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Trundle Guide

the Troll King

Fighter

Tank

Tier C Top

Trundle, the Troll King, is a fighter and tank champion of medium difficulty. Across our 266 analysed ranked games, Trundle is mostly played in Top (59% of its games), and more rarely in the Jungle (41%), with a 51.0% win rate in that role: tier C among Top champions (#47 of 51, ranked by win rate). Trundle's damage is mostly physical (82%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 54.9% in short games (under 25 min, 51 games) versus 48.2% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Averages measured over 157 Top games played with Trundle, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Trundle is a duel fighter: when an enemy unit dies near him, he recovers a percentage of their max health. Chomp slows and drains attack damage, Frozen Domain raises his speeds and healing, Pillar of Ice blocks the path, and Subjugate steals health, armor and magic resistance.

Role in team fights

Trundle picks a target, neutralizes them with Chomp and Subjugate, and uses Pillar of Ice to block a path or split the enemies. He fights better inside his Frozen Domain, where his speeds and healing increase.

The trade

W › Q › AA AA › E

When: An enemy is within range.

Frozen Domain raises speeds and healing, Chomp deals damage, slows and drains their attack damage, Pillar of Ice blocks the path.

The duel

R › Q › AA AA

When: A carry is isolated.

Subjugate instantly steals a percentage of the target's health, armor and magic resistance, then the amount doubles over 4 seconds.

The trap

E › W › Q

When: An enemy is chasing you.

Pillar of Ice blocks the path and slows nearby enemies.

The attrition duel

W › Q › AA AA › R

When: A melee carry is within range.

Frozen Domain raises your speeds and healing, Chomp drains their attack damage, Subjugate steals part of their health, armor and magic resistance, doubled over 4 seconds.

Laning phase

Chomp reduces your opponent's attack damage: use it at the start of a trade. Fight inside your Frozen Domain to benefit from bonuses.

Common mistakes

• Using Subjugate on a carry who is too weak: it steals a percentage of the stats.
• Fighting outside your Frozen Domain.
• Forgetting to drain the damage with Chomp.

Riot's official tips for playing Trundle

• Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.
• Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.
• Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Ravenous Hydra, Blade of The Ruined King, and Hullbreaker (16 games, 62.5% win rate).

Ravenous Hydra+Blade of The Ruined King+Hullbreaker

16 games · 62.5%

Ravenous Hydra+Trinity Force+Hullbreaker

15 games · 60.0%

Ravenous Hydra+Trinity Force+Blade of The Ruined King

11 games · 45.5%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite51.5% · 103 games

Exhaust + Flash50.0% · 22 games

Flash + Teleport52.4% · 21 games

Most-played runes

Lethal Tempo + Resolve

48.4% · 122 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph88%

Legend: Alacrity98%

Last Stand79%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating76%

Demolish62%

Shards

Attack speed98%

Adaptive force97%

Health scaling63%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Trundle's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.9% · 52 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Ravenous Hydra 51.3%

Blade of The Ruined King 53.6%

Trinity Force 50.0%

Hullbreaker 63.6%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team46.9% · 49 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Ravenous Hydra 46.4% ▼

Trinity Force 45.8%

Blade of The Ruined King 47.6%

Hullbreaker 55.6%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team53.6% · 56 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Ravenous Hydra 54.0% ▲

Trinity Force 59.3% ▲

Blade of The Ruined King 61.5% ▲

Hullbreaker 64.7%

Death's Dance 45.5%

The item that stands out most is Trinity Force: 59.3% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Trundle

• Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.
• Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed.

Abilities

PassiveKing's Tribute

When an enemy unit dies near Trundle, he heals for a percent of its maximum Health.

QChomp

Trundle bites his opponent, dealing damage, briefly slowing and sapping some of their Attack Damage.

WFrozen Domain

Trundle turns target location into his domain, gaining Attack Speed, Move Speed, and increased healing from all sources while on it.

EPillar of Ice

Trundle creates an ice pillar at target location, becoming impassable terrain and slowing all nearby enemy units.

RSubjugate

Trundle immediately steals a percent of his target's Health, Armor and Magic Resistance. Over the next 4 seconds the amount of Health, Armor, and Magic Resistance stolen is doubled.

Frequently asked questions

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