Why I think Trundle top lane is a great pick compared to jungle.

Asudurga··2 votes·779 views

I'll get right into it with pros and cons, let me know if you agree or not in the comments with what you think.

Pros

  • His Q helps you duel AD users amazingly

  • W offers sustain as well as a good attack speed and movement speed buff

  • E is a terrain creation tool with a slow, sets up ganks and prevents escapes effectively. Also nice for making your lane buddy waste a flash

  • His ult makes enemy tanks virtually useless, for example if you're in a teamfight pop it on a Rammus and don't let them get away while they have as much chance of surviving as the enemy adc

  • Grasp of the Undying is amazing on him

  • Lovely base stats make him an early to mid game monster for certain matchups

  • Shreds towers, even with his Q nerfed to not affect towers, so he is an amazing split-pusher

  • item 3124

Cons

  • Mana reliant, his Q is spammable so mana consumption is an issue

  • Auto attack reliant, Teemo makes it harder for him to snowball

  • Semi-snowball reliant

  • Needs items to get to a decent late game

  • Needs to be up close and personal to deal damage, so he can be kited

  • CC is one of your worst enemies

14 Comments

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

Trundle has obnoxious sustain and is effectively impossible to beat in an all-in as a melee champion. There probably isn't a single champion in the game that can stat-check a post-six Trundle in lane. But he'll stat-check you, by stealing your stats.

Jbels1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Memeglaive Garen,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=H0YbZgg2,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-03-28T16:54:29.578+0000)

Trundle has obnoxious sustain and is effectively impossible to beat in an all-in as a melee champion. There probably isn't a single champion in the game that can stat-check a post-six Trundle in lane. But he'll stat-check you, by stealing your stats.

Morde?

Asudurga1 votes

Mordekaiser is alright as an AP bruiser, but Trundle can shred through his shield and into his health.

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

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Morde?

Maybe, since Mordekaiser's ult sort of cancels the healing on Trundle's out, but I doubt it. Trundle's Q actually does lower the damage on two of Morde's abilities since they do have AD scaling, and Trundle's R will still make him tankier against Mordekaiser's damage. Furthermore, Morde's base stats are overall much worse than Trundle's.

That said, I've played against top lane Mordekaiser like twice since his rework, so I'm not 100% sure. I might see who wins an all-in 1v1 man fight at level six with a friend of mine when he's on.

Asudurga1 votes

Make sure it's with 0 items, masteries and runes to make it fair, so we get a better idea from their base stats alone.

Spicy Rice1 votes

Jax can, but he has to time his ult properly

Rustling Bush1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Memeglaive Garen,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=H0YbZgg2,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-03-28T16:54:29.578+0000)

Trundle has obnoxious sustain and is effectively impossible to beat in an all-in as a melee champion. There probably isn't a single champion in the game that can stat-check a post-six Trundle in lane. But he'll stat-check you, by stealing your stats.

if trundle was a human... i have a feeling he would be black... and have alot more mobility, i mean just look at how mobile Lucian and Ekko are

Asudurga2 votes

That's because they get 1 movespeed for every officer style skin the enemy has.

Rustling Bush1 votes

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That's because they get 1 movespeed for every officer style skin the enemy has.

wait seriously?

coeurloyal1 votes

Lol no. But seriously, where the heck did this come from? Black Trundle?

Rustling Bush1 votes

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Lol no. But seriously, where the heck did this come from? Black Trundle?

because he can steal stats and has a movement steroid, ekko steals time and lucians steals bikes so it only makes sense

coeurloyal1 votes

Ahh gotcha. I would try to be offended, but I'm not black and therefore find it funny. Yay for morals.

Asudurga1 votes

Nope, just a joke people made because Ekko's a vandal according to Cait and Vi.

coeurloyal1 votes

I'm pretty sure Trundle jg is the least optimal position for him in the current meta. Most of the time he's either picked top or support.

That being said, Gnar and Irelia can both give him a pretty bad day. Gnar gets %hp on a low cd with good all-in potential, and he'll kite you for days if you try to engage with Trundle. Irelia just has her own sustain, BoRK, and lots of ways to deal with your CC and ult effects. She's also a huge stat-check wall that negates a lot of the late game advantages that a Trundle provides.

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