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Suggestions for some Tryndamere changes from someone who hates playing against Tryndamere

John Berserk·8/9/2015, 1:51:52 PM·1 votes·694 views

I know these sorts of threads are usually made by "mains" of the champion in question. This thread though will be one made by someone from the other side, from someone who hates playing against them.

Tryndamere is not my MOST hate-to-play-against-them champ (that would be Yorick), but he's up there. What exactly do I hate about playing against him?

  • His crit chance is always absurdly high, needing only 2 items to become a monster that only gets more terrifying late game.
  • His ult allows him to live much longer than someone dealing the amount of damage he does should be allowed to.

If I were to change anything on Tryndamere to make him not so bad to play against, I would remove the crit chance gain from his passive and replace it with bonus physical damage on his auto attacks (remove the bonus AD passive from his Q also, and remove the cdr effect on crits from his E) equal to some percentage of his current Fury, and make it so he can only ult when he has maximum Fury, similar to Shyvana. This requirement for his ult gives him a visible window of power similar to Ryze's new passive, something that has to be built up, and makes him someone you do NOT want to get into a prolonged fight with.

As someone who does NOT play Tryndamere, I am not all too familiar with his downsides. That makes it a little difficult to suggest some compensations for what are effectively nerfs. Maybe he should get some stat buffs, or some additional (less toxic) effects on his abilities. Perhaps he can get some bonus attack speed based on his Fury, or movement speed, or maybe health regen.

Overall, I think Tryndamere should have his Fury mechanic played up a bit more, making him someone who should be strongest in prolonged fights. I would like to read what others think though, both Trynd players and haters alike.

11 Comments

Cosmosaurus8/9/2015, 2:02:21 PM3 votes

let's just ignore the fact he lowers everyone's AD in a 5 mile radius with the click of a button

Posui Gart8/9/2015, 2:07:45 PM3 votes

How about you actually try to play him for like 5-10 games. He is only strong in 1x1, and he needs early kills to snowball(and even if he snowballs, a bit of CC and kiting counter him hard) Your suggestion is a nerf, no, a NERF, and it will take Trynda lower than Kassadin tier, maybe to the AP Mid Zilean tier. Why:

  1. He can only win trades at top thanks to his crits, and even with them he is easily countered by something like Malphite. Your suggestion removes his only lane winning potential
  2. His ult is what allows him to be useful late game, because if he doesn't build full tank-he does no damage, he isn't Shyvana or Irelia. And it is weaker than Kayle's ult, that makes ANY TARGET INVULNERABLE. With your suggestion he HAS TO build some tanky items so he isn't killed until he gets his 100 Fury. And with that he can't deal damage(unless you really overbuff his AD/AS to the point)
LaughingMan118/9/2015, 4:07:41 PM1 votes

All they gotta do to Trynd is instead of making him flat out unkillable with his ulti, just give him some odd like 85% - 90% damage reduction while his ulti is active, accomplishes roughly the same thing, while at the same time hes still beatable.