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Jungle Tryndamere - Death From the Jungle

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This is Not for Beginners

If you are reading this guide, I assume that you already have played and understand his gameplay style. Also, I am not going to cover any of the basics with this particular guide, just give my idea on the jungle .

Jungle Advantages

Tryndamere is a decent jungler and laner. I prefer jungling tryndamere in order to get more farm than I would if I was on lane due to the lack of harass. Once you have and maybe a (I'm not sure exactly where in the build), Trynd becomes an excellent jungler due to his crits, his heal, and his high damage output.

Some people may claim that these champions are better and deserve to have priority over jungle. I will agree, as they have the ability to gank earlier and more often than can .

Routing

The jungle route is fairly straightforward. Start at the (with a leash of course), then proceed to the . Since you level up by slaying the , use your to jump through the wall behind the . This is the toughest part of the jungle , as you need to heal yourself at least once during the course of the fight. After completing the , proceed to the , then the , and, if you are feeling fairly confident and have enough health, the . Proceed back to the and repeat, grabbing buffs when they reappear. With a in your items, can be taken solo around level 7 or 8, although I prefer to wait until level 10. In addition, can be soloed with a complete and level 18.

Ganking and Counter-Jungling

Do not gank until level 4 unless it is absolutely needed. After that, fire away, but make sure to keep your farm up. You can also counter-jungle the enemy's jungler. Just be careful to:
1) Not get caught
2) Not get counter-jungled yourself
3) Not attempt to counter-jungle until at least level 4
If you ARE going to try to kill the enemy's jungler in their own jungle, can be incredibly good at doing so. Just make sure to alert your team before you do it so that they can call the necessary MIAs and move to save you.

Do not engage these two junglers early on and only defend your jungle. Do not go on the offensive and try to find and kill them until at least level 6. These two are excellent junglers and move very quickly; they will have you outfarmed in no time early on.

Solo Top

I have begun to take this build top to solo if there is a more viable jungle. The build remains the same, but the Summoner Spells change. I have found to be weak until level six, when he gets his ultimate. After that, he can usually dominate a lane with a fair amount of farm.

Early Game

Rush a and start dropping wards on whenever possible. If possible, do not gank until you have your . Ganking may prove to be just a chain of failures until you get more damage, so do not be too disappointed. Take the and continue to build into a .

Middle Game

Here is the bread and butter of the build. The provides extra attack and move speed, the provides the damage you need, and the gives you that last touch of lifesteal and crit chance. Once you finish the , you can't get hurt by (you have 30% lifesteal) and you are guaranteed to crit with a full rage bar.

Late Game - Optional Items

These items can finish and improve your build. If the team stacks armor, get the . If their team stacks health, then finish with a . Afterwards, if you still have more farm, sell your and buy for more damage and lifesteal.

Runes

The runes are fairly straightforward. Armor penetration marks and quintessences allow you to strike through some of their armor. The attack speed seals allow you to hit slightly faster, creating the jungle opportunities. The glyphs can be changed for other attack-based runes, such as crit damage, but I prefer the straightforward damage per level glyphs, as this rune page is more versatile in adapting to most other AD melee champions.

In general, these runes allow you to hit harder, faster, and avoid some of your opponent's armor.

Masteries

21-9-0
You are an AD melee semicarry/bruiser. Design your masteries around attack damage and attack speed. In addition, the 9 points in defense allows you to take basic armor and magic resist masteries, as well as the protection from minions.

Summoner Spells

This is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for this jungle . You do not get the extra gold for using it, but you need the extra damage early on, unless someone leashes for you after you finish the .

I like this just because you practically have a free with your . If you need to get away or chase down that pesky , then this is the go-to spell. However, it can be replaced by:

or even

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Update Log

1 July 2012 - Added 2nd build exemplifying a build with a to finish
29 October 2012 - Changed 2nd build Summoner Spells to exemplify solo top Summoner Spells
24 November 2012 - Added side note about soloing baron