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Skill usage
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King's Tribute allows
Trundle to jungle effectively as well as keep a sustained presence in lane.
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King's Tribute has a range of 1000 and allows
Trundle to heal from enemy minion waves as they die even if you can't last-hit them.
- The heal from
King's Tribute also helps in a team fight. As enemies around
Trundle die, he is healed. Although the heal per enemy is not that much, it does stack up nicely.
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Chomp resets the attack timer. Learn to bite right after you attack for a double hit. Remember that it also has a slight range and can be used to lunge towards an enemy if they are outside of his autoattack range.
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Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers. When facing multiple melee enemies you may want to bite each one every 8 seconds to keep the AD debuff active.
- It can also be used to pop the opposing tank's
Banshee's Veil before using your
Subjugate.
- Early game,
Trundle can easily outdamage DPS champions in terms of attack damage with his
Chomp.
- It can also be used to pop the opposing tank's
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Trundle excels at fighting within his
Frozen Domain . Try to draw enemies onto it.
- If you are having trouble escaping or chasing champions,
Frozen Domain gives you bonus movement speed so you can drop it out in front to help chase fleeing enemies or speed your escape.
- Since
Frozen Domain has a wide radius and fairly short cooldown, you can use the movement speed it grants to move quickly from pack to pack in the jungle by dropping it in the proper location.
- Spamming
Frozen Domain will allow you to reach your destination much faster but know that
Trundle has a very limited mana pool and spamming will surely deplete it.
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Frozen Domain should always be used when attacking a tower for the attack speed increase. Place it so that most of the affected area is behind you so that you can quickly run away from an approaching champion.
- If you are having trouble escaping or chasing champions,
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Trundle's
Pillar of Ice is his signature strength and has many various uses.
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Pillar of Ice may not be big enough to block off a lane or a passage in the jungle, but if used effectively, a
Trundle can make other champions have to walk around it in order to get to you, giving
Trundle time to escape or to chase.
- A good tactic to keep people on
Frozen Domain is to plant a
Pillar of Ice on the escaping champion which will then push them backwards if placed correctly, allowing
Trundle to get in range to attack.
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Pillar of Ice can move any player if placed close to him. It can now cancel any channeling spell that requires to stand still like
Nether Grasp,
Infinite Duress,
Death Lotus or even
Recall.
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Pillar of Ice has a large sight radius and is very effective to check the brush and slow any potential sneaky gankers.
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Pillar of Ice can be used defensively or offensively near towers. Defensively, underneath your own tower, place the pillar slightly away from your tower when it is being attacked. The enemy will have to brave the slow, a
Chomp, and possible tower shot (if they retaliate), just to hit your tower. Offensively, underneath an enemy tower, place the pillar next to their tower when attacking it and they will have trouble chasing you away without being slowed. Be careful when using this under an enemy tower, because it draws turret aggro when an enemy champion touches it.
- Dropping
Trundle's
Pillar of Ice to separate the enemy team offers some of the best counter initiation as well as initiation in the game. If you find an enemy out of position, a well placed
Pillar of Ice can block off his or her escape, if somehow that enemy doesn't have Flash, as well as keeping enemy reinforcements from entering the battle. Understanding when to use
Pillar of Ice for either purpose is important, as once it's gone, it's gone forever.
Pillar of Ice can also save a teammate from focus by preventing enemies from crossing the terrain or once an enemy has initiated on a teammate,
Pillar of Ice can block reinforcements from entering battle for a while, giving your team a little 5 on 1 quiet time with the initiator alone. Combining this tactic with
Trundle's
Subjugate can quickly dispatch an enemy, making the team fight effectively a 5 v 4.
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- Because enemies usually haven't built much armor or magic resistance early in the game,
Trundle's
Subjugate does not offer him much survivability. Its main use early is for the magic damage, the additional health, and for lowering the enemy's resistances to make
Trundle hurt a little more (and
Trundle's teammates if they attack the correct enemy).
- Use
Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank for your own survivability or to create a target for your team to focus fire. Sometimes, it may be better to
Subjugate a squishy target as once they die,
Trundle will be healed by
King's Tribute.
- When a early team fight breaks out, use
Subjugate on the squishiest targets, like whomever is doing more damage between the ranged attack damage carry or ability power carry.
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Trundle's
Subjugate enables him to effectively become a tanky DPS even without building many tank items. This combined with inherent CC reduction makes for a DPS champion that is difficult to disable.
Build usage
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Although
Trundle has an exceptional early game, he does not scale well. Beginning around mid and into late game,
Trundle becomes very item dependent to increase his survivability and damage. Building good and cost effective items are important for him.
Damage
- An early
Wriggle's Lantern helps
Trundle whether in lane or the jungle. The minion damage proc helps his farming, the life steal gives him even more sustain with
King's Tribute, and the armor strengthens his anti-AD role with
Chomp as well as alleviating his armor scaling problem.
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Blade of the Ruined King is preferred over
The Bloodthirster; Trundle becomes an effective anti-tank in conjunction with
Subjugate and TBT is not very consistent as its item efficiency depends on maintaining stacks.
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Youmuu's Ghostblade is good for
Trundle as it gives a lot of stats that will help him perform well. Cooldown reduction is good because
Trundle is only as good as his buffs and debuffs last and helps him keep them up. Attack damage, critical strike, and armor penetration help him do more physical damage and furthermore, armor penetration helps even more combined with
Subjugate. The active will increase his attack speed and damage per second.
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Trinity Force is crucial to
Trundle as it enhances every aspect of gameplay that makes
Trundle good.
- A
Zeal gives him a movement speed buff in addition to his
Frozen Domain.
- The
Phage gives him a movement speed slow that synergizes with his
Pillar of Ice and helps keep enemies on his
Frozen Domain.
Chomp works especially well with
Sheen and
Trinity Force as it will both activate and consume the proc to deal increased damage. This can allow
Trundle to last hit minions more effectively and take down targets easily.
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Cooldown Reduction
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Frozen Heart is a great cooldown reduction item that helps
Trundle's armor scaling problem when you are fighting an enemy team generally AD.
- Consider purchasing a
Zeke's Herald as a tanky DPS. Although it's mainly an item for cooldown reduction on
Trundle, the other stats are also useful, health for survivability and a helpful life steal and attack damage aura.
Spirit Visage works very well in conjunction with
Frozen Domain, because they increase your self-healing of
King's Tribute and
Subjugate aditionaly giving cooldown reduction, health and magic resist when you are fighting an enemy team generally AP. However, this is still a good option regardless of the enemy team.
- Although
Shurelya's Reverie doesn't offer a lot of stats that
Trundle desires, it is a good choice because
Philosopher's Stone is one of its components. An early
Philosopher's Stone can help
Trundle's early mana issues while the health regeneration stacks with his
King's Tribute's healing for great sustain.
Health
- Purchasing an early
Aegis of the Legion provides some durability and resistances and helps the team. It can be later upgraded into a
Runic Bulwark.
- A
Frozen Mallet is a good option for health. A
Phage or
Frozen Mallet is useful for
Trundle as it keeps the enemy on the AoE of
Frozen Domain.
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Randuin's Omen can serve as
Trundle's primary armor item. The movement speed slow keeps anyone that chooses to fight
Trundle on his
Frozen Domain area of effect and helps
Trundle avoid being kited, the attack speed slow and
Chomp helps them do less damage, and the active, especially when paired with
Subjugate for a longer duration, can be devastating for enemies in a team fight.
Jungling
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- It should be noted however that
Trundle is very much reliant on specific jungling masteries and runes in order to support that style of play. Jungle should only be taken if conditions are favorable.
- Starting items:
Hunter's Machete,
Health Potion x5.
- Skill progression:
Chomp →
Frozen Domain →
Pillar of Ice
- Recommended Runes: Armor Penetration Marks, Armor Seals, Personal Preference Glyphs, Attack Damage Quintessences
- Jungling order: Wolves → Blue Golem (Smite) → Wraiths → Wolves → Red Lizard (Smite) → Golems → Gank*
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Trundle's strengths in the jungle are his sustain with
King's Tribute and his ability to invade the enemy jungle as he can duel most AD champions favorably with his
Chomp and he easily escape with
Frozen Domain and
Pillar of Ice.
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Trundle is pretty mana dependent and will need either
Crest of the Ancient Golem or
Mana Potions for a second jungle clear.
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Trundle can gank at level 2 (really just showing his face to make them waste
Flash) but he needs all of his abilities (
Frozen Domain and
Pillar of Ice are critical so level 3 at the earliest) in order to gank effectively so he is pretty much stuck in his jungle route, no shortcuts should be taken.
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Trundle is able to solo
Dragon as early as level 6 with a
Vampiric Scepter and a few
Health Potions. Care must be taken, as
Frozen Domain is favorable to help kill
Dragon but may also alert enemies to your presence. Some mana regeneration like
Mana Potions or
Crest of the Ancient Golem and damage over time from
Blessing of the Lizard Elder is also advisable.
Recommended builds
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| The Howling Abyss recommended items | |||||
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| The Crystal Scar recommended items | |||||
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| The Twisted Treeline recommended items | |||||
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Runes and Masteries
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Trundle can use either defensive masteries (9/21/0) or offensive masteries (21/9/0), depending on player's personal preference.
- General Runes: Attack Damage/Armor Penetration Marks and Quintessences, Armor Seals, Magic Resist Glyphs
- Jungling Runes: 6 Armor Penetration Marks (9.96 Armor Penetration), 3 Attack Damage Marks (2.85 Attack Damage), 9 Armor Seals (12.69 Armor), 9 Choice Glyphs, 3 Attack Damage Quintessences (6.75 Attack Damage)
Countering
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- Avoid battling
Trundle near minions. If a minion is killed,
Trundle will regain health due to his
King's Tribute. This can sometimes turn a battle to his favor. Be aware that he has exceptional health regeneration along with his
King's Tribute to easily sustain himself and recover from most harass in a laning situation.
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Trundle excels at fighting inside his
Frozen Domain AoE. Moving away from the spell's AoE can help you 1v1 him.
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Pillar of Ice can block your way of escape and slow your movement speed. Therefore, it is best to avoid the spell's AoE or use
Flash to quickly go over it.
- Top laners with ranged capacity (such as
Jayce or
Kayle) will have good effect against Trundle if he attempts to push or attack.
- Avoid a head-on fight with
Trundle early-game in most cases. His early-game damage is high, and his
Chomp can reduce your own ability to retaliate. Try to focus on ranged harass and wearing him down as
Trundle has fewer options to retaliate than he would against melee attackers.
- If
Trundle uses his
Subjugate on you, it is best to avoid him and wait until the debuff is over because
Subjugate can melt even the toughest tank, or allow
Trundle to dive into your team and survive strictly attacking your squishy damage-dealers with the rest of his team helping him even with your best attempts to focus him down. As it is a large part of
Trundle's durability which is necessary for him functioning in teamfights, using escapes to avoid letting him take advantage of
Subjugate's bonuses can leave him much more vulnerable while it is cooling down.
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