General
- Tryndamere holds his sword in a similar fashion Pyramid Head from Silent Hill holds his knife.
- Tryndamere's dance references the Hopak, the traditional Cossack dance.
- His pre-V1.0.0.122 dance references Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC.
- Tryndamere was the first champion with 100 points in Attack Rating.
- With
Spinning Slash, Tryndamere is one of the only four champions in the game to have a single damaging ability, the other being 
Zilean with 
Time Bomb, reworked Taric with Dazzle and Bard with Cosmic Binding.
- Master Yi and reworked Shen may also count with Alpha Strike and Shadow Dash because Wuju Style and Twilight Assault are on-hit damaging abilities, not normal damaging abilities.
Lore
- Tryndamere's sword was passed down from his father, whom in turn received it from his father before him, and so on. Tryndamere said his father's words of wisdom were "master using it and you can have this" - a quote from the original Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1987.
- Tryndamere draws many parallels with Conan the Barbarian.
- His previous story appears to have been based on the opening sequence of the eponymous 1982 movie, in which Conan's entire village is slaughtered and he swears revenge upon those responsible.
- In the original stories Conan is said to hail from a nomadic people residing in Cimmeria, a northern region in his world, whereas Tryndamere comes from Northern Freljord.
- Conan is said to have "become a king by his own hand" in the 1982 movie. Tryndamere became "The Barbarian King" by uniting all the peoples of his homeland under his leadership, all thanks to his friendships with most of the Barbarian leaders.
- Historical inspiration might be Mongol military leader Temüjin. Temüjin's father was assassinated by the rival Tatars & his clan abandoned by erstwhile allies. Temüjin endured childhood hardship, enslavement, and early military defeats; yet against all odds, he later subdued and united various warring Mongolic tribes, ultimately founding the Mongol Empire as Genghis Khan.
Development
- Tryndamere is voiced by Brian Sommer.
- His Demonblade skin lines, pre-rework Warwick and Willump are also voiced by the same voice actor.
- His
- Tryndamere was designed by Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak.
- Tryndamere was named after Riot Games Inc. CEO Marc 'Tryndamere' Merrill's EverQuest character. "Tryndamere" is also Merrill's forum and summoner name.
- The in-game announcer heard that Tryndamere "was made directly from a picture of Marc Merrill wearing a kilt, and nothing else..."
- During development he was simply called DarkChampion, which then turned into his title "The Dark Champion" but he has been called "The Barbarian King" ever since the second official trailer.
Quotes
- Tryndamere's quote "I am your worst nightmare!" is a popular trope in films, videogames, literature, music, and television.
- It may also be a Riot inside joke (i.e. Marc Merrill is his employees' worst nightmare).
Skins
- The Fortress of the Iceborn can be seen in the background.
- This skin represents the potential aftermath of the Freljord Civil War in which the Avarosan win and unite the tribes, with Tryndamere becoming the king and Ashe the queen.
- This also represents his appearance in his old lore.
- He shares this theme with:
- This skin is a reference to the Highlander franchise.
- "Highland" is also an old term referring to people from the Scottish Highlands. So, the skin may rather be a reference to the old Scottish warrior garb than to the previously mentioned franchise.
- Attendees of the Season One Championship at Dreamhack qualified for a code to unlock Viking Tryndamere. This skin later became available on 24 June 2011 for 975 RP.
- This skin is an allusion to Aatrox's quote "Tryndamere, my greatest creation" while also being evocative of the Darkin himself.
- His trailer can be seen here
- This skin is possibly a reference to Nightmare from the Soul Calibur series.
- This skin also resembles Haru Glory from the Rave Master series. One of Haru's swords claims the wielder's soul in exchange for greatly increased strength. During the process, the sword will fuse to the wielder's arm.
- Tryndamere was the first champion to have a non-comical Legendary skin voice-over.
- He was released in celebration of the Turkish Server's launch.
- His clothing and the scene depicted in the splash art make him resemble an Ottoman sultan, specifically Mehmed the Conqueror.
- His splash art evokes the Fall of Constantinople.
- The Turkish client has a unique voiceover by actor Cihan Ünal.
- He shares this theme with:
- Representing the path of power, he was released in celebration of Lunar Revel 2014 (Year of the Horse) along with:
- Lunar Goddess Diana
- She represented the path of truth.
- She represented the
- Dragonblade Riven
- She represented the path of freedom.
- She represented the
- He references a famous historical Chinese general Guan Yu from the late Eastern Han era, whose military exploits Luo Guanzhong depicted prominently in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
- Coincidentally, Guan Yu is a playable character in the MOBA Smite, together with the original Sun Wukong. Both also feature in Koei's Dynasty Warriors series.
- In this skin, Tryndamere's sword-blade resembles that of the Azure Dragon Crescent Glaive, anachronistically associated with Guan Yu, despite that the weapon is a polearm and originates hardly before the Song dynasty in reality.
- He shares this theme with:
- The skin was initially thought to be that of a Dreadknight Tryndamere, but then turned into Nightmare.
- This skin is a reference to Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill franchise.
- He shares this theme with:
- This skin is a reference to the Monster Hunter franchise.
- He shares this theme with:
Relations
- Ashe and Tryndamere's are Bloodsworn, a political marriage, but the two eventually developed genuine affection for one another. Tryndamere originally married Ashe in exchange for the protection of his remaining tribe after Aatrox's massacre.
- All of this is, in turn, an inside reference at Riot. The name of Riot's CEO and co-founder Marc 'Tryndamere' Merrill's wife is Ashley.
- Tryndamere's nemesis is Aatrox, who is the main reason why most of Tryndamere's tribe got destroyed.
- He is hostile towards the Winter's Claw, who disdainfully lumped him into the Avarosa's "decadent lifestyle" even though Tryndamere actually originated from another hardy nomadic tribe, much like Sejuani.
