How to Counter Trundle - Playing Against Guide | Patch 26.4

Trundle

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What They Do

Early-game power duelist and objective shredder. He excels at invading your jungle, winning 1v1s via stat-stealing, and using his pillar to force flashes or displace enemies during ganks. He thrives on melting tanks with and scaling into a split-pushing or peeling threat.

Abilities (What to Watch For)

Ability	What You'll See	What It Means For You
	Green healing particles fly to him when monsters or minions die nearby	Provides high sustain during his jungle clear. He stays healthy even after tough camps, making him dangerous to counter-jungle without a burst advantage.
	His club glows and he performs a quick bite animation	An auto-attack reset that slows you and steals your AD. If you are an AD jungler, you will lose the stat-check 1v1 because makes you weaker while making him stronger.
	A large circular zone of frost on the ground	Massive steroid for Attack Speed and Movement Speed. Never fight him while he is standing on it. If he places , kite him off the ice or wait for it to expire before committing.
	A giant ice pillar erupts from the ground	Provides a massive slow and acts as impassable terrain. In the jungle's tight corridors, can completely block paths. It can also interrupt channels and dashes if timed perfectly.
	Dark energy drains from the target to Trundle, making him grow larger	He steals a percentage of your Health, Armor, and Magic Resist. He becomes a massive tank while turning his target into paper. Do not let him ult your primary tank during an engage.

Respect

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Early 1v1 Duels→With stealing your AD and giving him AS, almost no jungler can beat him in a straight auto-attack battle at level 3.
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Pillar Displacements→A well-placed in the jungle can pin you against a wall or cancel your escape dash, leading to an easy kill for his lanes.
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Objective Control→He can solo Dragon or Grubs incredibly early and fast because and provide high sustained DPS against single targets.
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Counter-Jungling→Because of , he rarely drops below 70% HP in the jungle, meaning he is always ready to fight if he finds you at your camps.

Punish

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is on cooldown→The pillar has a massive 24-18s cooldown early. When it is down, he has no way to stop you from kiting him or jumping over walls to escape.
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Moving off his →His dueling power is tied to the frost zone. Force the fight into a bush or away from his domain to strip him of his bonus Attack Speed.
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Pre-Level 6→Before he gets , he isn't actually that tanky. If you have a ranged/mage mid laner, you can burst him down before he can steal anyone's resists.
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After expires→The stat steal lasts 4 seconds plus an additional 4 seconds. Once that 8-second window passes, he loses the stolen resists and becomes vulnerable again.

Laning Tips

•Ward the jungle entrances deeply; if you see him coming, move away from walls so he can't pin you with .
•If you are playing a tank jungler, do not be the first one to dive into him after level 6 or he will use to make you useless.
•Save your mobility spells (like dashes or blinks) until AFTER he uses , otherwise he will just block your path once your dash is spent.
•Trundle has zero AOE damage early; if you can out-clear him on camps like Raptors or Krugs, you can create a tempo advantage.
•Buy Boots of Swiftness if you find yourself getting caught by frequently, as the slow reduction is highly effective against him.
•In 2v2 scuttle fights, focus his teammate first if Trundle drops , as he is too hard to kill while standing on his ice domain.

Teamfight Warning

⚠He will look to use to split your backline from your frontline in jungle chokepoints.
⚠Do not group up in tight corridors near Dragon or Baron pits where his can block the entire exit.
⚠He functions as a 'Anti-Tank'; if your team has a fed Malphite or Rammus, Trundle will wait for them to engage just to steal their stats with .
⚠Buy Grevious Wounds (Bramble Vest or Executioner's) to negate the healing he gets from and .
⚠Focus him with hard CC after he uses ; if he can't auto-attack, he can't use or benefit from his life steal.

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