Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
The Tryndamere Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Tryndamere sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Aphelios helps Tryndamere perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tryndamere tries to synergize with Aphelios, he gets a little decrease in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Aphelios does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tryndamere is played alongside Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.
Moreover, when Tryndamere plays with Aphelios on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Tryndamere in team fights.
There is no perfect champion pairing for Tryndamere that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Aphelios is a below average companion for Tryndamere. By playing on the same side as Tryndamere, he lowers their win rate by -2.2% to 47.9%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Tryndamere and Aphelios that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Tryndamere. That means you should be careful when lining up Aphelios teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Tryndamere and Aphelios together, you probably will not be giving your other allies enough magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere to synergize with Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Tryndamere and Aphelios synergy build include Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Tryndamere had an average winrate of 47.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Tryndamere players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Aphelios with Tryndamere are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.