Top Matchup

Tryndamere vs Malphite

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Tryndamere

Tryndamere

the Barbarian King
Top
Tryndamere Top Overall Win Rate
49.45%

Matchup Win Rate

46.4%
Tryndamere vs Malphite Wins
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53.6%
Malphite vs Tryndamere Wins
Malphite

Malphite

Shard of the Monolith
Top
Malphite Top Overall Win Rate
52.19%

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

Tryndamere Top vs Malphite Top - Who is stronger?

Malphite Top counters Tryndamere hard (46.4% win rate) based on 950 games. This matchup is really difficult for Tryndamere players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Tryndamere Top vs Malphite 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 62.6% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 2.3% popularity, Tryndamere constantly encounters meta-dominant Malphite (5.9%, 7th place out of 62 Top champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Tryndamere performance in the current patch. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Hail of Blades + Sudden Impact combination (45.9% win rate) plus optimal itemization Ravenous Hydra, Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge, and Berserker's Greaves boosts your chances from 46.4% to 62.6% - potentially game-changing.

Farm your way back: Tryndamere's superior farming (7.39 vs 6.39/min, 7th among Top) offers a comeback path. Focus on safe CSing and capitalize on your 1.00 CS/min natural advantage. Damage doesn't equal wins: Tryndamere outputs more damage (777 vs 742/min, 2nd place) but still loses the matchup. The issue likely lies in survivability, mobility, or damage timing rather than raw output. Complete dominance by Malphite: leads in both matchup win rate (53.6%) and KDA (2.50 vs 1.60, 2nd vs 52nd place). Tryndamere players need exceptional preparation to overcome this counter-pick.

Tryndamere vs Malphite - Top Stats Comparison

Tryndamere Top
Tryndamere Top		Versus
Malphite Top
Malphite Top
BTierS+
46.4%Matchup Winrate53.6%
49.45%Role Winrate52.19%
#44Winrate Rank#5
2.3%Pickrate5.9%
1.6Average KDA2.5
457Gold per Minute391
7.39CS/Min6.39
0.32Wards per Minute0.30
777Damage per Minute742

How to Beat Malphite as Tryndamere (Top)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

Except for rare builds, Tryndamere deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Meanwhile, Malphite deals primarily magic damage (71.92%), additional magic resistance may be required.

An important advantage of Tryndamere is higher farming statistics (ranked 7th among role champions) (versus 38th for Malphite), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.5 versus 1.6) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Tryndamere Top versus Malphite Top matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Tryndamere player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Malphite player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Tryndamere vs Malphite: 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.
37.2% Win Rate56.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
75.6% Win Rate0.6% Pick Rate

Tryndamere vs Malphite: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
  • Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  • Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  • Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.

    • Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

    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 …

    Revitalize
    Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

    Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

    Revitalize

    Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

    Secondary Path
    Precision
    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…

    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

    42.0% Win Rate53.6% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Runes

    Primary Path
    Domination
    Hail of Blades
    Hail of Blades Gain 140% (80% for ranged champions) Attack Speed when you attack an enemy champion for up to 3 attacks.

    No more than 3s can elapse between attacks or this effect will end.

    Cooldown: 10s.

    Attack resets increase the attack limit by 1.
    Allows you to temporarily exceed the attack speed limit.

    Hail of Blades

    Gain 140% (80% for ranged champions) Attack Speed when you attack an enemy champion for u…

    Sudden Impact
    Sudden Impact Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on level to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth for 4s.

    Cooldown: 10s

    Sudden Impact

    Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

    Grisly Mementos
    Grisly Mementos Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

    Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected. In game modes where vision Trinkets do not exist, instead gain 3 Summoner Spell Haste.

    Grisly Mementos

    Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

    Treasure Hunter
    Treasure Hunter Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Increase the gold gained by 20 gold for each Bounty Hunter stack, up to 130 gold.

    Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

    Treasure Hunter

    Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Inc…

    Secondary Path
    Precision
    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…

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

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    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

    45.9% Win Rate9.8% Pick Rate

    Tryndamere vs Malphite: 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.
    44.9% Win Rate64.3% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Berserker's Greaves
    Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
    45 Move Speed
    40.1% Win Rate72.3% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity
    45.3% Win Rate10.1% Pick Rate
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    42.5% Win Rate9.9% 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.
    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.
    42.0% Win Rate5.1% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Lord Dominik's Regards
    Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
    40% Armor Penetration
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    33.4% Win Rate14.5% 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
    Refillable Potion
    Refillable Potion (150 gold) Active (2 charges)
    Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds.
    Refills upon visiting the shop.
    49.1% Win Rate2.1% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    49.3% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity
    45.3% Win Rate10.1% Pick Rate
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    42.5% Win Rate9.9% 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.
    Phantom Dancer
    Phantom Dancer (2650 gold) 60% Attack Speed
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    8% Move Speed
    Spectral Waltz
    Become Ghosted.
    Infinity Edge
    Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    40% Critical Strike Damage
    62.6% Win Rate4.7% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    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.
    57.6% Win Rate6.8% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Infinity Edge
    Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    40% Critical Strike Damage
    24.7% Win Rate11.7% Pick Rate
    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.
    57.6% Win Rate6.8% Pick Rate
    Phantom Dancer
    Phantom Dancer (2650 gold) 60% Attack Speed
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    8% Move Speed
    Spectral Waltz
    Become Ghosted.
    28.7% Win Rate6.7% 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.
    49.2% Win Rate5.7% 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.
    19.7% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
    Stridebreaker
    Stridebreaker (3300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
    25% Attack Speed
    450 Health
    Cleave
    Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
    Breaking Shockwave
    Deal physical damage and Slow nearby enemies by 35%.
    Gain 35% decaying Move Speed per champion hit for 3 seconds.
    49.3% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate
    Wit's End
    Wit's End (2800 gold) 50% Attack Speed
    45 Magic Resist
    20% Tenacity
    Fray
    Attacks deal bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
    24.5% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate

    Tryndamere vs Malphite: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    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
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    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
    40.8% Win Rate29.9% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
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    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
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    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
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    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
    59.2% Win Rate1.4% 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 Malphite

    • If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
    • Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.

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