Guide Sections (15)
- Champion Stats
- The Lane Bully Start
- The Trundle Skin Tier List
- When They Ban Trundle
- Runes That Work on Trundle
- Leveling Trundle's Abilities
- Mastering Trundle's Kit
- Matchups That Matter for Trundle
- 1v2 Delusion
- When Splitting Won't Work
- Flanking or Frontlining
- The Sustain Fighter Build
- Trundle's Strongest Moments
- The Tower Dive Escape
- Recent Patch History
Champion Stats
Low elo players fundamentally don't respect the Level 1 auto-attack war. Trundle with Lethal Tempo and Q spam beats almost every single champion in the game at Level 1. They also build tank stats against Trundle without realizing that he steals 40% of those stats with his ultimate—the tankier they build, the tankier YOU become. A smurf abuses this to split push to the inhibitor by 15 minutes while the enemy team argues about who should stop you. With Hullbreaker, you are essentially a raid boss that requires two people to deal with, freeing your team to win everywhere else on the map.
The Lane Bully Start
Start Q (Chomp). Position in the tri-bush or river brush before minions spawn. Wait for the enemy to leash their jungler or walk carelessly to lane. The moment they're in range, Auto > Q (resets auto timer and steals their AD) > Auto. The Q steals their Attack Damage for 5 seconds, making them weaker while making you stronger. You win EVERY slap-fight at Level 1 because they literally can't trade back effectively with reduced AD. Force a Flash or kill them outright. This cheese works against 95% of top laners.
The Trundle Skin Tier List
'Traditional Trundle' (Legacy) is the best classic design. 'Constable Trundle' has the wee-woo pillar. 'Dragonslayer' is cool. Default is ugly but functional.
'Traditional' is for true fans. 'Lil Slugger' is funny. 'Constable' has the siren. 'Fright Night' is new and creepy. Constable for the police brutality jokes.
'Traditional Trundle' has the best voice. 'Constable' has the siren and cone. 'Dragonslayer' is okay. Constable is the troll police.
When They Ban Trundle
If Trundle is gone, Jax is the best split-push pivot. If you want more tank-shred, Olaf. But nothing replaces the 'pillar' and the 'chomp'. You're the king—accept no substitutes.
Jax for the split. Yorick for the towers. Warwick for the drain. Jax is the best dueling alternative.
Runes That Work on Trundle
Lethal Tempo (if available) or Press the Attack. Triumph, Alacrity, Last Stand. Secondary Resolve with Demolish (Mandatory) and Bone Plating. You are here to take towers.
Leveling Trundle's Abilities
Max Q for the AD steal and damage. Max W second for the attack speed/move speed. E last.
Mastering Trundle's Kit
Chomp. Bites enemy. Deals damage, slows, steals AD. Resets auto timer. Key to DPS.
Frozen Domain. Creates a zone. Gains massize Attack Speed and Move Speed inside. Increases healing.
Pillar of Ice. Creates a pillar terrain. Knocks back enemies on spawn. Slows around it. Use to block paths or cancel channels.
Subjugate. Drains HP, Armor, and MR from target. Steals 40% of their resistances. Makes you unkillable.
Matchups That Matter for Trundle
Counter. He presses E, you can't hit him. He stuns you. You die. Bait E, disengage with E, then fight.
Hard. Blind makes your Q do nothing. Run him down with W/E or suffer.
Easy. You ult him after he becomes tanky. You steal 200 armor. He cries.
1v2 Delusion
Stop ulting the wrong target! Subjugate (R) steals Armor and Magic Resist from the target—the more resistances they have, the more you steal. If you ult the enemy ADC with 40 armor, you steal 16 armor. If you ult the enemy Ornn with 300 armor, you steal 120 armor. Always ult the TANK or whoever has the most resistances (usually the Aftershock user in teamfights). Ulting the squishy is literally griefing your own durability. Also, your E (Pillar of Ice) is one of the best disengage and chasing tools in the game—use it to interrupt channels, block paths, and create terrain. Don't just spam it randomly.
When Splitting Won't Work
Dodge Jax or Teemo. Jax dodges your autos. Teemo blinds your autos. You are an auto-attack champion. You lose.
Teemo blinds. Jax dodges. You can't hit them. Switch to pillar duty. Disrupt their team.
Dodge Teemo/Jax. Blind/Counterstrike stops your autos. You are 100% auto attacks. You lose. It's math.
Flanking or Frontlining
In teamfights, you are a tank-buster. Ult their main tank immediately to make them squishy and yourself tanky. Use E to disrupt their backline or peel. Focus the person you ulted or dive the ADC with your stolen stats. Alternatively, ignore the teamfight and take their base.
Ult the tank. Always the tank. Sejuani/Ornn/Rammus. You steal 40% of their stats. You become the tank. They become paper.
Ult the tank. You steal their stats. They become paper. You become God. Beat them to death with their own armor.
The Sustain Fighter Build
Crit Trundle. Essence Reaver -> Infinity Edge. Your Q can crit. One bite deals 1200 damage. Usually bad, but hilarious when ahead.
Trinity Force -> Ravenous Hydra -> Hullbreaker. You eat towers. You eat waves. You heal from passive. You never leave top.
Trinity Force -> Ravenous Hydra -> Hullbreaker. You eat towers in 3 seconds. Q-Chomp destroys structures. Ignore team, hit nexus.
Trundle's Strongest Moments
Level 1 (Strongest lvl 1 in game). Level 6 (Stat steal spike). Trinity Force/Hullbreaker completion.
Level 1 cheese with Q. Level 6 for the stat-steal. Hydra completion for the waveclear. By mid-game, you are the most annoying person to face in a side lane. Take everything. Rule the rift.
Level 1 (Strongest in game). Level 6 Stat Steal. Hullbreaker completion. You dictate the pace. If they leave you alone, you end the game.
The Tower Dive Escape
Dance on their corpse (Trundle dance is great). Spam pillar (E) to interrupt their recalls slightly. Hitting the tower while they hit you is the ultimate disrespect.
Pillar the enemy against the wall. W run away. Spam dance. They can't catch you. Troll King reigns supreme.
Recent Patch History
Recent Balance Changes
| Patch | Date | Type | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| V14.3 | Feb 7, 2024 | NERF | Q nerfed, Base stats nerfed |
| V14.2 | Jan 24, 2024 | BUFF | Q adjusted |
| V13.23 | Nov 21, 2023 | BUFF | Q buffed, Base stats buffed |
| V13.9 | May 3, 2023 | BUFF | Base stats buffed |
| V13.4 | Feb 23, 2023 | ADJUST | R nerfed |
