Challenger Guide to All Matchups: Tryndamere
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List of Champions
CHAMPION DIFFICULTY STARTING ITEM SUMMONERS RUNES WHAT TO DO LAST UPDATED
Aatrox Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Ghost Lethal Tempo Don't leash this matchup, fight him early can walk up and auto him early and spin out. Fight for level 2 and trade him while hes still lvl
1. Space his q's so he doesn't crit you (aka hit the sweet spot and knock you up) Can trade hard level 1 with just a little bit of fury, try
to avoid his 3rd q damage. The ignite in this matchup allows for a bit of error in dodging his q's while still getting the allin you want, if
he flashes after you burn double summs and you can't kill him you will have a minute window when your summoners come back up
for a guaranteed kill. Aatrox has really good trades and healing so executioners is viable although don't go out of your way to buy it
early, rush ravenous hydra. After ravenous play for sustain trades into bursting him once you get him low enough if you take too much
damage on a trade can sustain up. If he is playing super safe and you cant kill him, demolish his turret in his face and force the issue
or look to take his jungle and potentially force a flank while hes stuck top lane. He wins vs you if he is even with you so try to get a
lead if you need to fight him sidelane to win.
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Ahri Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Ahri has strong poke and her E will stop your spin if you try to spin on her. If you dodge her charm pre-6 its a great time to trade. Force the issue by spinning on her as much as possible while attempting to dodge her abilities. If you are looking to trade with her
charm up look to dodge it (Also if ahri has your minions close to her use your minions as a shield against her charm while you spin in
so she cant charm you out of your spin. It is really important when laning vs ahri that you try to fight and beat her pre-6, otherwise you will be on the back foot for most of laning. Dueling Ahri in mid-late game while her ult is up is hard unless you are ahead enough to
instantly force her ult and back off. If you are crazy strong you might one shot her with Spin+ignite+auto+hydra+auto which can be
done from fog of war before she can react.
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Akali Hard Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Look for opportunities for big trades level one because when Akali hits level 3 she has multiple ways of kiting you out (or going
invisible). When trading, look to avoid akali's E (her shuriken flip) so if you spin in make sure to juke sideways after getting your one
auto off. When akali hits 6 be careful as she can straight up one shot you if you are too far in lane. Akali's cooldown on her W stealth ring is 20 seconds (that cooldown doesnt start until the effect ends) try to force trades and burn as much of her defensive cds as
possible and use your lower cooldowns to kill her. Try to get the wave on your side and farm it out until you get some more levels post
6 laning phase. The key to winning against an akali at this point is to make her commit for you after using her defensive cooldowns where you have time to fight back. If you can't fight akali on the split, split opposite side of her and look to shove and force her to match, then outrotate.
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Akshan Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Be careful level one vs Akshan since he has very strong damage (most take ignite as well) Tryndamere has kill pressure after level 6
or with any jungle gank. Once you have a few levels (usually around level 4) you can look for allins vs Akshan. IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT YOU STAY RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM!!!! If he gets any seperation from you he can use his swing to get away
(using your ghost to literally get pixel perfect on top of him while autoing is best, react fast with flash if he tries to flash then swing). If
you are right on top of him, he cannot. Rush tier 2 boots in this matchup (usually berserkers) so you can stay on top of him better. Watch how I play vs Bjerg in this video https://youtu.be/fUa7AhkYbnM In late game teamfights, if you plan on flanking you MUST kill
him first. If you kill his whole team and get a quadra kill and he kills you, he will just revive his whole team.
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Alistar INTeresting Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo If you are actually against an Alistar top, your sustain advantage with this setup is very beneficial. Alistar doesn't have the mana pool
or sustain to take short trades against you and he also cannot all in. Be very careful of being pulverized into a headbutt into turret if
your wave is close to his turret. Something you can do is push in the lane and roam mid or help your jungler invade, Alistar will have
a hard time farming under turret and will unlikely be able to help.
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Ambessa Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Win this matchup through extended trades, Ambessa will always win short trades but her cooldowns for her abilities are high so thats what you abuse to win the matchup. Every single one of Ambessa's ablities when used will give her a dash the one to watch out for is
her Q which has 2 parts. On the first part if you are at the tip of the q when she casts it she will deal double damage, if you are inside
it she doesn't get the bonus damage. To outplay this ability since she will be casting this one the most my advice is to "space" the
ability by walking just inside the range of where she will cast it then instantly back out to bait her into using it. Since the win condition
dof the matchup is an allin what you are looking to punish is when she overcommits her abilities going into you leaving her less abilities
to kite away with, activate your ghost and run her down with lethal. Be careful when diving under turret if she has cooldowns up she
can kite you like crazy, unless you are diving with your jungler look to trade and fight her outside turret. If she is hugging turret hard
you can proxy into roam to punish.
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Amumu Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Amumu is weak in the top lane especially early. You can force all in trades even from level 1. The one thing you have to be careful of
in this matchup is that Amumu's e (his tantrum) gets the cooldown reset by 1 second for every auto he takes (even from minions!) so if
he fights you in your creep wave, he can get multiple tantrums off in an all in. Besides that, look to crush him early and if he is the one
responding to your splitpush later in the game and you think he is too tanky to dive, he is a very immobile champion so you can
outrotate him on the split push or tank his damage and demolish his turret then step back heal up with ravenous hydra then do it
again.
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Anivia Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Anivia is a very annoying champion to lane against. It is really hard to force an all in on her because of her crowd control with her Q,
her wall, and her ultimate. The way to beat anivia is by punishing her with your health sustain, getting perfect farm, pushing anivia in
forcing her to use mana. There can be spots to all in an anivia, but first you must get some good short trades into her where you force
resources out of her. A good time to trade in this matchup is if she uses her q to farm and she is far up in lane where you can punish
the Q cooldown. WARNING! Do not get baited by her egg, her egg is a 4 minute cooldown. If you are forced to split against Anivia
and you aren't in a position to dive/force trades against her, then shove the wave into her and outrotate her. Anivia is a very immobile
champion and won't be able to easily follow your rotation. LOOK TO PROXY AND FORCE ROAMS SHE IS IMMOBILE
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Annie Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades To win against annie, you need to look to force trades into her early since she has lower base stats than you. Force trades all the time
and you will outsustain her into setting up an easy all in. Annie has VERY weak base stats so if she doesn't poke you hard enough
and you have a good amount of HP/Fury to trade with (assuming she doesnt have an enormous wave) then you look to do a heavy
trade/allin against her. Later in the game, you do outscale Annie in a 1v1 situation however, be very careful with her burst and make
sure to not miss your ultimate. Otherwise situationally if winning the game is reliant on you 1v1ing Annie in the side lane, then buy qss
to guarantee your all in. FIGHT OFTEN BE CAREFUL OF STUN WHEN SHE HAS 4 STACKS READY
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Aphelios Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Yeah gonna be honest here, aphelios gonna be shooting his guns and shit. If his gun be purple he gonna root, if he gun sniper and
shit he shoot real far, if he gun be red he go real fast and heal up, if he gun go white he bang bang. Just get 6, ghost and kill the motherfker. Ok but for real, as ranged vs melee hes gonna poke you so you can sit back and sustain up until you hit around level 3 or
4, then you can look for trades/allins when the wave is shoved.
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Ashe Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades If you are playing against Ashe top, be very careful with early game. Trade into Ashe then when she kites out, use the bush to stop
her from running you down after. Ashe good range and good poke and decent kiting with her passive that slows you. Once you get 6
however, she cannot stop your allin against her and you basically just run her down. Just like most adc's top, its all about knowing
how to take as little damage as possible early game and getting good farm under turret. If Ashe is holding you solo in the mid-late
game look to dive her. Ashe doesn't have the tools to stop you 1v1.
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Aurelion Sol Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades If you are playing against aurelion sol in the top lane, then you can look for all in trades if the wave is ever on your side of the lane.. A
good way to easily win against this kind of matchup is by manipulating the wave to enable you to use the length of the lane to punish
him, he can W away from you but it has a high cooldown early game (22 seconds cd) . When dueling an Aurelion Sol on the splitpush
in the mid-late game, their combo is going to be a E+R to disengage you, however if they didnt burst your hp bar and force you to ult
you should be able to all in when your spin comes back up. You can just shove him in and look to fight elsewhere or maybe just kill
him.
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Aurora Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades You can look for early trades on Aurora lvls 1 and 2 to look for a chance to all in her, however she gains a ton of movespeed when
she procs the 3rd hit of her passive (can proc off auto attacks or ability hits). She is a bully matchup and should be treated like one, so
eparate her the bushes top lane to avoid auto attacks and space her auto attack range. Aurora's Q is what she is gonna be spamming on you
in lane, it goes through minions and she can reactivate it if she hits you to deal the damage again (with the 2 hits that is 2 parts of her
passive) and then she will look to auto to proc the passive. Her E is like caitlyn net that throws her back and applies a stack on her
passive and slows your for 1 second. Her w will make her hop and she will go invisible for 1.5 seconds (you can scout her location
using tiamat active and/or your spin while she is invisible). Her ulti is like camille ult except you can walk out of it, but it will damage
and slow you if you do, and when she hits a corner of the circle she will teleport to the other side (can do it endlessly until it expires). Your main focus in this lane if you don't get early kills is to get the wave on your side of the lane and threaten all ins, farm up and get
to your hydra where you will be able to pressure her hard (her damage is somewhat low). In mid-late game you can run down Aurora
outside her turret just be careful of her kiting she can do with her ulti and don't give her the escape route she wants by following her to
the otherside of her ult just to blink opposite. Diving her under turret is hard to do with her ult up and high hp, so either dive her when
her ult is down or when you have already gotten her fairly low.
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Azir Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Early game strategy is to hard trade with him early before he hits level 3. When hes level 3 he can E to any one of his soldiers so when you spin on him he will w behind him and dash to it then q back on you. Any damage on him is way more worth then the
damage you take since you have a vastly superior sustain advantage. Find an opportunity to burst him down or maybe even spin
behind him and force an allin. His big escape too is his E + q combo where he can dash an entire screen away. A good time to go in is when he q's you since he wont be able to dash as far. When diving an Azir, if you are forced to spin in on him and he ultis
immediately, you can back off the dive sustain back up, then redive with the ultimate advantage (assuming he didnt burn it already with his ulti) OR if you spin on him and you are able to reset your spin before he ultis you away you can just spin over his wall and kill
him OR if you have flash advantage you can spin on him force his ult, then flash back on him. Mid-late game if you are splitting against an Azir and you cannot dive him, look to shove him in and outrotate him. Tryndamere has much better out of combat mobility to rotate in between lanes to potentially flank the enemy team.
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Bard Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Bard matchup is all about getting good farm without taking too much poke damage. Bard's auto attacks are very strong, but we can
look to sustain with our runes and dorans shield. Look to use the top lane bushes to hide your character while you are waiting for the minions to get low enough to kill. Be careful when all inning bard and he takes a portal that you don't get baited into it. Once you get
tiamat, you can look for short 2-3 auto trades + spin damage, into an eventual allin with burst. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU CANNOT ULT DURING BARD ULTI, so when he ultis you while you are low and it looks like he could kill with you burst right after the ult, be
spamming your r key to get your ult off as quickly as possible.
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Bel'veth Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Bel'veth early game is very weak. Her only strong point is using her E when you spin in on her, try to bait this cooldown by walking up
and autoing Bel'Veth and saving your spin to spin out of her e. If her E is down you can just run her down with Ghost + Flash. Her Q is
a dash that is on cooldown per direction she Q's in that deals a bit of damage as well. Pay attention to what direction she has by
looking at the indicators around her to see where she could try to kite to if you are in an allin. She cannot dash over a wall unless she
has used her ulti to transform into her "true form" which she can only do on champion/epic monster takedown. Her W is a knockup
that also lets her dash again in that direction if it lands so try to sidestep it of possible or ghost and walk thru her to dodge it. In the late
game Bel'Veth ends up outscaling you but only once she has gained enough stacks to ramp up her attack speed. Try to win and end
early.
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Blitzcrank Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Blitzcrank in a solo lane does not have waveclear. Punish his lack of waveclear by constantly pushing him in and getting plates in his
face with demolish. Blitzcranks one way to try to win this lane is by hooking you into getting ganked, or hooking you into turret and
knocking you up. Stay behind minions, focus on pushing and hitting grasp procs on him (unless he is really far up the lane where u
can just all in him) and beat him with a huge farm lead. Blitzcrank will have a hard time farming under turret.
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Brand Medium Doran's Shield Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Brand has a lot of damage and can kite you with his 1.5 second stun on his Q. The way you can beat Brand is by punishing his
cooldowns by trading when he misses Q or looking to dodge his q after you spin in. If he runs low on mana to the point where he can't
do his full combo you can look to all in or get a big trade atleast. Brand is immobile so if he is out of position or too far up the lane
even with his strong combo of abilities we can still run him down the lane when overextended. A big part of the matchup is looking to
dodge his abilities so make sure you keep your mouse cursor close to your champion so you can make small quick movements to move side to side. Also predicting when and where he will cast abilities can help you dodge his skillshots too. If you are up against
brand in the mid-late game splitpush, you can look to dive him pretty easily. He has a hard time dealing with tryndamere 1v1 once the
tryndamere has items.
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Braum INTeresting Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo It might be hard to kill a Braum in the solo lane because of his disengage with his q slow, however he has no sustain (mana or hp) so
you can use that against him to push him out of lane. Braum's biggest strength is the ability to set up ganks with his Crowd Control,
but mostly this should be a very easy matchup. If you are splitting against Braum in the mid-late game and he is too tanky to dive,
then just ignore him and hit turret or out rotate him with your superior mobility.
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Briar Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Briar has absolutely insane all in and has great healing when she bites with her W. However she MUST run at you and fight you when
her W is on, most of the time you can just auto attack and spin away and kite out her W duration. Her W does more damage the less
hp you are so staying topped up on hp will greatly increase your chances of winning the matchup. Your stats are better than briars
early and she must auto attack to heal as she has no inherent regeneration. Executioner's calling is a must in this matchup, can get it
after tiamat. When she uses her E it has a fairly long cooldown that can break her out of her w and if she holds it, it will push you back when it hits you so look to sidestep it when she starts casting. You can play very aggressively in this matchup just be careful when
diving you dont get hit by her E channel as she gets damage resistance as well as the stun can ruin the dive.
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Caitlyn Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Make sure to use the brushes to hide your champion while you wait for minions to get low to avoid damage while farming in the early
game. Early game ADC's can poke Tryndamere really hard, and Tryndamere will not have the damage to out trade them early on without getting poked out. Post 6 this matchup becomes extremely easy and you should be able to 1v1 basically anytime post 6. Before 6, just look to farm and avoid taking unneccessary damage. Your runes + dorans shield will provide a really good amount of
sustain but remember its ok to give up some farm as long as you get the experience for it. In the mid-late game if you are splitting
against caitlyn, you should be able to kill her pretty easily just remember that while she is running away she could turn back and face
you when she casts her E, so be careful when deciding to use W slow.
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Camille Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Level one you can beat camille if she does not have ignite if you can get solid short trades into her. That being said you can still look
to build fury before hard trading into her and when you do go all in make sure you use the time that her shield is proc'd to get ahead of
her (cutting off her escape path) The way to win early in this matchup is by kiting camille out when she procs her shield early (even try
to bait it out) then trade after the shield expires. The way you kill camille is by finding an opportunity to all in her without her being able
to disengage (for example she e's into you but u end up in between her and her escape path) . A good time for a short trade is if
camille looks to W you when you have spin up, spin on her before her w goes off get a quick auto then back up after her w ends to
avoid her trading back. If camille hookshots into you and commits too hard then you can look for an allin then OR if camille hookshots
into you and misses that is a great allin opportunity as well. Otherwise you can potentially win by taking short trades with camille as well but having the sustain advantage with your Q. Diving camille can be an optimal spot for an allin, so you can start with an auto
attack and save your spin for when she disengages with e, just be careful when you use your w that she is facing away from you (her w towards you will make her face towards you.)
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Cassiopeia Hard Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades First punish point for Cass is that she has weak base stats compared to Tryndamere so getting BIG trades even without fury will go in
your favor as Cass needs level 2 to push for crazy allins. Second punish point for Cass is that she will have mana issues before her
first back, if you are able to dodge enough of her q's in lane or you take a big trade with her she expends her mana and does not kill
you and you sustain back up, you can find an opportunity to fight her. Another kill point in the matchup vs Cass if she takes phase
rush is to find a spot to all in her if she wastes her phase rush activation. Phase rush has a long cooldown early that you can punish. Post level 6, Cass can stun you with her ultimate as a means of disengage however if you turn your back to her during her cast
animation you will be slowed instead which can sometimes get you a kill (must have good reaction time. a tip to improve your reaction
time is to reduce how far you need to move your mouse to dodge, so keep your mouse close to your character during the allin) If Cassopeia takes Conqueror instead, she will have way more damage in allins but once you get items you will be able to run her down
easily, also its way easier for your jungler to gank her if she doesnt have phase rush. If you fall behind against Cass look to farm as
best as possible and soak exp, keep yourself high enough hp where you can help your jungler kill her if he decides to gank. Cassiopeia without phase rush does WAY more damage but she is also much easier to kill. Pretty much every time your ghost is up
post 6 you can look to fight and kill her, still look to dodge her ulti stun but often times even with her stunning you, you can still kill her.
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Cho'Gath Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Cho'gath has high sustain by killing minions and a 6 second crowd control knockup in a circle aoe. His knockup is fairly easy to dodge
if you are looking for his cast animation on it, and Cho'gath is immobile (no dashes or bursts of movement speed) so if you can dodge
his Q you can get really solid trades on him. Early game look to build up fury without taking too much damage from his E (his
empowered auto attacks) then look to trade. Force an extended trade, by starting off trades with an auto attack when he goes for a minion that way you can save your spin to dodge his Q or to stick on top of him when he walks away (position your spin in between Cho'gath and his escape path which will usually be his turret) In the mid-late game, Cho'gath will be extremely difficult to dive, but you
can beat him if he is far up in lane with an effective all in OR you can shove Cho'gath in and outrotate him with your superior mobility. Cho'gath's ult is EXTREMELY high burst so make sure if you fall into his ultimate execution range that you press R a little bit early. In
the mid-late game if he builds full tank and you are ahead but can't dive him you can force into his turret demolish it, then walk back
and sustain back up in the 1v1.
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Corki Medium Doran's blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Corki is ranged so he has some decent poke early. Abuse the fact that he is ranged and has less stats than you to force big trades
early to setup a future allin. Corki will have a tough time kiting you if you land your W so that is a great time to look for an allin. Be
careful with casting your w slow because Corki will face you when he shoots his rockets (or q) so usually time your w to cast it when
he rockets +autos you then turns around to kite away. Corki can't handle tryndamere 1v1 in the mid-late game unless he gets massively ahead.
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Darius Hard Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Darius has very strong all in trades and his passive when stacked 5 times (stacks every auto attack and when he hits his q on the
outer edge and his ultimate) gives him a lot of attack damage and does damage over time to you. Darius can start different abilities which changes how you play lvl 1. Darius with Q start is strong for early clear to get level 2 first so make sure you look to dodge the
handle on his q and look to short trade when its on cooldown. Darius with W start will look to take trades with you when you walk up
for minions. Biggest thing to pay attention is they keystone + summoner spells. Ghost + Flash darius with conqueror has extremely
good all in and if you are caught too far in the lane with a pull he can usually burn your summoners and then kill you as well. If Darius
pulls you at a bad time for you, your best hope is to turn on him and all in and pray for crits. The Darius matchup in general is a lot
bout punishing cooldowns on his q and finding spots to take short trades with an auto attack + spin out without being forced into an
all in by being pulled. Darius can be hard to dive 100-0 so if you find yourself in that situation where he is just sitting under turret, then
push him in and look for opportunities to outrotate him with your superior out of combat mobility and flank his team.
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Diana Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Diana's third auto attack in a short period of time deals extra damage, splashes, and gives her bonus attack speed. So pay attention when her blade lights up (signalling that her empowered auto from her passive is ready) so that you can avoid the splash damage. Diana is mostly immobile so you can run her down the lane for an all in which you will win assuming you have a good amount of
fury/hp. You counter diana's burst with your ultimate post 6, A good diana will try to burst you of your ultimate and then use her dash
on a minion to kite you out so the best thing you can do is force her to commit all of her abilities into you to burn your ultimate. Dueling
against Diana in the mid game is pretty easy as long as you dont miss your ultimate. Dueling her in the late game when she has the
power to one shot you with items and then zhonya can make it pretty difficult on you.
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Dr. Mundo Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Mundo is very strong in early game with short trades so the key to winning this matchup is dodging enough skillshots and build fury for
an allin. Best opportunities to trade with mundo is after you have a good amount of fury/hp and you start off the trade with an auto
attack on him that way you can save your spin for when he tries to disengage with his cleaver. When he gets too tanky and hes
playing safe under turret and you get your ravenous hydra just heal up to full off the wave, tank a bit of his damage and get your
demolish proc on turret, then back up. Be careful when he has his E up to not stand behind minions that are about to die because he
can knock them through you to deal damage. In the mid-late game it can be difficult to dive a mundo so you typically want to catch
him out away from his turret, or shove him in and out rotate him with your superior mobility.
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Draven Hard Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Draven top's lane laning phase is super greedy (can get ganked easily) but can also be super punishing for a melee top laner like Tryndamere. Draven has VERY good early damage and can put a lot of pressure on. Look to avoid damage and get farm only when
you won't take too much damage for it. Remember experience is worth much more then farm. If you greed for too many minions and
get pushed out of lane and fall behind in levels it can be hard to catch back up, but if you stay even in levels and fall heavy in farm you
you outscale with ravenous hydra full healing and allinning him with ghost up.
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Ekko Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Ekko levels 1-3 is worst than you so look to trade as much as possible during this time to build up health advantage over him. The way you beat ekko is by setting up a really good all in after his playful trickster is down (his hop.) Ekko's E has a 16 second
cooldown level 1, so when its down you have a lot of time to work with to get an all in. When you trade and look for an allin do not
start with your spin. Start with an auto attack, that way you can save your spin to stick onto him to extend the trade and force the allin.
If you get too low hp, sit back press q and soak experience. Ekko in the mid-late game can be pretty tough on the splitpush especially if he gets ahead. If you aren't winning the split vs Ekko don't try to force the 1v1 against him,
look to farm kite back if he looks to engage and can look to rotate away from the matchup and just heavy clear with hydra under turret. Heres a fun video of me beating up an Ekko in the mid lane after I got early kill from invade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siekg6Drqjc
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Elise Easy Doran's Shield Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Elise has a little bit of poke damage but Tryndamere can just sustain through her damage pretty easily if she is in the solo lane. Elise will run out of mana before poking Tryndamere down. Be careful not to get baited into diving elise, her rappel is pretty good at waiting
out your ulti timer under turret and kiting you. Elise doesn't have the best waveclear so you can just shove her in over and over again
to put pressure on her either by getting plates or looking to roam while she is farming under turret. In the mid-late game it can be
difficult to dive her under turret because of rappel and the zhonyas that she will probably have so if you cant catch her outside of her
turret range, then shove her in and outrotate her using your superior mobility outside of combat.
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Evelynn INTeresting Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Evelynn is honestly a pretty troll solo lane pick. You can just all in her pretty easily pre-6 and she cant really stop you. If you are
playing against an Evelynn jungle however here are some tips. Don't ward the river brush or tribrush, instead look to ward deep in her
jungle so that you can see her while she is doing her jungle camps. In the mid-late game against an evelynn jungle you have to be
r e a l l y cautious about dueling your top lane opponent (unless u can 1v2 of course) just because most evelynn players try to take out
the split pusher first before joining the rest of the team.
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Ezreal Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Ezreal has good poke early and is a ranged matchup so make sure you are using the lane brushes to hide your champion so he cant
auto you or sit behind minions so he cant Q you to avoid damage. Only walk up to last hit minions early on. When you have a little fury
built up you can start taking trades with ezreal. If you burn his E and can't follow up on him immediately, look to hit minions to reset
your spin cooldown so you can spin on the ezreal before he gets his dash back up. If ezreal is too far up in lane you can always just
run at him look to hit W so you can get on him and save your spin for after his E. In the mid-late game split push you will be able to
1v1 ezreal 100-0 in a turret dive as long as you have full fury to reset your spin with. Remember with your W that ezreal will turn back
to face you when he q's and when he autos, so usually you will use your w when he q+ autos you then turns away to kite.
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Fiddlesticks Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades You can take ignite for this matchup but you really don't need it, can build executioner's first if anything. If you know for sure you are
vs fiddle top and they dont have strong kite on the rest of their team just take ignite and own him 1v1. Fiddlesticks doesn't have the
greatest mana pool so if you take a bad trade early, sit back and heal up and soak experience. Most of the time however you are
Gonna just be crushing the poor guy because he can't do enough damage to you and you out damage his heal on his drain. That
being said though the more minions you have, the more healing he is going to get. In the mid-late game splitpush you crush
fiddlesticks in a 1v1, otherwise it can be hard to dive because of his fear. Remember when using your W slow that he will turn back to
face you when he fears, or throws his e while trying to kite away. So use your W in between when he is casting either of those
abilities.
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Fiora Hard Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Fiora is a tough matchup early in the game especially if the fiora takes grasp of the undying or PTA as her keystone. Can build
executioner's early. Take trades with the position so when you attack her she has a hard time hitting your vital so be moving
constantly (in between every auto). If you have a bad vital early (vital is directly in front of you where fiora can easily hit it) then you
can reset the vital position by walking out of fiora's range, which is pretty far but usually can reset it atleast for the first minion wave. Fiora's W when it hits you will reduce 25% of your attack speed in a 1v1 so DO NOT commit onto her with your spin she will riposte,
auto attack, e to reset her auto attack, then q your vital and disengage and there isnt much you can do about it. The only time
spinning into Fiora while she has her W up is if you dodge it or if shes just so low that basically one auto kills her Fiora's W however
has a REALLY long cooldown (24 seconds level 1) so if she uses it and doesnt get a good trade on you, then you need to look for a
spot to trade with her (usually right after she q's.)When you want to dive Fiora try to attack her and burn her W, then spin out of turret
range, then reengage the dive while her W is on cooldown. If fiora wastes her W and she does not all in you with it that is a great time
to look for a trade/allin. When using your W just remember that she will turn her back towards you when she uses her riposte or if she wants to turn and slow you down with her e auto attack reset. Usually I will use my w when she q's away from me to disengage so that
she is guaranteed facing away from me. In the mid-late game splitpush the 1v1 is pure skill on both sides. Tryndamere can hug a wall
to prevent the 4 vitals from fiora's ultimate from being hit so that she doesnt get the healing, and fiora can angle to get the vitals before Tryndamere can hug a wall or fight Tryndamere when he is in the center of the lane. Usually 1v1's against Fiora will be risky unless
you are ahead in items so usually you will push her in and rotate to flank her team
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Fizz Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Fizz levels 1-3 is awful compared to you so look to trade as much as possible during this time to build up health advantage over him. The way you beat fizz is by setting up a really good all in after his playful trickster is down (his hop.) Fizz's E has a 16 second
cooldown level 1, so when its down you have a lot of time to work with to get an all in. When you trade and look for an allin do not
start with your spin. Start with an auto attack, that way you can save your spin to stick onto him to extend the trade and force the allin.
If you get too low hp, sit back press q and soak experience. Fizz has no sustain in his kit so even if you lose on a trade, you can heal
bac k up and he cant. In the mid-late game splitpush it can be really hard to dive fizz because of his E and zhonya, and he can duel
p pretty well against you because he can 1shot you to force your ultimate and then kite you. If Fizz is ahead, look to avoid him on the
split push (can sometimes just build a single negatron cloak to counter him if he hasn't built pen). You win the extended fight.
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Galio Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Galio is an immobile champion. Best case scenario for a trade will be when Galio goes up for a minion rather then by starting the trade by spinning in on him that way you can save your spin to stick on top of him after he disengages to extend the trade. Galio can
look to disengage by knocking you up and then walking away but if you were able to save your spin or reset it before he disengages
then you can stick on top of him. Tryndamere has really good sustain too so the Galio wont be able to poke you down enough with his Q. Galio can get pretty tanky in the mid-late game but usually Tryndamere with full fury and items can still 100-0 dive a Galio under
turret just because he can't kite away very well (be careful of zhonya though!). Galio does have a semi-global ultimate to help his team
out so make sure that when your team is pressuring an objective that you are pressuring Galio at the same time on the split to prevent
him from helping his team. (Or if Galio just leaves just get turrets/inhib) . Can always buy oracle lens and clear way for you to roam on
their team or to try and catch him away from turret if he is too tanky.
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Gangplank Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo If you STRUGGLE with gp, its OK to go dorans shield and farm for ravenous, but its not optimal UNLESS the gp takes ignite then u
should take dshield. Gangplank with grasp/first strike has a really good early game into Tryndamere. Look to short trade with
gangplank and outplay his barrels .Once you get enough damage you can start looking for aggressive trades into him. A big part of
this matchup is playing around his barrels. One really good tip I have discovered from playing this matchup a lot is that Gangplank will
usually put down a barrel below him to disengage from you if you spin on him, but what you can do is walk inside the barrel range to
bait him to try to auto or q it, then you walk right back out before it explodes. Taking out his barrels that way or straight up just walking
up and hitting it before he does can help you significantly to win this matchup. In the mid-late game splitpush beating gangplank in a
1v1 is about how well you outplay him on his barrels when you are diving him. If you aren't playing well around his barrels, you can
look to use your superior mobility out of combat to roam and flank his team after shoving him into his turret on the split. Everytime your
ghost is up post 6 and you have good fury you can usually straight up dive GP from 100% hp.
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Garen Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades His Q is on a 8 second cooldown. Tryndamere wins the extended trades, Garen wins the short trades if he has W up (its still ok to
auto+spin away if you can buffer your spin before his silence hits you). Early game build up fury, and when you have a good amount
fury built up, look to auto attack him and move forward towards his escape path in between auto attacks and then spin on him after
his silence is over and you can get an extra 2-3 auto attacks to win the trade. Don't use your W on Garen until he Q's because his Q
takes away the move speed slow from your W. Post 6, be mindful of Garen's ultimate which is an execute based on your missing
health. It has a very long cast animation though so you can usually wait to ult until you see the animation for his ult coming down (if
you know you have bad reaction time to stuff u can just ult at like 25% or so). You can ult even if you are silenced so dont worry about hat. Another tip for laning phase is if you w and slow the garen it will stop his passive from healing him. If you w and dont hit the slow
then it will not stop his healing. In the allin vs garen, make sure that you use your w after he uses his Q because his Q will cleanse
your slow. In the mid-late game if garen built tanky it can be hard to dive him under turret so look to catch him away from his turret, or
if he is playing really safe then shove him in and outrotate him with your superior mobility.
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Gnar Hard Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Fleet Against gnar you can abuse his low base stats on his mini gnar in early trades before he gets their jump (usually gnars will get their
jump at level 3.) So for your first trade against him you usually want to wait out his q and either dodge it while you build up fury or if it
hits you wait until the slow runs out. Then spin on him and auto attack while moving towards his turret to extend the trade as much as
possible. Usually can get 3-4 auto attacks if you position your spin correctly. Once gnar hits level 3 if you havent gotten enough
damage on him to look for a kill then just farm. IMPORTANT NOTE: Gnar's hop is a 22 second cooldown level 1. So if he uses it, then
you will have atleast a 10 second window to spin on him (assuming you made him use his hop when you used your spin at him) to get
another spin and run him down. In the mid-late game splitpush it can be hard to beat gnar 1v1. Ways you can beat gnar in the midlate game split push, either you wait until hes exhausted (just came out of mega gnar form) so that he cannot build it back up when
you allin him. If he face checks you in a bush and you hit your w slow that can be another way to catch him out on the split and beat
him 1v1. When using your w remember that he will turn back to throw his boomerang so try to time your w slow to cast after he uses
boomerang + an auto attack to guarantee you will hit it.
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Gragas Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Grasp Use Lethal Tempo build but use Grasp runes which are Grasp, Demolish, Second Wind, Revitalize with Precision secondary Alacrity + Last Stand. Gragas has pretty good sustain and can deny any kind of all in opportunities with his body slam which is really good
disengage. Force hard into gragas lvl 1 you can fight him and beat him even in the minion wave (don't spin on him literally just walk at
him save spin for after his body slam) . Gragas will usually start body slam to counter your spin so just walk up and auto him and when he backs off you can spin on him, and definitely spin on him if he uses body slam before your spin. Gragas will usually build
very high ability haste so his body slam will be up constantly to stun you and disengage. The way you beat gragas in laning phase is
by finding trades where you can take more than just a spin one auto trade against him, or continue to fight him after his bodyslam
disenage with ghost. If the Gragas is playing well, you can just play this as a farming matchup. In the mid-late game splitpush Gragas
can be really annoying to dive, so just shove him in and out rotate him with your superior mobility.
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Graves Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Graves doesn't have enough kiting tools to survive a straight up all in versus Tryndamere. One thing you should pay attention to
though is his grit stacks. When graves dashes he gains armor which can stack up to a ridiciulous number which can make him seem
very tanky. A good tip against graves in general is that graves autos don't penetrate minions so you can actually hide behind minions
and avoid his auto attack damage. Once you hit level 4 thats going to be your ideal time in the early game to allin graves, so make
sure that you set up your wave appropriately so that you have room in lane to run him down with your all in. With your W slow, one tip
I have is using the w after he has kited out of your auto range and is out of bullets and is reloading.
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Gwen Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Gwen has a strong early game against tryndamere because her E gives a massive amount of attack speed and on-hit magic damage
(aka dont just all in lvl 1 u most likely lose). This matchup is all about hitting level 6 and getting the straight up all in opportunities
(without lethal tempo we have to take a few trades before straight all in unless you are already ahead). If you learn how to get through
early game against this champion, this matchup is very easy but if you fall behind she can get enough stats to survive your allin post
6. Watch out early game for her stacking up her Q on minions then e'ing forward and q'ing you for high short trade damage into an
auto. A small trick you can do to try and farm safely under turret is to bait gwen into trading you in the middle of your wave (where her
q also hits the wave to push in) so the wave is always pushing into you. If gwen goes ignite be careful of high damage early burst. In
the mid-late game you can 100-0 tower dive on cooldown until she gets a zhonya. After that fight her outside of turret or shove in and
force rotations that can get your team ahead.
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Hecarim Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Hecarim can stack up a LOT of damage with his q, so the most important thing about taking a good trade with hecarim is going at him when he has no stacks on his q. For every stack on his q, his q cooldown gets reduced and he gets more damage. This matchup can
b be difficult if you trade incorrectly with him and into his q while stacked up. Be careful about dueling him when he gets trinity
force/divine sunderer spike because he gets very strong with it. The key to this matchup is to look for solid trades where his q isnt
stacked up and then dip out before he gets it stacked up all the way. Hecarim can reset fast by backing and using his e to get back to
lane very quickly, but a good kill opportunity is to try and find that allin point before he takes his back. Be careful not to chase too hard
into hec if his e gets him out of range of your autos since he can kite you hard, better to take a few autos on the trade then dip out. Can commit to Ghost + Flash if you get him below half usually.
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Heimerdinger Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Head to lane at the very start of the game and make sure heimer doesnt set up his turrets in lane, and also make sure he doesnt
cheese your jungle buff level 1 either. If you let him get his turrets down then he will be able to pressure you and shove you under
turret and deny you CS so make sure you take out all his turrets as soon as he spawns them, level one you can auto + spin on each
turret to kill it so you can auto one turret and spin to his other turrets and one hit them. Post 6 you can look for allins on heimer
however you need close to full hp to look for it. Once you get about Ravenous Hydra you can start beating heimer even when he has
full turrets and cooldowns ready, still a good idea to take out his turrets early though so he doesnt have the burst of damage for after
your ulti is over. In the mid-late game split push, if you don't think you can dive heimer then look to push him in and use your superior mobility to outrotate him on the map and potentially flank his team while he is holding the wave.
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Hwei Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Quick rundown of Hwei's abilities, his q is most of his damage, he can use his q as a rumble ulti, as a xerath ulti, or as a quick
projectile that is low range but does %hp dmg. His W is utility giving him an on hit buff to himself an aoe shield on the ground or a
speedup in a linear direction. His E is his CC, this will be his fear that is a fast projectile, a pull together or a circle like a lux E that sits
on the ground until someone walks over it and roots them. The biggest cooldown you have to watch for is his E and when thats on
cooldown and you have spin up its a huge all in opportunity. He can kite you with his other abilities as well, but his E (especially the
fear because it stops dashes) is the worst one you have to deal with. Hwei's ultimate can slow you down a ton but can usually run him
down and kill him before he can kite away from you if you dodged his e or he wasted it. Most of the time this will be a farm matchup where you shove him in and have prio on him permanently. In the mid-late game look to catch hwei outside of his turret for picks
rather than a straight up dive unless u have double summs advantage or a huge gold advantage. Check this video out where I
completely deny Hwei from even making it past level 1! https://youtu.be/q7f0oPYxlx4
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Illaoi Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Ghost Lethal Tempo If you go to lane early and shes trying to prespawn her tentacles you can go take them out before lane phase starts (SPECIFICALLY,
take out the tentacles she places on YOUR side of the lane).The biggest learning point in this matchup is knowing when to
preeemptively dodge her e (the thing that rips out your soul) and dodging tentacles. A couple of tips I have for dodging is keep your mouse cursor close to your character in laning phase (good tip in general to be honest) that way you don't have to move your mouse
a lot to move in a different direction to dodge an ability. Also pay attention to where illaoi could potentially use her skillshots. What
I do is bait out her E (which has a 16 second cooldown level 1) by walking towards one of her tentacles and then preparing myself to move to the side the instant she throws out her E or even doing a stepback preemptively to dodge. When her E is down early you can
crush illaoi. Post 6 you can beat illaoi in an allin as long as she didnt get a significant advantage on you beforehand (try to dodge e
before going for allin) As long as you dont take too much poke before you set up an all in you will crush illaoi. In the mid-late game
split push she will almost always be able to burn your ulti early with her ultimate. Sometimes if she ults too early, you can just back off
and wait until her ulti expires and then re-engage on illaoi with your ultimate advantage.
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Irelia Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Tryndamere can beat irelia in allins early BUT you must be careful about her passive and conqueror. She stacks both very quickly and
can burst you down and use your own minion wave to kite you. Levels 1 and 2 you can get a good advantage on her if she doesn't
play back early on, but if the Irelia takes ignite she might try to get a quick 4 stack on the first 3 minions of the wave + you and all in SO DONT LEASH THIS MATCHUP (which is why you take dorans blade in that case). Look to sidestep her E when she casts it, if
you dodge her E that can be a very good time to force a trade. Remember when forcing an extended trade early, do your best to start
off the trade with an auto attack that way you can extend the trade with your spin to keep on top of her after she disengages. Some
Irelia's will start e or w level 1 to get minions from range but if she uses her cooldown try to position yourself forward so that if she walks in your spin range after she used her ability you can get a good trade on her. Post 6 You will win every allin as long as you start the allin with close to full fury and 90% or more hp. A good tip against Irelia is to fight her away from your minion wave, Irelia cannot
kite away from you if she doesn't have your minions to dash around. In the mid-late game splitpush you will win the 1v1's as long as
you dont get kited too hard. What I like to do sometimes against Irelia is dive them 100-0 right after they have killed my minion wave
so that they can't kite away. Her W is a 50% physical damage reduction channel but only lasts 2 seconds.
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Ivern Trolling Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Grasp If you play against an ivern top he is trolling. Or i guess they doing some cheese ivern + rengar shit, in that case its still an easy matchup just watchout for rengar camping the shit outta you
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Janna Easy Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Janna does not have enough damage to poke you out of lane. It can be hard to stick on top of janna with her knockup on her tornado
and her slow with W. She is gonna have a really hard time farming under turret though so if you can't kill her then shove her in make
her use mana to farm then kill her when she goes out of mana. Also you should watch this video when I played janna top vs a bronze
5 tryndamere on the LAN server. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oHNoJe5wzQ&t=
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Jarvan IV Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo J4 has decent short trades with his shield and passive auto every 10 seconds and has good burst but struggles heavily vs Tryndamere's sustained damage. Look for spots where you can start trades with an auto attack and extend trades with your spin.
Longer trades are better for Tryndamere in this matchup. Be sure to try and sidestep J4's e+q combo when he kites away from you,
often times if you dodge his e+ q knockup when he is trying to disengage you can stick on top of him and kill him after his dash
(especially if you have spin.) If J4 ults you and you flash away from his ult before it lands, you can actually dodge J4's ultimate
damage. In the mid-late game splitpush, if J4 goes full tank you can ignore his damage and hit turret, if he goes bruiser build you can
look to dive him 100-0 as long as you dodge his knockup from his e+q or if you have summoner spell advantage. If you don't think you
can dive J4 you can always shove him in and outrotate him with your superior mobility.
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Jax Hard Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Lethal Tempo Level 1 you want to look to make jax use counterstrike by walking up and auto attacking him, once jax has started using counterstrike STOP AUTOING HIM and make a quick move into his body then spin out to hit jax with your spin and get away from his counterstrike
all in one. From there you have a window where if jax walks up he wont have counterstrike and you can potentially ghost on him for a
huge trade and apply a ton of pressure. It is worth using ghost for a chunk of damage as tryndamere has much higher sustain. Look to
shove jax in early then allow the wave to shove back to you, at level 3 jax becomes stronger than tryndamere but only if the
tryndamere has allowed jax to stay relatively high hp. Always look to be short trading and bullying the jax early on. If you get caught
up in a bad trade, look to let the wave shove and farm under turret. If you have an advantage in EXP, try to hit 6 before jax and look to
dive him, if you can get him to waste his counterstrike before you are fully committed to the dive that is ideal. Look to kill him before he
hits level 6, if you can call for jungle to help with the dive it is the best time to get assistance. Once he starts beating (when he scales)
you focus more on shoving waves and moving from lane into potentially some roams (or jungle camp farm). Use your extra mobility to
your advantage. Late game you lose hard on the split (unless u built a massive lead), but can still match him under turret. Try to force
on the enemy team with a flank before jax gets setup on the split push.
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Jayce Hard Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Jayce can be killed level 1 if you are able to commit to an extended trade vs him (if he tries to fight you straight up make use of your extended trade power if he kites back push for level 2 . However after level 1 your kill opportunities diminish and it will become mostly
a farm matchup where you are trying to stay healthy enough to support your jungler if he decides to gank for you. Watch for when he
switches form because that basically puts 3 of his abilities on cooldown if he uses form change without trading you Tips to avoid
damage, 1. When farming under turret while he is pressuring you, you do not have to go for every single minion. If you have taken too much damage usually you do not want to go for the ranged minions because they are closer to the Jayce that is pressuring you and
Jayce can deal a lot more damage to you going for ranged minions then he can while you are hitting the melees. Post 6 when you
have a good amount of fury and hp if he overextends in the lane against you, you can run him down with your ghost + flash and win in
a single all in. Can short trade Jayce as long as you don't lose enough hp where you cant walk up and cs anymore. Every allin you
take against Jayce have your ghost up or you can get bursted and kited. In the mid-late game you will win allins vs Jayce in the 1v1
even when diving as long as you have ghost up and he doesnt have flash advantage on you, as long as you can stick on him. In the ultra late game jayce can start winning with items like GA to prevent you from full on all-inning him and he tends to one shot and kite
effectively. In this case use your mobility to outrotate him.
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Jhin Easy Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Look to build up fury without taking too much damage and you can trade with him even from level 1 with a good amount of fury/hp. Get level two first and shove in the wave so that it pushes back against you, then you can look for a level 4 all in when the wave is on
your side of the lane. Jhin is immobile but has a slight movespeed increase early with his 4th auto. Mid-late game splitting against
Jhin can be hard if he goes a build with swfities and a lot of movespeed but as long as you hit your w slow and have cdr you should
be able to stick onto him 1v1. If he calls an ally to hold the turret with him, just rotate and potentially start a 4 vs 3 fight in your favor.
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Jinx Easy Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Can look for trades even from level 1. Just look to build up fury and spin on her when she comes in range. Even if you lose out on the
trade, you have sustain and jinx doesn't. Remember that her traps will actually stop your spin, so dont try to spin through her traps. In
the mid-late game splitpush she cannot handle you 1v1 so just dive her 100-0 if she holds turret by herself.
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K'Sante Medium Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo You can make K'sante a farming matchup by not interacting or you can look to try and kill him with extended trades depending on how
comfortable you are dodging his abilities. K'sante has extremely strong poke at melee range with his constant spamming of Q which
seemingly has no mana cost (15 mana) at level one. To counter this you must play it like Yasuo/Yone Q where you look to dodge the
ableity by entering its range then stepping out quickly to bait it out of your opponent then walking up and CSing/trade etc. Also his Q
stacks up twice when it hits something and on the 3rd cast will knock you up and towards him. The travel time on that 3rd q is pretty
slow early on in the game and is very easily dodgeable just look to sidestep it. Only take extended trades vs this matchup, doing
anything else will result in a net win for K'sante. Post level 6 be careful when near K'sante's turret if you aren't in a position to dive him
as he can knock you back a very far range back into his turret (even through walls) with his 3rd q into w into ultimate combo. It is very
important if you end up looking for an allin post 6 that you have ghost up or have the means to chase him down through his high mobility post ult or you will get kited hard, so either have spin available, ghost, and or flash ready for the allin. K'sante loses a lot of armor during his ultimate but also gains a lot of extra damage and his q's strike really fast, and he gets a reset on his W and his E can
now dash over walls.
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Kai'Sa Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Kaisa has pretty good poke damage early on but she is mostly immobile besides a small speed up on her E. If she takes ignite or
something like that to cheese you early on you can farm up while trying to avoid damage until 6 and then outscale her. In the mid-late
game splitpush Kaisa can kite you with her ultimate and her dash but if you hit your w slow its over for her. If you want to play it safe ry to get a w slow before spinning in on her.
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Kalista Medium Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Kalista can stack up a lot of damage on you with her spears to burst you at once. In the early game they don't do as much damage so
if you can build up fury without taking too much damage level one, you can look for an early all in with your ghost to atleast burn her
flash and take control of the lane. If you misplay a trade though and you get behind, look to soak experience and get whatever farm
you can get. You outscale her in the 1v1 with tier two boots + Ravenous Hydra as long as you stay relatively even in gold. Just make
sure when you get your spike in items that you all in with your summoners up. In the mid-late game splitpush Kalista will have to call
an ally to match against you, so just look to push in and outrotate the two stopping you and flank their team with a man advantage. And if Kalista tries to hold the turret by herself you can just dive her.
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Karma Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Karma has really strong poke early on so try to avoid damage by dodging her q's and using the brushes top lane to avoid auto
attacks. You can take short trades into Karma if you are able to build up fury without taking too much damage and maybe her q or w
are on cooldown. Punishing cooldowns is the best way to handle a ranged matchup like karma. If she misses an ultimate Q or wastes
her shield, that could be a good time for a trade. Tryndamere will outscale Karma in the 1v1 going into the mid-late game with about
2-3 items. Make sure when you allin that you use your ghost early to stick right on top of her. When using your W slow keep in mind
that Karma will turn back to face you when she auto attacks, uses her q, or uses her w.
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Karthus Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Karthus q's are really annoying early but he is gated by his mana pool, so if you dodge enough of his q's he will eventually not have
enough mana to fight you and you can all in and win. Post 6 you can all in and dive him even 100-0 and kill him because he is such a
squishy champion with no mobility, there is a chance that his ultimate can kill you though so try to spin out and use your q and lifesteal
a against next wave if its there. A good trick against karthus to bait out his q's and dodge them is to walk up to a minion acting like you
are about to go up and auto it, then preemptively back off and dodge the q. Karthus players will usually try to use their q to hit you when you walk up for minions to try and guarantee the damage. Wave manipulation can win you lane vs a solo lane Karthus because
if you have the wave on your side of the lane, then Karthus has to overextend to farm giving you room to spin on him and run him
down. In the mid-late game Diving him can be tricky because he almost always will be able to 1 for 1 with you with his ultimate. If you want you can try to take multiple spin + 1-2 auto trades with him so that you can try to dive him without having to use your ultimate to
kill him. Or you can shove him in and rotate to flank his team with your superior mobility.
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Kassadin Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades You can heavily outsustain kassadin in short trades, and if he is on your side of the lane he has no mobility pre 6 so you can run him
down. Kassadin's trades early are fairly even with you, but you have the sustain advantage and can harass him down until hes low
enough for a straight up allin. The key to beating kassadin (mid lane) is to position the wave on your side of the lane so you have
plenty of room to run him down. Kassadin can outscale you in the very late game (when he hits 16 with 4-5 items) but he can be
heavily punished before then and held down. Basically put your team in a position to win before he hits his powerspike. If you need to
split vs kassadin late, a maw of malmortius can be a good pickup to help duel him.
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Katarina Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Katarina has a really weak level one that you can abuse, get level 2 advantage on her and look to take a good trade. Katarina does
have a solid level 2 allin with ignite that she can burst you with but you have to fall below about half hp for her to kill you. Our
sustained damage is so good and if shes not killing us in one combo then she cant beat us. A big part of this matchup is how well
katarina roams so to deny that we need to put constant pressure on her and keep the wave shoved into her turret or have appropriate
vision to scout out katarina roams if we plan to freeze on her. Mid-late game katarina has a really hard time dealing with us 1v1. The
best time for you to go after katarina is if she doesn't have a minion wave to dash to.
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Kayle Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Kayle is EXTREMELY weak in the early game but be careful level one if she is allowed to full stack her passive and takes PTA she
can actually win the allin vs you so in that case make sure you spin out and don't over commit just get the short trade and get out build
fury then go back in. She is melee until level 6 so that means she is forced to either use spells to get minions or to walk up and auto
attack. Even without much fury level one if kayle walks up and auto attacks a minion we need to position our character forward to auto
attack her when she goes for the minion and the spin on her to extend the trade. Often times we can burn her flash levels one or two. You can literally just fight her in her wave and chase her out of experience range if she takes fleet. Another big part of the matchup is when both characters hit 6, Tryndameres ult is a 120 second cooldown at level 1 however Kayle's ultimate level 1 has a 160 second cooldown. So if you ult and try to dive her or fight her and she ults and disengages. We have a 40 second window to kill her with an
ultimate advantage if we wait for our ult to come back up. If you are having trouble sticking to kayle (say she has swifties with fleet ghost+flash) you can build swifties as well to counter her movespeed slow on her q. Mid-late game splitpush Tryndamere will win, and
even when kayle hits level 16 Tryndamere still has a really good chance of winning the 1v1 especially if she is away from her turret.
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Kayn Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Kayn is weak early before his form, but that doesnt mean you should give him free damage towards his form. Kayn Q is REALLY
strong level 1 so be careful of that damage, it has 2 parts you should look to avoid atleast one part of his q dmg if you want to win the
trade. When you choose to trade with kayn, look to make it an extended trade/allin. If you let kayn take short trades with you he will
get to his form where he can fight you a lot better way more quickly. To force an extended trade, try to start off every trade with an
auto attack that way you can save your spin to stick on top of him when he slows you and q's away. Also to set up an effective all in, make sure you try to manipulate the wave so it is closer to your turret. The closer your wave is to your turret, the further the kayn has
to extend to get farm which means you will have more room to run him down.
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Kennen Medium Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Kennen is a tough matchup early game and PURE farm matchup unless they are so bad that they don't insta stun you post lvl 3 when
you spin in. Its important to try and survive early as a good kennen will instantly stun you if you spin into them even before you can get
an auto off. If Kennen has no phase rush, you can use ghost + flash to run the kennen down the lane even after he stuns you. Stuns
past the first one only last .5 seconds so you can use that window to setup an allin. Kennen has no sustain in his kit and with all the
sustain in ours we can take worse trades but still end up winning the sustain war in the end. Be careful not to trade below half hp
because he can look to burst you and take away your ultimate which takes away your kill pressure. If kennen takes phase rush do not
use your W until after his phase rush is on cooldown. Mid-late game splitpush against kennen you can beat him with 3-4 items. Still might be hard to dive him with his zhonyas but if he is just sitting under turret farming, just shove in and look to outrotate him with your
superior mobility.
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Kha Zix Easy Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Khazix has decent burst but for a solo lane khazix he is going to have a hard time trading with you while you are in a minion wave
since he does not get isolation damage. Your sustain with the setup is too much and as long as you dont let your health drop too low
he wont find opportunities to burst you. You can usually get a really big lead on a khazix in laning phase just because he typically isnt
a top lane champion and doesn't have the sustain to match you. In the mid-late game split push this is where khazix can catch you
out. Make sure you are always pushing within your minion wave and dont get caught out in rotation.
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Kindred Easy Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Kindred doesnt have enough range early to put enough pressure on you. Her damage is low and she needs time to scale. The way
you win post 6 is by forcing kindred to ult before you have to ult, that way you have 5 seconds to kill her after her ult ends. If you are
forced to ult before she ults remember that kindred's ulti lasts .25 seconds longer then the animation shows so wait just a little bit
longer before trying to burst her at the end of her ultimate. In the mid-late game Kindred wont be tanky enough to survive your all in
and will have to burn her ult before yours so you will win the 1v1.
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Kled Hard Doran's Blade Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Kled can be difficult in the early game if he lands too many q's on you to poke you down. Look to dodge his q's while you build up fury
level one and if you dodge enough you can look for trades level 1 and level 2 assuming that you get level 2 first. IMPORTANT NOTE: When Kled dismounts, he gains courage for every auto attack on a champion, he gains courage for every last hit he gets, and he gets
courage for hitting his dismounted q against you. So if you are looking to all in Kled MAKE SURE that you dismount him WITHOUT
your spin that way you can kill him immediately after the dismount. If you dismount him without having the ability to kill him
immediately that is a mistake. Kled gets a lot of hp back when he remounts after he gets to 100 courage, so if you dismount him and
cant kill him off his mount you basically just gave him at 300-400 hp potion. A strategy I employ against against against kled is that I
will look for short trades against kled and leave his mount at about 5-10% hp that way I can dismount him easily whenever I want and all in him
right after. One thing to mention about kled's w is that he cannot control when he uses it EXCEPT for the first time he levels it up. Most good kled's will not level up their w (the 4 really fast auto attacks) until they are dismounted for the first time so that they can try
to cheese a kill with the remount. So again make sure that if a kled is employing that strategy that you have enough damage to burst
him so he cant remount during the allin. After kled has leveled up their W what they will do against Tryndamere is they will use their q
and tiamat to farm so they can keep their w up and available to dash on you for an all in trade. If Kled ever uses his W on a minion,
you have a 14 second cooldown on his level 1 w to look for a solid trade. In the mid-late game you outscale Kled really hard and can
even 100-0 him under his turret once you are 4-5 items.
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Kog Maw INTeresting Doran's Shield Ghost + Flash Lethal Tempo Kogmaw is a ranged champion that can poke you down early but he is really squishy and immobile so you can kinda just run him
down and kill him over and over again. The fleet proc will give you extra movespeed to stick to him as well as the sustain to deal with
a ranged champion. An effective strategy to employ against an immobile champion like Kog'maw is to manipulate the wave so it is on
your side of the lane. Doing this will force kogmaw to overextend to get farm. In the mid-late game splitpush Kogmaw cannot deal with
you 1v1. If they send another person to help defend with him then rotate using your superior mobility to make a play elsewhere after
pushing in.
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Leblanc Hard Doran's Blade Ignite + Flash Hail of Blades Leblanc is a really good lane bully. Avoid damage using the brushes top lane as well as potentially giving up minions of gold so you
can collect more exp and sustain up with Q. Pre6 if she w's into you for a trade her W has a 18 second cooldown level 1 where you
can potentially get a good trade in. For the most part you are going to be looking to farm this lane out because she does a very good
kiting away from you. Before her first back though if she starts running out of mana because she is trying so hard to push you out of lane, then try to keep her from backing. The longer the lane goes without either of you two backing is beneficial for you since
she needs damage and mana on her first back to pressure you harder.In the mid-late game splitpush Leblanc can handle Tryndamere
in the 1v1 even while underleveled and underfarmed but with ravenous hydra we can full heal her combo unless she is super far
ahead. If you find yourself having to 1v1 against a leblanc, look to shove her in and try to outrotate her or tank her burst and heal it
back up then demolish her turret. Leblanc doesnt have the best waveclear so she might be slow to respond.
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Season 15 Builds
- Season 15 Builds and core items illustrated. See the screenshots for reference:
!Season 15 Builds – Core Items
- Core Build (sell boots for yuumi after last item):
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| --- | --- |
| Doran's Blade | 450
| Berserker's Greaves | 1100
| Hydra | 3100
| Titanic Hydra | 3600
- Notes: The page demonstrates a typical Tryndamere season 15 path with Ravenous Hydra and situational boots.
Season 15 Runes
Season 15 Runes Hail of Blades and Lethal Tempo Setups
!Season 15 Runes – Hail of Blades and Lethal Tempo Setups;
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Season 15 Runes Hail of Blades Setup
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