Support Tryndamere build with runes and items. Support Tryndamere guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Tryndamere build in League of Legends Patch 25.15!
Even though Tryndamere is not typical support, you are gonna support your team very effectively. With heals, shields and buffs:
Heal summoner spell.
Guardian rune.
Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari and Moonstone Renewer and other items.
Tryndamere has +35% Healing in ARAM, which makes all healing effects (Redemption or Font of Life included) extra efficient!
Playstyle
🛡️ Play safe, stay in the back and play like support, so you can stay and heal more.
⚔️ Sometimes, you can go in and play more aggressively when the opportunity is right.
💖 Focus on healing and shielding to keep allies alive.
✨ Use Redemption, Locket, and Heal on cooldown for healing.
How to play
General
Your first rush is Redemption.
Your second rush can be Locket of the Iron Solari (vs AoE), Moonstone Renewer (sustain).
Also, Echoes of Helia is pretty good because you can proc it consistently with Font of Life (slow/cc).
Rush second Locket if your team already doing teamfights or when an enemy team has champions with super aoe damage (example: like Fiddle's ult). Otherwise, get Moonstone Renewer #2. The third item should be whatever you did not buy - Locket of the Iron Solari or Moonstone Renewer. That's your core.
Another decent item if you have carry/strong bruiser/strong tank is Knight's Vow.
Try to use summoner spell Heal on cooldown. With Moonstone Renewer, ideally there should be at least two people for maximum healing effect.
Later in the game, for maximum support - you can sell boots for sixth item.
You can get items like Ardent Censer (some auto attackers needed) or Staff of Flowing Water. It will be triggered often enough that it will be worth.
Interesting item is Cryptbloom. If you want to go full healing, you can get it like #4+ item.
Runes
With Cosmic Insight rune from Inspiration tree:
Redemption and Locked of the Iron Solari has 81.92 sec cooldown (down from 90 sec).
Shurelya's Battlesong has 68.12 sec cooldown (down from 75 sec).
Guardian is important rune. It is going to provide tons of shielding. Remember that you need to be close to your allies to proc it.
You can also manipulate it - for example, you can stick to one ally, or avoid some spells that's gonna only waste it.
Another important rule is Cosmic Insight, it reduces cooldown for your active items (so more heals/shielding) and Heal summoner spell.
Redemption
Try to use Redemption on cooldown, when your allies are missing some health. It is best to use when they are grouped. Especially if you already have Moonstone Renewer, it is best to wait (or ping) until they group together, so you can have them all healed.
Remember that you can use Redemption for the damage. However, in general, it is not worth it. Keep it to heal your team!
Be careful when using Redemption while you are dead, and you are about to be respawned. The camera will go to your position, and you can cast it in the spawning pool by mistake. Watch out for bad timing!
Tips and Tricks
Bloodlust (Q)
Keep auto attacking whenever you can to generate Fury. It increases your critical strike chance and can be consumed with Bloodlust (Q) for healing and sustain.
Keep Fury high. Avoid spending Q until you really need to heal. It increases your damage/crit and sustain.
If you are getting poked hard and you're having trouble safely hitting minions or champions, just use Bloodlust (Q) on cooldown to heal.
Mocking Shout (W)
You can use Mocking Shout (W) to detect enemies hiding in the bush or even invisible ones that try to sneak on you, your team or your Nexus!
Players tend to instinctively run when you suddenly appear (especially using Spinning Slash (E)) from a bush or fog of war. Use that reaction to your advantage. Use Mocking Shout (W) as they turn away to apply the AoE slow and reduce their attack damage.
Maxing Mocking Shout (W) might be very viable strategy against full AD comps!
Spinning Slash (E)
Tryndamere auto + E trick: when auto attacking, be very close or even go little further. This way you can AA, then Spinning Slash (E) immediately for auto + E dmg.
Spinning Slash (E) + Flash combo. You can use Flash during E animation. To elevate your Tryndamere's game, do it at the very last frame animation. Works in any direction.
Undying Rage (R)
Use R as late as possible. This might bait enemies to use cooldowns and makes you stay in fight for longer. Also beware who you are playing against - sometimes you need to anticipate big burst coming your way and you need to use R early or get one shoted.
Generally, hold Q during ult. If you need to heal afterwards, make sure to use it after your R ends (unless it is specific situation i.e. you are taking dmg from DoTs or there's flying turret's shot right as your R ends).
Riot
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.