why is no one playing trundle?

SantanaTheSlick ·Jun 25, 2015·4 votes·1,129 views

this guy is unkillable late game. sherds threw towers like it isnt shit and can dual anyone late game.

21 Comments

MerxamersJun 25, 20157 votes

He's easily kited and Kalista exists. He has a fine kit, but also has no personality as a champ and his rework removed all charm he once had, and the kit isn't exciting enough to make up for it.

RueianJun 25, 20156 votes

He is just outclassed right now and people dont want to play things that arn't top of the top. He is one of my go to junglers still along with Skarner

ErockandrollJun 25, 20155 votes

not enough tank stats to steal.

Lost RJun 25, 20151 votes

Pretty much exactly this. As I've said before, his ult's only as good as the tankiest enemy champion, and in this ultra-killfast assassin meta, that's a rarity. Otherwise, his ult's pretty useless for its intended purpose, which is to steal the enemy's health and endurance and pummel them back to the stone age. Kites are an easy thing to remedy (you know, if someone on the rest of the team actually has crowd control), but you can't remedy something the enemy team simply doesn't have.

NemeBroJun 25, 20151 votes

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Pretty much exactly this. As I've said before, his ult's only as good as the tankiest enemy champion, and in this ultra-killfast assassin meta, that's a rarity. Otherwise, his ult's pretty useless for its intended purpose, which is to steal the enemy's health and endurance and pummel them back to the stone age. Kites are an easy thing to remedy (you know, if someone on the rest of the team actually has crowd control), but you can't remedy something the enemy team simply doesn't have.

Leona is the sixth most played champion in the game, more than any assassin. There's a tank in almost every game. Also, most would say the assassin meta is over. Most would say we are in a tank meta right now.

Lost RJun 25, 20151 votes

In my experience (call it anecdotal), I'm usually the only one who dares to be a tank. Most everyone else wants to be an all-in, all damage champion, if not an assassin outright.

TacB VIPEREYEDec 4, 20151 votes

Which is great because tanks are boring as fuck, and most tanks aren't even tanks they are tanky assassins. Tanks shouldnt be chunking you for 60% of your HP or straight out destroying you.

TacB VIPEREYEDec 4, 20151 votes

I know this post was 5th months ago but what meta have you been playing? As far as i'm concerned the META is this

-Pick tanks -Win -GG

darkdillJun 25, 20153 votes

Trundle is very specialized, so you're more likely to see him in Draft Mode than in Blind Pick. But to make it more clear, here are some pros and cons for Trundle.

#Pros

Powerful duelist.
Tough to kill.
Strong against most tanks.
Good against AD casters.
Excellent sustain.
Good jungle control.

#Cons

Poor mobility.
Easily kited.
Can't deal with multiple threats at once.
Not good at pushing.
Can't do much outside melee range.
Poor crowd control capability.
Can be easily peeled.

Essentially, you want Trundle in compositions where there are 2 or more enemy tanks, but not against highly mobile compositions with good disengage. For instance, if the enemy Support is Leona, Trundle is good; if the enemy Support is Janna, Trundle is a terrible choice.

FuryofThornsRedoJun 25, 20151 votes

Trundle is not as attractively adorable as Gnar !

Also, might be because many people have decided to Trundle along outside, and Trundle skip drag the leg skip practice to help own champion empathy as configuring Trundle time travel concludes.

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Hasztalan2Jun 25, 20151 votes

Dude don't let the bs what others write disturb you.

Trundle is good, he is strong, he is viable even in competitive.

The reason why you don't see him picked 24/7 is 1 simple thing: he is boring as f*ck to play.

jrfire4512Jun 25, 20151 votes

i personally like trundle and i ahve mastered him he is really strong and does a lot of damage and his recent change to the knock back on his e and the newest change on his ult he is very well and throws people off cause no one really plays him

D1rtFarmerJun 26, 20151 votes

trundles beast mode... ur missing hydra in his build...i think it serves his purpose better than the mallet

SantanaTheSlick Jun 26, 20151 votes

so swich blade ruined king for hydra

D1rtFarmerJun 26, 20151 votes

^yup

Lauricella3Jun 26, 20151 votes

I liked playing him, landing a wall snare with e is so op, but really there are better choices unfortunatly

DracidJun 26, 20151 votes

he's good if there only 1 tank on the enemy team. if they have 2 or 3 though, his value diminishes quickly

StrawberrycocoaJun 26, 20151 votes

Key word is "late game". If he doesn't get fed and snowball, or if the game isn't delayed long enough for him to farm, late game scalers don't provide a lot to a team. Plus his kit isn't "flashy", so he gets overlooked.

DracidJun 26, 20151 votes

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Key word is "late game". If he doesn't get fed and snowball, or if the game isn't delayed long enough for him to farm, late game scalers don't provide a lot to a team. Plus his kit isn't "flashy", so he gets overlooked.

I wouldn't even say he is a lategame champ, more midgame. Usually a trundles only offensive item is Botrk. By mid game if you are ahead with that and a defensive item or two you can wreck. by late game youre mostly just there to ult a tank

TalllDec 4, 20151 votes

Trundle is picked to counter tanks; adc's were updated recently and most of them shit all over tanks with their updates + all the armor pen items. Tanks are not being picked, so trundle is not being picked.

NemeBroDec 4, 20151 votes

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Trundle is picked to counter tanks; adc's were updated recently and most of them shit all over tanks with their updates + all the armor pen items. Tanks are not being picked, so trundle is not being picked.

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?roleSort=Top&sortBy=general.playPercent&order=descend

Well would you look at that. Top five picks consist of a heavy bruiser, a somewhat less heavy bruiser, a juggernaut, and a full tank. Just below that is Mundo, who also builds full tank.

Tanks and heavy bruisers are doing great right now. The new Last Whisper is objectively worse than the old one when used on anyone who isn't stacking an absurd amount of bonus armour.