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.
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
The Tryndamere Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Graves helps Tryndamere perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Tryndamere is an ally to Graves, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Graves doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tryndamere is played with Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Graves.
Additionally, when Tryndamere plays with Graves on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Tryndamere in teamfights.
There is no ideal companion for Tryndamere that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Graves is a very typical ally for Tryndamere. By playing on the same team as Tryndamere, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 49.9%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Tryndamere and Graves that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Graves has a lower difficulty than Tryndamere. That means Tryndamere players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Graves comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Tryndamere and Graves together, you will not be providing your other teammates enough utility. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere to work well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to build first in your Tryndamere and Graves synergy build consist of Mortal Reminder, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Graves than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 49.9% helping carry Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Graves with Tryndamere are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.