Talk:Tryndamere/@comment-188.104.155.214-20130212124157/@comment-5.83.71.124-20130215224338

^Although I agree about Cleanse (Truly, it actually helps a lot since the beginning, you already have a gap closer afterall), Merc scim still feels situational.

And please, stacking crit is what makes Trynd viable, he scalates with it: More crit = more fury = even more crit, more crit = longer frenzy stack, which you want, more crit = lower E CD, more crit = better sustain.

Now, I'm not actually saying getting defenses is wrong. It's actually good, but only room for that was your boots slow, you could get Merc's before and switch the LW with the good old TBC to "refund" the lost Berserker's AS, but since the TBC changes, it's either "Get low AS+Tenacity", or "Get high AS-No Tenacity". However, must say that investing a slot for Tenacity is good. It's the only defensive stat a good Trynd needs.

On the other hand, although I still don't think it's better than carrymere, you can build Trynd as bruisermere, getting a bunch of offensive-defensive items, IE, and SotD. How optimal it is is still debatable, but at least is viable, way more viable than APmere and maybe at the same tier as carrymere.