Talk:Trundle/@comment-8505783-20130503071053/@comment-4677525-20130503174742

To add to this, unlike most champions with spammy Q abilities, Trundle rarely runs out of mana post-level 6 so Tear really doesn't add that much to him. An early Sheen provides all the mana he would need and, like the above poster mentioned, builds into Iceborn or Triforce. I can see the appeal, I personally don't think it's optimal.

Also, I wouldn't really recommend leveling W before Q. Trundle, even his early clear, needs virtually no help in the jungle so leveling W over Q for helping out his jungle really doesn't make much sense. Leveling the Q also increases the potency of the buff and debuff and increases his overall utility in fights when compared to his W. Also, the stats from his W (like healing regen and attack speed) really scale much better lategame when Trundle has a few items built.