Tryndamere
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Good (7.5/10)
High Investment Required
Epic Relics
Tryndamere is a high-ceiling champion characterized by high-variance gameplay. While his performance is notably inconsistent at lower star levels, he scales into a dominant force at maximum investment. His reliance on specific Epic relics to achieve consistency makes him a champion best suited for stacked accounts.
The Warlord's Presence
Increases the density of Tryndamere copies in the deck. This is critical for ensuring that his champion spell, Call to Arms, consistently summons Tryndamere rather than low-impact units.
Provides immediate board presence and secondary win conditions upon summoning Tryndamere, offering expensive units at a significant discount.
Offers a critical head start in mana, allowing for an earlier curve and faster deployment of expensive units.
Strategy
This build focuses on maximizing the reliability of summoning high-impact units early in the game. By increasing Tryndamere's density in the deck with Echoing Spirit and gaining an extra mana gem from Starforged Gauntlets, you can deploy massive threats as early as turn two. Portal Pals ensures that every summon generates additional value to stabilize the board.
Relentless Assault
- Guarantees a higher probability of summoning Tryndamere copies via his spell mechanics.
Grants Scout and allows for multiple attacks per round. While it shuffles the champion back into the deck at round end, this interacts favorably with summoning effects that trigger on summon.- Provides the necessary mana to reach the champion's high-cost threshold faster.
Strategy
This strategy utilizes Galeforce to trigger multiple attacks per turn, rapidly scaling the stats of units remaining in the deck through star power triggers. Shuffling Tryndamere back into the deck is treated as a benefit, as it allows him to be summoned again with fresh effects and even larger stats.
Sovereign Strength
Once the game reaches the 6-mana threshold, this relic doubles the effectiveness of Call to Arms, allowing for the summoning of two units and doubling the stat-buffing potential.
Creates a Redoubled Valor spell in hand. When used on a unit summoned via Call to Arms, it creates a massive threat that can often end the game in a single strike.
A budget alternative to Echoing Spirit that increases the number of Tryndamere copies in the deck to improve the reliability of his summoning mechanics.
Strategy
Designed for newer accounts, this build relies on reaching the 6-mana threshold to activate the Chemtech Duplicator. The objective is to survive the early rounds using defensive followers and then overwhelm the opponent with double-cast spells and massive stat increases from Hymn of Valor.
Other Relic Options
Doubles the efficacy of his deck-buffing mechanic, allowing units to reach massive stat thresholds significantly faster.
Provides Overwhelm to the entire board, ensuring that the big units generated by the deck can effectively convert their stats into Nexus damage.
Adds a layer of board control by allowing Tryndamere to remove a threat immediately upon entering the field.
Allows Tryndamere to clear board space by consuming smaller units, concentrating their stats and keywords into a single unstoppable attacker.
Constellation
Tryndamere's constellation is designed with a back-loaded power curve. While his early upgrades provide minor utility, his final stars transform him into one of the most aggressive stat-check champions in the game. His identity shifts from a slow deck to a fast-paced offensive engine at high investment levels.
Warlord's Pledge
Round Start: If you have the attack token, create a Call to Arms in hand or reduce its cost by 2 if you already have one.
Bloodlust
+1 Starting Mana. When allies attack, grant allies in your deck +1|+1.
Warlord's Pledge II
Round Start: Create a Call to Arms in hand or reduce its cost by 2 if you already have one.
Treacherous Terrain
Each round, the first time an enemy summons a unit, Frostbite it.Review
Provides a useful defensive tool with Frostbite, helping to mitigate damage during the early turns while the deck is still scaling. However, it does not directly synergize with the primary offensive gameplan.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
Crucial for reaching the 3-mana starting threshold. This allows for a more consistent curve and ensures that Call to Arms can be played as early as turn two without sacrificing momentum.
Bloodsworn Pact
When you summon an ally, double its stats this round. When you play Call to Arms, Rally.Review
This is a transformative upgrade that resolves the champion's primary weaknesses. By providing a Rally and doubling the stats of summoned units for the turn, it creates inevitable offensive pressure. It effectively mitigates the 'casino' element by making almost any summon a game-ending threat.
Gameplay Tips
- Aggressive Mulligan Strategy
Always remove high-cost units from your opening hand, including Tryndamere himself. The objective is to keep your deck saturated with these big threats so they can be pulled for free via your star powers. Your opening hand should focus on low-cost followers and ramp tools.
- Curating the Unit Pool
Tryndamere's effectiveness is heavily influenced by the units you draft during an adventure. To maximize the value of your summoning spells, aggressively use healer nodes to cut small followers. Ideally, your deck should contain only a few utility units and a high density of high-cost finishers.
- Board Space Management
Because your powers summon units directly from the deck, board space can become a significant bottleneck. Avoid over-developing small units in the late-game. If necessary, use relics like Corrupted Star Fragment or targeted spells to clear space for the big units your star powers generate.
- Leveraging Deck Buffs
Remember that every attack grants a permanent stat boost to units in your deck. Even if an attack seems suboptimal for the current board state, the long-term value of scaling your deck can be critical for winning in later turns.
- Optimizing Call to Arms
When using your champion spell, remember it has an Updraft mechanic. Use this to cycle redundant high-cost cards or units back into the deck, ensuring they receive future buffs and can be summoned with doubled stats later.