pick up is the Ravenous Hydra. Its first component, the Tiamat will be really great in helping us establish lane dominance and having wave control through its splash damage. When fully build, it will also give us great amounts of sustain through healing.
Phantom Dancer
The second item we will build is Phantom Dancer. The item will allow us to move through units, which will be helpful in the laning phase. Additionally, Phantom will lay out the first foundations for our upcoming critical strike items.
Infinity Edge
The next item we will take is Infinity Edge. It will give us a really solid damage base, as well as some core improvements such as critical strike, and critical strike damage.
Lord Dominik’s Regards
Lord Dominik’s Regards will serve us as the fourth item. It’s one of my favorite items, as it will give us an incredible 35% armor penetration. The item will serve to enhance the damage of all our other items, and it will make us much more strong in fights.
Blade of the Ruined King
Our final item will be the Blade of the Ruined King, this item can potentially be bought earlier, but it is okay to build it in the later stages of the game too. The greatest benefit of this item is its passive which shreds a percentage of enemies’ HP with each hit, making this item perfect for battling tankier HP, Armor heavy champions.
Boots
The best boots for Tryndamere are the Berserker Greaves. These are great due to their attack speed stats, and what makes them even greater is that we can eventually upgrade them to Zephyr which is extremely great for the late game.
Runes for Tryndamere
- Grasp of the Undying
- Demolish
- Second Wind
- Revitalize
- Legend: Alacrity
- Last Stand
The highest win rate primary tree for Tryndamere is the green one, as it has the most efficient runes. That said, the first rune we are gonna take from this tree is Grasp of the Undying, which will help us sustain and scale in the early game skirmishes.
Next up, we will want to take demolish, as Tryndamere is a champion that heavily relies on split pushing. Demolish will be really helpful in taking down towers faster and collecting the early plate gold.
The third rune will be the second wind, which is really helpful against lane poke. For sustain, we will also take Revitalize. Finally, we will take the last two runes, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand. Alacrity is crucial for getting extra attack speed, while Last Stand has great synergy with our ultimate since it gives extra damage when we are low on HP.
Final Thoughts
Tryndamere is a great and unique champion who can solo carry the game through the right decisions. The best way to play him is with a mix of straight damage and critical damage. Additionally, one of the core components of his build is Ravenous Hydra, which will allow you to seize the wins by making great split-pushing calls.