On multiple occasions I see this guy tanking entire teams with ease and sometimes getting a kill or two and still coming out alive.
I'm not calling him op im just curious as to why this guy is never picked up. He always rolls through teams
too easily kited, not very flashy as far as his kit goes so i dont think many people enjoy playing him
Could be in part to how his kit as a stat-drainer is kind of hard to get across visually, so people don't appreciate that power.
Granted, his abilities definately show that "TRUNDLE IS BEING BUFFED" (Glowing club after Q, red-aura in Frozen Domain, bigger when he's used his ult), I think only his ultimate shows any sort of Debuff visual to it (The energy coming out of the ulted enemy and onto Trundle).
Also, I don't think his passive has any sort of visual indicator at all, so if you didn't know much about the champion, you might just think he has a above-average HP/5, and no passive.
And while I strangely find him fun to play, I can see why most people don't play him: besides his Pillar, he doesn't really have any way to out-play someone (And even then I'd hesitate to calling his pillar an 'outplay'): He pretty much just out-stats his enemies, is how I would describe it.
EDIT: And like others have mentioned, he can still be kited, since most of his damage comes from being in your face (He has his ult and BoRK, but I don't think you're often going to use those to secure a kill, but rather use it to start the fight.)
His buffed W, combined with multiple dead minions around, could make him seriously tanky at some point. Problem is that he is really easy to get kited, since all of his damage heavily comes from juz his AA.
Trundle's a great duelist but doesn't offer much team fight potential.
