Yone vs Trundle — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Trundle · 52.52% win rate (834 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Yone is slightly favoured — 52.52% win rate over 834 games.

At a glance

He out-stats you in his W — anti-heal, poke, don’t duel.

Track: Trundle's R — Subjugate (120–80s cooldown). Steals your stats. Don’t brawl into it.

Do

  • Anti-heal his sustain
  • Poke from range
  • Avoid his W domain

Don't

  • Duel him in his W
  • Get pillar-kited
  • Let him R-steal your stats

Runes & build vs Trundle

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike)
Then
Infinity Edge
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yone's game plan

Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Trundle.

This is Yone's own plan; across 834 pooled games the lane is leaning Yone.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TrundleYour Q poke and crit beat a 300-range Chomp before he has Frozen Domain up.
Level 2TrundleAt level 2 Q3's knockup out-trades him before his Domain healing scales.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is a skill window once both kits are online and neither has a clear edge.
Levels 4-5TrundleLevels 4-5 even out — Pillar of Ice is 21 seconds at rank 1, and that gap is your window.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 Subjugate steals your health mid-commit, so his ult tips the all-in his way.
First itemTrundleAt first item it's even: his sustain against your Blade of the Ruined King.
Two+ itemsYoneBy 2+ items Yone's multi-target teamfight kit vastly out-scales Trundle's single-target R.

How to beat Trundle as Yone: the early game

Levels 1-2 are yours: Chomp (Q) is a 300-range auto reset, so stay outside it and poke with Mortal Steel. Frozen Domain (W) is his buff zone, not a slow — refuse to trade on it and his sustain never gets started.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yone in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Yone 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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Common questions

Who wins Yone vs Trundle in top lane?

Yone, slightly — a 52.52% win rate edge over 834 games; execution can flip it.

Is Yone vs Trundle a skill matchup?

Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (52.52% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yone counter Trundle?

Not a hard counter — Yone has a slight edge (52.52% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Yone take vs Trundle?

Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Trundle.

What should Yone build vs Trundle?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Plated Steelcaps.

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