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Tryndamere Guide

the Barbarian King

Fighter

Assassin

Tier C Top

Tryndamere, the Barbarian King, is a fighter and assassin champion of medium difficulty. Across our 404 analysed ranked games, Tryndamere is mostly played in Top (85% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (15%), with a 49.4% win rate in that role: tier C among Top champions (#33 of 48, ranked by win rate). Tryndamere's damage is mostly physical (89%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 10% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 53.1% in short games (under 25 min, 98 games) versus 47.5% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

6.3 / 6.3 / 4.2

ratio 1.7

Damage / min

819

CS / min

8.3

Gold / min

462

Kill participation

36%

Vision / min

0.86

Averages measured over 344 Top games played with Tryndamere, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Tryndamere is a Fury fighter: every attack, critical strike and killing blow gives him some, which raises his critical strike chance. Bloodlust consumes Fury to heal him, Mocking Shout reduces the attack damage of nearby enemies, Spinning Slash dashes him, and Undying Rage stops him from dying for its duration.

The trade

E AA AA AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Spinning Slash dashes you and damages enemies on your path, your attacks generate Fury, Bloodlust heals you.

Defense

W AA AA

When: You are fighting high-attack enemies.

Mocking Shout reduces the attack damage of nearby champions; those who flee are slowed.

See all 3 Tryndamere combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Generate Fury by attacking, then use Bloodlust to heal. Mocking Shout reduces the attack damage of nearby champions and the movement of those with their back to you.

Common mistakes

Casting Undying Rage too early: it has a limited duration.
Consuming your Fury with no attacks to make.
Forgetting Mocking Shout against high-attack enemies.

Riot's official tips for playing Tryndamere

Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Infinity Edge, Yun Tal Wildarrows, and Ravenous Hydra (37 games, 59.5% win rate).

37 games · 59.5%

30 games · 46.7%

Lord Dominik's Regards

Phantom Dancer

Ravenous Hydra

23 games · 47.8%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W54.8% · 42 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q		●	●		●		●		●
W				●									●	●	●
E	●							●		●	●	●
R						●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 44 games).

Starting items

Doran's Bow

Health Potion

Health Potion50.0% · 20 games

Doran's Blade

Health Potion58.8% · 17 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3805 gold, 76 CS, 4846 XP. At 15 min: 6062 gold, 119 CS, 8622 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite48.7% · 232 games

Flash + Ghost50.9% · 57 games

Exhaust + Flash53.6% · 28 games

Ghost + Ignite56.2% · 16 games

Most-played runes

Hail of Blades + Precision

47.4% · 213 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Grisly Mementos70%

Ultimate Hunter55%

Secondary tree · Precision

Last Stand100%

Legend: Alacrity100%

Shards

Adaptive force60%

Adaptive force99%

Health93%

Lethal Tempo + Resolve

45.9% · 61 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph97%

Legend: Alacrity97%

Last Stand97%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Second Wind80%

Demolish57%

Shards

Attack speed98%

Adaptive force98%

Health80%

Grasp of the Undying + Precision

51.6% · 31 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Demolish100%

Second Wind90%

Revitalize77%

Secondary tree · Precision

Last Stand100%

Legend: Alacrity100%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force97%

Health77%

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 Tryndamere'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 team61.7% · 94 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Ravenous Hydra 58.9% ▲

Infinity Edge 61.9% ▲

Yun Tal Wildarrows 69.7% ▲

Phantom Dancer 58.6% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 69.2% ▲

Mortal Reminder 76.5%

The item that stands out most is Lord Dominik's Regards: 69.2% win rate, +18 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team41.8% · 91 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Ravenous Hydra 45.8%

Infinity Edge 46.4% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 34.6% ▼

Phantom Dancer 26.1%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 55.0%

Navori Flickerblade 47.1%

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

Balanced enemy team46.5% · 159 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Ravenous Hydra 44.6% ▼

Infinity Edge 50.0% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 50.0%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 55.0% ▼

Phantom Dancer 47.1%

Navori Flickerblade 42.4% ▼

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

Counters and matchups

How to play against Tryndamere

Try harassing Tryndamere early so he can't kill minions and heal with Bloodlust.
Remember, Tryndamere can only slow you if you are facing away from him.
Most of Tryndamere's damage is physical. If he's getting too strong, consider buying a Thornmail.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Tryndamere's matchups.

Tryndamere Top: what our games say

Laning phase against the Top average

Measure	Tryndamere	Top average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3805	3580	+225
CS at 10 min	76	71	+5
XP at 10 min	4846	4754	+92
Gold at 15 min	6062	5655	+407
CS at 15 min	119	111	+8
XP at 15 min	8622	8297	+325

Measured over 44 Tryndamere games with a timeline; the average covers 82 champions played Top in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min53.1 %98 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min47.5 %198 games

long over 35 min50.0 %48 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Tryndamere in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Mid	60	43.3 %	8.8	490

Roles where we have at least 40 Tryndamere games.

Abilities

PassiveBattle Fury

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.

QBloodlust

Tryndamere thrives on the thrills of combat, increasing his Attack Damage as he is more and more wounded. He can cast Bloodlust to consume his Fury and heal himself.

WMocking Shout

Tryndamere lets out an insulting cry, decreasing surrounding champions' Attack Damage. Enemies with their backs turned to Tryndamere also have their Move Speed reduced.

ESpinning Slash

Tryndamere slices toward a target unit, dealing damage to enemies in his path.

RUndying Rage

Tryndamere's lust for battle becomes so strong that he is unable to die, no matter how wounded he becomes.