Tryndamere Counters: How To Counter Pick Tryndamere

Tryndamere has good sustain and an ult that prolongs his life for a few seconds if it is that he would die from damage once it is activated. In this article, we discuss how to effectively counter Tryndamere.

Best Tryndamere Counters

• Teemo
• Rammus
• Pantheon
• Renekton
• Jax
• Malphite

Chemtech Tryndamere

Tryndamere Counter Picks

Now that you know who counters Tryndamere, you can finally counter pick Tryndamere in any matchup. Let’s take you through some tips on how to use a few of these champions who are counters to Tryndamere. After, there is a general section explaining how to use any LoL champion as counters for Tryndamere. After all, if you know how to play against Tryndamere, you can play safely and effectively to defeat Tryndamere in a lane.

Teemo

Use your blind dart when he comes near, so he can’t crit you, then flee with your W and poke him.

Jax

Save your E for when Tryndamere engages you, he won’t be able to kill you this way if you back of after the trade.

Malphite

Ass Malphite, build armor, build armor, build armor! Oh, and use your E when fighting him.

Pantheon

Using your W to stall time when he ults can make less time for him to auto attack you and can win trades better. If he uses E to you, stun him, Q+E, and you win most fights because of this cc. Also, your shield passive will delay some damage.

Demonblade Tryndamere

Tips For Playing Against Tryndamere

• Armor items such as Thornmail and Randuin’s Omen do extremely well against Tryndamere because he is completely auto-attack based.
• Igniting him at the end of his ultimate duration will usually end up in a kill, as his healing from his Q will be halved.
• Try to turn around when Tryndamere is casting his Mocking shout to save yourself from getting slowed.
• If you have the tools to do so, try to zone him out of any possible fury. His 35% crit passive can turn almost any fight around. Tryndamere has a relatively weak early, so don’t be afraid to get in his face.
• If you’re based on basic attacks, avoid trying to trade at earlier levels. Since his passive will just add up and 35% crit chance isn’t a stat to be thrown around.
• During laning,  Tryndamere is vulnerable to ranged harassment. If you can manage to keep him from last hitting, you can deny him his heal along with gold. Also, be wary, as he can quickly use Spinning Slash to close the distance and deal damage of his own.
• Although Malzahar’s Nether Grasp and Warwick’s Infinite Duress do not kill Tryndamere or prevent him from activating Undying Rage, suppressing him during it effectively wastes its duration, and with proper timing you may be able to kill him after his Undying Rage runs out as the suppression does not allow him to escape or heal, while their ultimates will still be doing damage. Both playing and countering Tryndamere is all about timing.
• If you are a tank, are being focused by or have a lot more health than Tryndamere, Thornmail can be used quite effectively against him, as he will be quite literally killing himself if he cannot kill you quickly and will most likely be forced to use Undying Rage earlier than he would like to. However, do keep in mind that Thornmail deals magic damage. This means that if Tryndamere is paying attention to you building a Thornmail, he is more likely going to build items that will grant magic resistance, such as a Mercurial Scimitar and/or a Wit’s End. Getting a Randuin’s Omen or Frozen Heart will, however, be more useful for your team, as they can decrease Tryndamere‘s DPS via the attack speed slow.
• Using Ignite after Tryndamere activates his ultimate counters the healing from Bloodlust and might kill him after Undying Rage wears off.
• Hemoplague is an excellent skill to finish off Tryndamere due to the 5-second delay. However, it is not recommended to waste Hemoplague on Tryndamere if he is alone. Using it during a team fight after he uses Undying Rage will almost ensure a kill.
  • Death Mark is also effective at finishing him off, but make sure to wait 3 seconds after he uses Undying Rage, otherwise, Tryndamere will still survive.
• All of Tryndamere’s damage, aside from Spinning Slash, is from auto attacks; blinds such as Teemo’s Blinding Dart or Quinn’s Blinding Assault will negate all of it.
• As a carry, Exhaust is extremely effective for countering him, since his damage comes almost exclusively from auto attacks.
• Tryndamere excels at 1v1 fights. Ensure you are in a good position to give yourself an edge before committing to the fight. Be careful even when at your turret as it may not kill Tryndamere while his Undying Rage is in effect.
• If Tryndamere attempts to turret dive you, run away and juke him until the duration of Undying Rage wears off.
• Using Crowd Control effects (such as stuns, roots, and blinds) when Tryndamere uses Undying Rage will help counteract this ability.
• Tryndamere is very reliant on Spinning Slash to gap close. Remember to save displacement effects, such as Condemn, until after he uses it.
• Tryndamere is centered around intimidating opposing players to over commit to highly disadvantageous situations and make bad choices. In particular, Tryndamere excels at chasing fleeing enemies. Experienced Tryndamere players know this and usually attempt to use his abilities to intimidate an opponent into fleeing; which almost guarantees an easy kill.

King Tryndamere

By using the champions who counter Tryndamere and the LoL Tryndamere counter tips above, you can now develop a strategy to help you, as a summoner, become an effective counter to Tryndamere players.