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.
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
The Tryndamere Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, 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 Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gragas helps Tryndamere perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tryndamere plays on the same team as Gragas, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Gragas helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tryndamere is played together with Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gragas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gragas.
Moreover, when Tryndamere plays with Gragas on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Gragas does a poor job of covering Tryndamere during team fights.
There is no one best companion for Tryndamere that will always be his #1 ally. However, Gragas is a terrible ally for Tryndamere. By playing on the same team as Tryndamere, he decreases their win rate by -4.1% to 46.0%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Tryndamere and Gragas that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Gragas has a lower difficulty than Tryndamere. That means Tryndamere players don't need to be cautious when lining up Gragas teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Tryndamere players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Tryndamere and Gragas together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of AP. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Gragas ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Tryndamere in order to work well with Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to use in your Tryndamere and Gragas synergy build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tryndamere used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Gragas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average winrate of 46.0% when playing alongside Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Tryndamere and Gragas pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Gragas with Tryndamere are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.