I definitely agree with your ideas for why Tryndamere is not played. He's a really hard champion to play, despite how simple and plain his kit is, which makes him not very popular. Thanks for the shoutout! I'm doing my best to correct Tryndamere not being played much by offering a fun playstyle that works well enough to even be challenger with it.

One of the highest base damage in the game, has ridiculous sustain, dashes that can go over walls, can debuff enemies and an ult that prevents him from dying. What can possibly go wrong with this character? Well.... everything else.

This series is starting to become as consistent as Riot's lux skin releases.

Vars: To win with Trynda you have to be very patient Tryndamere: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

It would be great to see a series called "Why everyone hates", in which we see why some champions are really disliked in the community like Yuumi, Irelia, Yuumi...

Using this video as podcast while im going to play Tryndamere

I'm surprised Trynda's in this series. After all, with a press of a button, he can become- *title screen plays and blood splatters*

Gotta love the effort that Riot made when animating the two frames of his autoattack-animation

I just play Tryn to ensure that Top and Mid towers never exist.

Split pushing bot and pulling 3 people to stop it, killing all of them while my team loses a 4v2 at Baron. Ah... yes... the Tryndamere experience.

A friend of mine once said that playing Trynd was like playing single player in a multiplayer game. It can be rewarding, but it also creates bad habits and when you lose you'll be firmly reminded that this is a multiplayer game first.

6:00 There’s actually another one, and you’ve made a video on him: Yorick

It doesn't matter how much you apologize, we tryndamere mains are ALWAYS ANGRY

Another good thing about his W which also helps with splitpushing is that it locates nearby champions since you can't use it if no enemies are in range. With this you always know if some1 is waiting for you in a bush or is just around a corner

The reason is simple his usefulness is tied to his ult; once his ult is on cooldown then he's pretty much useless against anything with even a single ranged ability

"Considering most slows are 1-2 Seconds, 4 Seconds is a really long time" *Laughs in Nasus W*

Man this channel is my go-to for some relaxing after school or during studying. Ur voice is nice and the content is amazing :)

Before I watch the video, as a Tryndamere main: - He is widely hated as a character, for his high damage and 1v1/2 power but inability to teamfight, and having the best ultimate in the goddamn game - The most extreme example of a superultimate champion, he has an OP ultimate, an ok E that is only saved by its ridiculously low cooldown if you can crit, a meh W and a Q that is utterly useless past the early game, not even healing for that much. No CC, no teamfight capabilities, his damage only really comes from basic attacks - Although he isn't hard mechanically, he is counterintuitive, and people picking him up for the first time just don't understand what they're doing wrong with him - His power curve is weird. Level one is highly hazardous and RNG-reliant, he is then relatively weak until level 6 where he is super strong, then slowly falls behind unless he can snowball, but comes back roaring in the very late game - He doesn't fit in any elo: in low elo where you want to carry games alone, you cannot sync with your team because 80% of the time the four of them will be de-synced, you can't rely on them to have good vision, and you push in the constant fear that your team just engages 4v5 for no reason and dies, or 3 people just rotate on you and your team does not ping it; and in high elo, where you can rely on your team, well you don't bring much to the table for yourself: no utility, no cc, and no tankiness (aside from your ult but in that case you need to choose between frontlining and then just leaving, and actually doing damage): you're a really selfish champion after all - Splitpushing is not that good in the current meta After having watched: yeah I pretty much agree. The counterintuitivity is pretty well explained in the second point, and so have the other problems. Good job. I will say, in conclusion, that Tryndamere is a champion based more around knowledge than anything else. He's a keep-cool, all-brainer. Feel free to ask me anything you wonder about the champion

What you said about the one trick was so truee. You don't see them, but when you do, it's an absolute pain in the ass to deal with.

As a trynda one trick, I feel respected. Thank you.

I just started playing MapleStory and stumbled across your old videos for it, which was so weird because I found you through this series xD

Tryndamere taught me a lot of stuff about wave management, matchups, towerdives etc. Because he’s so unforgiving, I think he’s one of the best champions to learn the game on. Yes, even more than Garen.

Thank you very much, your explanations are getting better and better. I wish you a great day 😊👌

Not gonna lie, this one felt a lot more tame compared to others. Sometimes with this series we realize a character just has it bad on multiple fronts and they can't do much about it like Lissandra, but in Tryndamere's case its more along the lines of "the few downsides that come with playing Tryndamere, but whatever".

In my opinion as a tryn main, while he is good at split pushing and a great duelist, he can also be used as engage and as a tank for a couple seconds to distract the team if you are fed enough, (at least in low elo), so if you're fed enough you can usually engage in a teamfight and come out pretty much unscathed most of the time.

So interesting to see champions analysed in this manner thnx man!

Oh god I really love your videos! I don't play League that much but enjoy the theory and story! Thanks!

Even though he’s technically viable in almost all ranks, he is not only a bit boring to play due to his stack checky nature (See Trundle) but his main playstyle of split pushing can be outright counted by good enough macroplay, meaning if his main strat is punished, he has to rely on flanking, which is also not great since he’s very kitable.

So happy to finally see my main boi! I think you perfectly hit the nail on the head, however I'd like to add that season 11 has not been kind to us. The crit changes nerfed him, they removed the auto reset on tiamat, and plated steelcaps make your autos feel like wet noodles until you get IE. However Tryndamere is my favorite champ and I encourage anyone looking to play him to watch NEACE coaching on him as its one of the best learning tools for the Angriest Man Alive

The completion of each "Why NO One Plays?". Being OTP make every champion OverPower

Actually here in SEA specifically Philippines, Tryndamere is often picked by players for the flashy crit and invulnerablity

Another thing worth mentioning for Trynd is that his R can be cast through cc (even through suppression). I believe this is the only non-cleansing ability in the entire game with this characteristic. If not for this, Trynd might actually be a pretty useless champion. A lot of what Trynd has going for him is that you can't ever stop him from becoming unkillable when he needs it the most (well, unless he fails ult, but that's on the Trynd player). Otherwise it'd be super easy to either kill him while he's cc'd or force him to ult super early, wasting most of the duration of the ult.

My first main, just got back into him recently. I’m not ready for when he inevitably gets reworked.

i love this series, too good !!

Another great video

Seeing as Trynd is one of the two champs I mostly play, everything you said pretty much sums up what his problems and strengths are.

since you are running out of champs then maybe go with items, so: "why NO ONE buys: XXXXXXXXX"

I think it's because splitpushers are no longer as prevalent. Everything people want to do now is unga unga teamfight until one team dies long enough so they end the game.

Thank you leauge daddy 🥺

good vid, i used to be a trynda main but switched from top to jungle last season so now im playing xin. Still fun as hell to play trynda top once i a while!

I am a trynda main and I love the vid!Really nice editing.

1:36 Morgana stealing the crab high key tilted me

I mainly play Tryn but im bringing him in the jungle. His clear is insane if you "intentionally mismanage" your health pool, allows you to pick your fights and get over your items much more smoothly, without being bullied by toplaners. Can also gank pretty well and both smites are amazing on him.

Man you only have 60k subs ? HOW!? Your content is flawless

He's just the perfect one trick Champion in my opinion. Simple kit but still with enough subtleties to not get boring too fast, which means that you reach the point of normally very small, not-so-important minor differences (I'm talking 1-2% on the outcome) in different decisions you take. Which, at least for me, is one of the most fun and motivating things about being a one-trick: squeezing out those last .1% effectiveness out of every situation, min-maxing everything. And I can fully understand that this might not appeal to most of the other players. Also, I am really glad you point out the major differences in playstyle, regarding win conditions and everything. Especially in lower elos, I had that experience countless times: people blaming me for basically focusing on my laning for 15-20 min straight without really doing much apart from maybe one or two short visits at herald or in the enemy jungle, and then basically transitioning to splitting or flanking in team fights. There is no way you get behind the frontline when facing a cc heavy opponent when just running into a team head on. It is way more effective to either wait and play the cleanup crew (dueling, the opponent most likely isn't retreating as a full group of 5), or to exert pressure somewhere else on the map (say splitting on sidelane or even soloing objectives with good q sustain after it is maxed out.

I played Tryndamere last season a few months after I started, stopped to play jungle and now, I'm picking him up again. The bonking feels too good. Honestly I agree with your points, he also is basically an ADC, but you don't need a support. Also, Tryndamere sort of needs a lead to be useful, so, for a more scaly champ, its another weird thing. Great video man, keep it up !

Thanks for reading out the abilities this time!

3:20 - I had no idea spinning slash was his W. Dang I've been wrong for so long.

Ty for showing some mundo 💘 Please do a wnop mundo before the rework! :)

I played Heroes of the Storm before the splitpushing nerf in 2019 so that taught me alot about splitpush macro and trading objectives. Picking up that strategy wasn't hard, andTryndamere was a fun pick for awhie, but his gameplay is one dimensional. Fiora is still based on splitting but has a much more mechanically expressive kit.

My first main

I'm rank 2 trynd na, loved the video. I agreed with so many of the points you brought up and watching you disect my champ made me feel really happy. Most people just think my champ is braindead and very easy, but it took me a few years before I was able to hold a 65-70% Winrate in diamond. I speak for all trynd onetricks when I say great video!

When I started playing league more early 2020 Tryndamere was my first main and I one tricked him for some time mostly in the midlane. Though I branched out to other champs I kept coming back every session at least once to play the man. After preseason 11 that changed though, what mostly stopped me from playing him was the crit reduction on full items and the changes to tiamat, an item my playstyle was built around. The change from two longswords and a rejuvenation bead to a pickaxe, so you could no longer start the build path level 0 and the removal of the active ability made the item hard to build. No tiamat meant that hard shoving wave and running between raptor camps was no longer viable. Then later they also removed sanguine blade, an item that was particularly useful in a damage based split pushing build instead of hull breakers more tankiness focused split pushing ability. Though I might pick him up again having seen this video, I'm inspired.

aight i had to comment lol, so being new to League (2 weeks in), I've loved maining trynd and have carried a few matches with him using your exact playstyle mentioned. I do agree with the drawbacks as they have caused many loses too, but like u said, for the people who do main trynd or one trick with him, it makes it look so nice lol. I personally want to dedicate my time to this champion because of how underated he is. I always tend to think trynd is broken late game lol, but i have friends who beg to differ. All in all a great anaylsis video :)

Hey Vars once again an excellent video. Can't wait for the next one you do. Since you already have done Kha'zix's, when will you do Rengar? Also what video category would you say Rengar is in?

I agree 100% with what you're saying. Also, i loved that you pointed out Yasukeh, been using his playstyle a lot. I once got killed by a zed and lost lane because i had 40% crit chance but only got 1 crit in 7 attacks. Feels bad man

Awesome video, also, do you ever plan on doing Draven? First off, would he even be a contender to this series?

Nailed it

The best thing for me is how consistent he is on laning phase, if you choose the right runes and build there ir always a way to kill the enemy laner if they mess up. If they play correctly you can always farm with infinite sustain. The worst thing ever is to time your ultimate late game, is very hard to macimize ult demage. if you ult early you dont do enought demage, if you ult late you die, that is the worst for me. It is also bad have to wait to fight with you ult up

Agree ty 5star

Well for me one of the most fun thing to do with tryndamere is go doransshield fleet footwork into a heavy poke midlane and just not dodge anything and taunt them while they tryhard hitting every abilities and I keep healing back.

100% agree it takes a lot of patience as i am also a tryn main

You should do a why no one played series

As a trynd main starting in season 3 I can confidently say this video show cases the love that hooks you not the current reality. His crippling bane is kite and every champion in the game has a slow. Also about 60% of my games are cloth 5 into a 5 min bramble negating all my juicy stats. Mid is really the only way to have fun and it’s not that great for the champion.

Quick perception info: mocking shout and spinning slash are both labeled as W spells

a change to tyndamere to bring him up in team fights could be make his w a just flat out slow(possibly remove the dmg debuf) and it having a AOE affect not huge radius and make his e stun when he hits a enemy with the W debuf

I honestly could've sworn I've played these exact games as Tryn.

please put the name of the background music you use in the description! i keep hearing tunes i recognise but can't remember where they're from and it's frustrating me hahahaha

A thing about Tryndamere that i don't understand is why the sultan skin has much better feeling on autoattacks as animations that both recent skins and even the legendary one are the exact same of the base skin

Id love to see a "Why NO ONE Plays: Quinn" I dont remember when, but a good 3 or so years ago I played her in ARAM and loved her. Since then she has always been a strong pick for me in top lane when im not playing mid. She is rarely ever played. On one hand I can see why in some cases. but on the other, she is still an incredibly strong pick. Decent Mobility, damage. A brief vision buff, bonus atk spd and movement, her dash cancels out some abilities like garen silence. So im just wondering what your thoughts are

Finally, a video I can use to defend myself against my friends for playing trynd

that's why i love tryndamere, when you can splitpush and get into and out of fights you feel very good

Tryn is all about patience indeed. I couldn't have said it better.

I need to tell that Trynda feels like champion that needs rework in need future, but Riot don't know how to rework him to not make a situation similar to Aatrox or Kayle reworks. And also i think that Cho'Gath and Corki are in similar spots, there are just enough players that like those characters that they don't want them to be "deleted", but there's cost of being rarely played.

Literally just saluted without even thinking about it here 8:06

Another point I will add as a tryndamere main is that he is countered most by CC. As such your power spikes can be significantly slowed down by the need to purchase QSS. He also struggles more than many top laners by being counterpicked by specific champions like Teemo, Jax, Quinn, and Garen. Jax and Teemo cripple your damage with blind and counterstrike while still being able to inflict their full damage during the duration. Garen and Quinn cripple your chase potential by silence and counter engage that prevent you from sticking to them. He also struggles to kill champions that can stack armor while also dealing significant damage through abilities (Darius, Malphite, Volibear). All these factors combined make it feel like if you want to beat your opponents, you have to be substantially better than them at wave management, positioning, and knowledge of power spikes in order to win lane. This leads to most tryndamere champions being one tricks because of the massive learning curve needed to overcome all of these challenges.

His weakness of split pushing as a win-con is also what makes him an attractive champion. There is satisfaction in knowing that you were the reason for your loss. If you stomp your lane you will have a huge impact and don't need to rely on your team for team fights particularly much because you split push.

1:15 i just realized my mains are old champs that are AA heavy. They already reworked aatrox, fiora which were 2 of my old mains. At least xin’s rework didnt change much

I enjoyed the Smash Dark World music.

Where would you place ornn? I see him a lot lately, but honestly I think it's just because of de patches

The game gave me the Demonic skin for free and so he's been chosen as my main coming back to the game after years from being away from the game. So much fun!

8:34 the sassy lulu god!

I agree that despite the violent personality tryn has, it does take a lot of patience and calculation for his macro plays.

Mained jg starting s4, got bored and decided to play top. Picked up trynd a little bit over a year ago. He has become my all time favorite champ. He is so addicting to play. On paper, he looks easy to play, since he does so much dmg. However, I found that laning phase was tricky when I first started playing him. Way trickier than every other champ I play. He can be very weak and very strong, depending on the matchup, his level, and fury. You need very specific knowledge about every matchup in order to be consistently good with him. The biggest tilter is when you get horrible crit luck early game. It can literally lose you lane. Learning how to trade with him is more crucial to winning lane than any other champ. Due to his q heal you can take trades that don’t seem optimal. Basically, you’re thinking 3min ahead of slowly wearing down your opponent’s health or mana and outsustain them via your q heal. Wave management is also very important, but even more so with trynd. If you get an early lead you can control the wave so you can get a nice slow push and dive the enemy with your ult. At that point, there’s honestly not much tour enemy can do. He’s interesting in that once you get a lane matchup, it becomes very easy to replicate. For instance, people say malphite counters him but he really doesn’t, some for shen. Yes they are stronger than you at certain times, but you can beat them. For instance beating malphite basically means you need to get a very early kill. After that, you cannot kill him so forget about that. Instead focus on draining his mana and forcing him to back so you can hard shove, take enemy jg camps or gank mid. That’s another thing, with trynd it’s all about rotations. Even if you’re against a fiora late game who will rip you a new hole (I frankly perma ban her, hate giving an ass whooping in lane to only have her pop me before I can even ult lol), you can out rotate her and clear faster. That means you can force a 5v4 with your team or just take enemy jg or get vision.

Tryndamere is like high gamble you either loss or double crit at level 1.

Cant wait for WNOP: Ivern

I feel like most of the tryds i see build a lot of AS and life steal to offset his more random crits cause if you hit them more your more likely to crit and life steal to off set having to use fury for eather damage or healing is that not a good idea?

As a trynd main for over 3 years now, I think the main reason why only 1 tricks play him is because he is the ultimate stat checker. Meaning, you must know if you'll win a fight before you engage, otherwise you will likely die as his kit relies on all ins. This only comes with practising the matchups consistently.

Do daddy shen and his river shen meta, also in his old Q Vorpal Blade :c

main trynda lvl 7 , learned everything from foggedTFW XD

He also suffers hard if your lane opponent goes frozen heart/randuins omen, and starts grabbing brusier items...

Love the Zelda soundtrack

as a tryndamere main its frustrating and annoying how people are so incorrect about tryndamere so im kinda impressed how someone like you that doesnt main him has taken the time to understand him to a knowledgable extent.

Are,you planning to make a wnop about rek' sai? I would be interested wgat would you say. Maybe this is a low elo thing but i never see her expect me. So I'd be interested.

Anyone remembers Tryndamere, when his rage still was a stacking crit damage buff? Those were the good days lol

Can you make "Perfectly Designed:Shen" video?

Dark world theme niice 🔥

HE MADE THIS AL READY

I do agree %100 xD as a tryndamere main

I'm liking the LOZ bg music