Why Tryndamere's so bad in ARAM

MasonNasty·11/24/2016, 4:14:59 AM·2 votes·3,166 views

So I've played it, you've played it, we've all probably played Tryndamere in ARAM and reached the same conclusion. He's only good if fed a handful of kills. Otherwise, he falls off due to how squishy he is and the nature ARAM is played. At first I thought it was his movement speed, so I tried different builds to compensate it.

But then it dawned upon me. As I was reading a forum, I realized Tryndamere isn't just slow, he also has a very short melee range. In fact, when compared to Xin Zhao, Wukong, and Jarvan's melee range of 175, it doesn't make any sense for his range to be 125 when his sword is so huge he literally drags it on the ground whenever he moves. I mean come on, Amumu has the same 125 range.

Then I thought back to all the ARAMs where I was < a millimeter away during a chase, but couldn't swing. At first I thought it was because I was always being slowed, stunned, kicked across lane, and then slowed again. But then I realized it was not only that most champs now have a TON of CC, but also even with my abilities and the items I build to counter that CC, Tryn's blade still doesn't reach sometimes. And this happens a hell of a lot more often than not in ARAM.

My point is that, if my basic attacks didn't have the same range as a bare-handed mummy like Amumu, then maybe the ADC wouldn't always taunt me saying "maybe one day Tryn" while we play tag.

Does anyone see anything wrong with my suggestion? Critique or ideas? Anything is welcome

Original forum: http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3310964

11 Comments

xWaters11/24/2016, 7:09:37 AM2 votes

He's bad cause there's not another lane for him to go take towers

Eedat11/24/2016, 4:18:34 AM1 votes

Actually Trynd is only the 10th worst champ on ARAM.

http://na.op.gg/statistics/champion/

Also, no champion should ever be balanced around ARAM

Aptest11/24/2016, 4:19:02 AM1 votes

The same, but also he should lose 5 base MS.

MLDzXnRRR11/24/2016, 4:23:16 AM1 votes

He would be still bad. He is also bad on Dominion/Ascension/ and pretty bad on SR vs people who stack armor/don't feed/play champions with CC. He lacks spammable abilities, good utility, he is completely AA dependant and can fight only when the ult is up. Yi is just better most of the time.

LadyRenly11/24/2016, 4:29:42 AM1 votes

I actually like it. Him and Xin are decent.

It's about playing smart before level 6 and knowing your limits, and playing within them.

UsiTsukino11/24/2016, 4:31:59 AM1 votes

Tryndaaaa <3

Zane Zephyr11/24/2016, 5:44:46 AM1 votes

Melee, no hard cc, no poke, no real disengage, squishy, isn't great at teamfighting and aram is literally a giant ongoing teamfight

MasonNasty11/24/2016, 7:11:15 AM1 votes

Well based upon everything everyone said, it sounds to me like he needs a general rework. His biggest problem is not so much how squishy he is, but moreso how he lacks sustain.

Fighter tanks now outmatch him because tanky, sustain items are within their builds Tryn has to build as squishy as an ADC, but with no range, gap close, or sustain (other than his ult). Most of his sustain is lifesteal and lifestealing bits of health back is useless if you have no resistances or total health.

He can get in and out ...once Or more commonly, go in, get cc'd, and die. Since you can't sit around waiting for your ult when your team needs you

Hrd2H1t11/24/2016, 4:17:44 AM1 votes

IDK why but i get Tryndamere as my champ in like 50% of my ARAM games even though I own lots of champions

Poorly Dressed11/24/2016, 7:46:12 AM1 votes

I feel you. There are champions that you can't just make work in ARAM on a consistent basis. Tryndamere is one of them. Mainly because the mode (check the winrates) is heavily in favour of magic damage poke champions and supporty champions that shouldn't get gold and xp for free (Sona, Karma, Janna, ... ) in the first place. As Tryndamere you can't do anything pre level 6 except getting a few kills from people that are super low. If you go tanky enough to withstand the initial poke while walking up you will do no damage to kill anyone while ketting kited and cc'ed into oblivion. Riot has shown no interest in tuning down all the poke, so either go with the mob and get an ARAM account only or live with the frustration. [zombie-nunu-bummed]