Mordekaiser vs Trundle — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Trundle · 54.02% win rate over 353 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Mordekaiser is favoured — Mordekaiser owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Trundle's 1. Mordekaiser wins 54.02% of games vs Trundle in top lane (353 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillYour Q is a slow delayed cone Trundle dodges at full HP while farming — neither of you has a real all-in yet, so just last-hit clean.
Level 2MordekaiserW banks a cut of every exchange as a shield and recasts to heal, and your magic damage ignores his Chomp AD-steal — short Q-auto trades come out in your favour.
Level 3MordekaiserThree hits ignites Darkness Rise; pull him off his wave with Death's Grasp and run Q-auto while his sustain can't out-tick your aura.
Levels 4-5MordekaiserRanking Q makes single-target Obliterate hits big and your W heal eats his Chomp damage — he has to hug minions all lane to trade back.
Level 6MordekaiserRealm of Death is a 1v1 Trundle can't decline, and inside it his Subjugate has almost no nearby enemies to heal off — your cleanest kill.
First itemMordekaiserA magic mythic plus an Oblivion Orb caps his W/Q/R sustain, so Darkness Rise grinds straight through his tank HP.
Two+ itemsTrundleSubjugate steals your resistances and heals off the crowd while his tank items out-sustain your flatter late game — drag the fight out and he reclaims it, so end before 2+ items.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is even — your Q (Obliterate) is a delayed cone smash that Trundle just sidesteps at full HP while last-hitting, so don't throw it on cooldown into the wave. From level 2 it tilts your way: his Chomp (Q) steals your AD, but your damage is magic, so the bite barely dents your output, and your W banks a chunk of every exchange and recasts as a heal. Trade Q-into-auto and recast W — you come out ahead. The one thing to respect is his Pillar (E): don't let him wall you off mid-trade or block your Death's Grasp.

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The full Mordekaiser vs Trundle report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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