Tryndamere vs Malphite TOP Matchup Guide

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Tryndamere into Malphitemedium

Overview

Prioritize building Fury early to enable strong trades and healing against Malphite's poke.
Use wave control to deny Malphite safe armor stacking and prevent his scaling comfort.
Focus on side-lane duels and splitpush pressure to avoid Malphite's teamfight engage strength.

Trade only when Fury is high and Malphite's and are on cooldown to maximize damage.
Use to engage only if you can chase or reset, avoiding forward dashes into his slows.
Extend fights with to survive burst and convert low-health trades into kills or tower damage.

Respect Malphite's engage when combined with flash or fog of war angles.
Avoid fights when your or are down to prevent easy punishes.
Be cautious using forward without vision or escape, as it opens you to ganks or collapses.

Build Fury by last-hitting and avoid overextending into Malphite's slow poke.
Do not all-in before level 6 when Malphite's engage is unavailable.
Thin or slow push waves to force Malphite to farm under tower and disrupt his armor buildup.

At level 6, use aggressively to bait or survive Malphite's and force all-ins.
Reach two core items to significantly increase splitpush threat and force Malphite to respond.
Exploit windows before Malphite completes armor items to win trades and pressure the lane.

Build Fury and use plus to force extended side-lane fights Malphite can't contest.
Deny Malphite free scaling by crashing waves and punishing cooldowns before his armor spikes.
Push to your two-item spike to maximize splitpush pressure and create map advantages for your team.

Tactical tip

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