Top Matchup

Tryndamere vs Aatrox

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Tryndamere

Tryndamere

the Barbarian King
Top
Tryndamere Top Overall Win Rate
49.45%

Matchup Win Rate

54.0%
Tryndamere vs Aatrox Wins
46.0%
Aatrox vs Tryndamere Wins
Aatrox

Aatrox

the Darkin Blade
Top
Aatrox Top Overall Win Rate
49.37%

Tryndamere vs Aatrox - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Tryndamere Top vs Aatrox Top - Who is stronger?

Tryndamere Top performs well against Aatrox (54.0% win rate) based on 805 games. This matchup works well for Tryndamere players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Tryndamere Top vs Aatrox Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 76.2% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 2.3% popularity, Tryndamere constantly encounters meta-dominant Aatrox (9.1%, 1st place out of 62 Top champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Tryndamere performance in the current patch. Optimize for consistency: Lethal Tempo paired with Triumph (67.1% win rate, 4.1% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Ravenous Hydra > Navori Flickerblade > Mortal Reminder with Berserker's Greaves delivers 76.2% win rate against Aatrox.

Lane dominance: Tryndamere not only wins the matchup but crushes CS (7.39/min vs 6.51 for Aatrox). This 0.88 CS/min advantage generates significant gold leads that compound your already favorable position. Quality over quantity: Tryndamere wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (777 vs 866/min), the 54.0% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Tryndamere wins the matchup (54.0%) despite a lower KDA (1.60 vs 1.90). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Tryndamere vs Aatrox - Top Stats Comparison

Tryndamere Top
Tryndamere Top
Versus
Aatrox Top
Aatrox Top
BTierB+
54.0%Matchup Winrate46.0%
49.45%Role Winrate49.37%
#44Winrate Rank#46
2.3%Pickrate9.1%
1.6Average KDA1.9
457Gold per Minute419
7.39CS/Min6.51
0.32Wards per Minute0.29
777Damage per Minute866

How to Beat Aatrox as Tryndamere (Top)

The Tryndamere versus Aatrox matchup in the top lane is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Except for rare builds, Tryndamere deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Aatrox deals mainly physical damage (89.52%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

An important advantage of Tryndamere is higher farming statistics (ranked 7th among role champions) (versus 32nd for Aatrox), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (1.9 versus 1.6) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Tryndamere Top versus Aatrox Top matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Tryndamere player to maintain constant pressure on Aatrox, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Tryndamere vs Aatrox: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
46.9% Win Rate48.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
54.4% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate

Tryndamere vs Aatrox: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.



'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Demolish
Demolish Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

Cooldown: 45s

Demolish

Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

Second Wind
Second Wind After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.

Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

50.3% Win Rate57.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.



'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a Move Speed increase that lasts for 2s and allows you to pass through units.

Increase: 14% - 40% Move Speed based on the Summoner Spell's cooldown. (Higher cooldown Summoner Spells grant more Move Speed).

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a Move Speed increase that lasts for 2s an…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

67.1% Win Rate4.1% Pick Rate

Tryndamere vs Aatrox: Top Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal

Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
50.4% Win Rate84.0% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

49.9% Win Rate84.4% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
45.4% Win Rate5.3% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
57.1% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
Core Build
Tiamat
Tiamat (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
->
Ravenous Hydra
Ravenous Hydra (3300 gold) 65 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
12% Life Steal

Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.Ravenous Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
Your Life Steal applies to this damage.
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage

68.2% Win Rate6.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
45.5% Win Rate14.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Long Sword
Long Sword (350 gold) 10 Attack Damage
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
50.5% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

82.8% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
57.1% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

49.9% Win Rate84.4% Pick Rate
Core Build
Tiamat
Tiamat (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
->
Ravenous Hydra
Ravenous Hydra (3300 gold) 65 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
12% Life Steal

Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.Ravenous Crescent
Deal physical damage to enemies around you.
Your Life Steal applies to this damage.
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
76.2% Win Rate4.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge (3000 gold) 45 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
15 Ability Haste

Bitter Cold
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies below 50% Health by 30% for 1 second.
98.9% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate
Other Items
Hullbreaker
Hullbreaker (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
500 Health
4% Move Speed

Skipper
Every fifth Attack against champions and epic monsters deals bonus physical damage, increased against Structures.
Boarding Party
Nearby allied siege and super minions gain Armor and Magic Resist.
89.7% Win Rate10.5% Pick Rate
Phantom Dancer
Phantom Dancer (2650 gold) 60% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
8% Move Speed

Spectral Waltz
Become Ghosted.
75.2% Win Rate9.4% Pick Rate
Kraken Slayer
Kraken Slayer (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
40% Attack Speed
4% Move Speed

Bring It Down
Every third Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit, increased based on their missing Health.
25.2% Win Rate9.3% Pick Rate
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
25% Attack Speed
10% Life Steal

Mist's Edge
Attacks deal a percentage of enemy's current Health as bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
Clawing Shadows
Attacking a champion 3 times Slows them by 30% for 1 second.
87.8% Win Rate9.2% Pick Rate
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

60.3% Win Rate5.8% Pick Rate
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor

Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
98.5% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge (3000 gold) 45 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
15 Ability Haste

Bitter Cold
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies below 50% Health by 30% for 1 second.
98.9% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate

Tryndamere vs Aatrox: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Bloodlust Tryndamere thrives on the thrills of combat, increasing his Attack Damage as he is more and more wounded. He can cast Bloodlust to consume his Fury and heal himself.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Mocking Shout Tryndamere lets out an insulting cry, decreasing surrounding champions' Attack Damage. Enemies with their backs turned to Tryndamere also have their Move Speed reduced.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Spinning Slash Tryndamere slices toward a target unit, dealing damage to enemies in his path.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Undying Rage Tryndamere's lust for battle becomes so strong that he is unable to die, no matter how wounded he becomes.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
44.2% Win Rate28.2% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Q
Bloodlust Tryndamere thrives on the thrills of combat, increasing his Attack Damage as he is more and more wounded. He can cast Bloodlust to consume his Fury and heal himself.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Mocking Shout Tryndamere lets out an insulting cry, decreasing surrounding champions' Attack Damage. Enemies with their backs turned to Tryndamere also have their Move Speed reduced.
W
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W
W
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E
Spinning Slash Tryndamere slices toward a target unit, dealing damage to enemies in his path.
E
E
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R
R
Undying Rage Tryndamere's lust for battle becomes so strong that he is unable to die, no matter how wounded he becomes.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
93.8% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate

Tryndamere tips:

  • Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
  • Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
  • If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.

Playing Against Aatrox

  • Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
  • Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
  • Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.