This guide works really good every time. Jungling trundle is good and build is good too.

+1 excellent comprehensive guide. THUMBSUP!

I updated the thread with the new tenacity items like Cloak & Dagger. I tested it and Trundle is much more efficient with Berserker's Greaves and Cloak and Dagger instead of Mercury's Treads. I would only grab them if I'm facing a very, very, very CC heavy team.

rly good guide

nice guide played it like u said and it worked very well :) thx

Great guide! But it shouldn't make Trundle more popular. I like to play underrated champions like him. :-)

@ Lynri: You're right. Trundle will never be a fully viable AD Carry. This guide just shows the possibility to build him more AD than Offtank. Frozen Mallet gives you extra HP and with MT-boots, Trinity Force and Wriggles you got 2 Item Slots left. If your team has a good full tank like Rammus a more tanky build on Trundle is somehow.. a waste of money. That's why this build is recommended for premade teams with a good champion composition. He's in each case an AP Carry chaser because of his skills not because of his items.

His mana problems are obvious and hard to deal with. That's why I've wrote that you HAVE to jungle with Trundle.. he's a sitting duck in laning phase if you have to fight against ranged DPS / harassment heroes. He doesn't get any money or even the chance to harass because of his squishyness. Jungling is his duty. And you have to get both buffs as soon as they're respawning. Otherwise a support char like Soraka could solve some of your mana problems. If you're laning Clarity could make a difference but it's also wasted in my opinion - compared to his worthness with a jungle build (Smite / Ghost). :/

I don't see any other solutions than getting the buffs consistently. Mana Items would weaken his viability as an Offtank / Chasing Melee DPS.

Nice build... I tryed it an im loveing it ! 1+

Trundle's an amazing hero, loving him. Have to say though that when I do play him as an "Offensive AD Carry" he tends to be lackluster. Trundle's far more chase/anti carry then an actual carry in my opinion. Yes he tends to be kind of squishy, especially early game.

Another huge issue that I deal with is mana issues, especially if you're not jungling or not keeping up with blue. How do you feel on that topic and what do you do to remedy the issue?

Now for your items I would suggest rushing Phage > Sheen as Phage ensures kills due to several small issues with Pillar of Filth (as amazing as it is). Early game when you can really use the kills and spare gold (especially first bloods) it's hard to get the kill unless the opposing player is of a lower skill or being stupid as it tends to be necessary to get into melee range and stay there using Pillar of Filth + Contaminate.

You may want to put on some screenshots/videos of managing Pillar of Filth to block/trap heroes and proper usage of Contaminate. I find a lot of Trundle players drop Contaminate right on top of themselves instead of properly ahead or in a location allowing for it's best usage. I know a lot of other guides have done it but it helps out.