As an experienced League of Legends player who loves to theorycraft optimal item builds, I can confidently declare Trinity Force as one of the most gold efficient, versatile and empowering mythic items in Season 14. Trinity Force‘s wide range of stats and hard-hitting passives has cemented its status as a premiere mythic item for fighters, marksmen, skirmishers and duelists looking to force fights and snowball leads.
Let‘s do a deep dive into why Trinity Force has become such a dominant staple this season by looking at the item‘s stats, champion synergies, evolving history and comparisons to other mythic options like Essence Reaver. Whether you love blowing up squishies with your favorite attack damage carry or relentlessly hunting down enemies as a lightning fast jungler, Trinity Force can unlock hidden power.
An All-in-One Powerhouse Item
What immediately stands out about Trinity Force is how much raw stat value gets crammed into a single 3733 gold purchase. For reference, let‘s compare the stats to two other damage oriented mythics in Stridebreaker and Shieldbow:
| Item | Attack Damage | Health | Attack Speed | Ability Haste |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Force | 35 | 200 | 30% | 20 |
| Stridebreaker | 45 | 300 | NONE | 20 |
| Shieldbow | 50 | 350 | 15% | 20 |
Now Trinity Force clearly lags behind in pure attack damage. However, the abundance of attack speed, health and critically, mobility (from mythic passive and passives) outshines alternative mythics for champions who rely on kiting/chasing or weaving combos with spellblade procs. Many manaless fighters also benefit from stacking health instead of omni-vamp.
In terms of gold value efficiency, Trinity Force outperforms almost every mythic when combining stats and passives:
| Champion | Trinity Force | Next Highest Mythic |
|---|---|---|
| Kindred | 105.7% | Shieldbow (84.5%) |
| Ashe | 128.6% | Shieldbow (113%) |
| Darius | 107.5% | Stridebreaker (93.2%) |
The numbers speak for themselves – Trinity Force packs a massive bang for your buck compared to the competition. It strikes the perfect balance between combat stats like health, attack damage and ability haste with mobility enhancers like movespeed, attack speed and two killer passives in Spellblade and Threefold Strike. This combination of power, versatility and efficiency is why Trinity Force has exploded in priority across so many champion classes this season compared to previous ones.
Best-in-Class Synergies
Now that we‘ve established Trinity Force as a statistically amazing item, let‘s break down some of the unique synergies and interactions that make Trinity Force such a natural fit on certain champions:
Ashe
As a marksmen who kites using Frost Shot slows, Trinity Force perfectly complements Ashe‘s high mobility playstyle. The additional movespeed from mythic passive and Threefold Strike passive allows Ashe to keep her distance while peppering enemies with endless auto attacks boosted by 30% bonus attack speed. Spellblade also empowers her explosive W -> AA poke combos, chunking with both spells and attacks.
Her overall damage, mobility and utility goes through the roof with this item combo compared to more standard crit builds, explaining her S+ tier ranking for Trinity Force marksmen. Shieldbow simply doesn‘t offer the same level of power across all facets of her kit.
Vayne
Similar to Ashe, Trinity Force Vayne transforms into a lethal kiting machine thanks to all the Attack Speed, Movement Speed, Health and Spellblade Passive. Threefold Strike in particular has amazing synergy since it works with her Tumble auto attack reset. After two Tumbles, Vayne gains a burst of movement speed to keep re-positioning during hectic team fights all while dropping nukes boosted by Spellblade with every ability rotation.
Shieldbow might offer better raw DPS but Trinity Force‘s mobility takes Vayne‘s outplay potential to another level. The health and ability haste also gives Vayne a deceptively tanky side that catches opponents off guard.
Darius
As the premier juggernaut, Darius loves extended brawls where he can stack passive hemorrhage bleeds with auto attacks. Trinity Force fuels this playstyle perfectly through the Threefold Strike Movement Speed, keeping enemies within Apprehend -> AA -> W -> AA lethal combo range.
Spellblade acts as the cherry on top, empowering the already terrifying damage. Darius becomes an unstoppable backline menace who relentlessly runs down and dunks high priority threats once he gets Trinity Force and starts snowballing.
The kiting weakness that juggernauts typically face gets partially offset by all the speed boosts granted by Trinity Force as well. This unlocks far more aggressiveFlash initiated plays compared to the Stridebreaker dash version many opt for instead.
And those were just a few Trinity Force match made in heavens! Other high tier candidates include Udyr for the relentless chase down potential, Gangplank to become a terrifying poke barrage or Corki to enable a risky but rewarding all-in machine gun assassin style. The item clearly knows how to bring out the best in both popular and off-meta champions.
Evolving Build Trends
Now what‘s particularly interesting this season is seeing the resurgence of Trinity Force over Divine Sunderer on picks like Udyr and Corki where mythic diversity previously thrived. Let‘s analyze some of the item and champion changes over the past year that catapulted Trinity Force back into solo queue dominance:
Patch 12.10 delivered sweeping durability updates and damage nerfs across the board. By reducing overall damage in the game, drawn out skirmishes become more valuable compared to pure one shot assassination builds. Trinity Force‘s kiting, chasing and Spellblade passive perfectly aligns with this new reality, where mobility and sustained damage reigns supreme.
The changing dynamics and metagame shifts re-positioned Trinity Force from a niche snowball item into a premiere mythic option. And then Riot started directly buffing Trinity Force too!
Patch 12.13:
- Attack damage increased from 30 to 35
- Attack speed increased from 25% to 30%
- Mythic passive bonus AD increased from 6 to 8
Patch 13.1:
- Bonus damage to minions removed
- Spellblade base damage increased from 150% to 200% for melee users
Patches 12.13 and 13.1 took an already strong item and made it borderline overpowered for many melee champions. The attack damage, attack speed and raw spellblade proc damage skyrocketed to insane levels given the 3733 gold cost.
Champions like Udyr and Corki swapped from Divine Sunderer as their mythic of choice over to Trinity Force almost overnight with these changes. The efficiency was just too good to pass up, trumping alternatives like Essence Reaver as well (which we‘ll touch on more soon).
So in summary, sweeping game environment changes first positioned Trinity Force as a powerful kiting/skirmishing mythic. And then direct buffs shot its gold value efficiency through the roof to cement its status as a solo queue terror this season across assassins, fighters, skirmishers and marksmen alike. Pick or ban champions like Udyr abused this power spike to climb at record rates.
Which perfectly transitions to our next point…
Underrated Trinity Force Champions
While savvy players quickly recognized Trinity Force‘s immense power on reworked champions like Udyr post-buffs, many still seem oblivious to the item‘s potential on other off-meta champion builds.
Let‘s shine a spotlight on some of the sleeper OP interactions that still fly under the radar right now:
Skarner
The rampaging scorpion needs to stick onto targets to drag them back with his ultimate into lethal team fight wombo combos. Trinity Force perfectly fuels this reckless playstyle through:
- Threefold Strike move speed near spires to run down enemies
- 30% bonus Attack Speed to stack passive stun faster
- Sheen proc damage for immense dueling power
- 200 base health to survive extended trades
Trinity Force Skarner boasts a solid 52% win rate over 22,000 Plat+ ranked games last patch, much higher than his sub 50% average.
The number speak for themselves – if you want to enable a merciless pick machine in the jungle, Trinity Force gives Skarner all the tools necessary to single-handedly win team fights after successful initiations.
Olaf
A mid game monster who relies on high threat pressure to rip open the enemy front line, Trinity Force adds an explosive element to Olaf‘s reckless dive playstyle thanks to:
- Spellblade nuking squishies for 500+ damage
- Threefold Strike chunking tanks with bonus physical damage
- 30% Attack Speed synergy with innate attack speed steroid on R
Pair Trinity Force with a Titanic Hydra, and Olaf becomes an unkillable dueling menace capable of brute forcing victories through raw stats and combat tools alone. He boasts a similarly strong 52% win rate, proving this burly berseker still terrorizes solo queue.
So if you love sprinting at the enemy team screaming bloody murder as Olaf, treat yourself to Trinity Force and watch the bodies fly.
Volibear
Still sleeper OP in the jungle after his mini-rework, Volibear has joined the Udyr/Olaf/Trundle school of running down and mauling enemies to death with ghost + ultimate movement speed steroids.
Trinity Force adds the last missing piece with Threefold Strike bonus movement speed near epic monster camps, creating almost unmatched gank pressure in the early/mid game. The crippling slow into feared flip combo also nicely enables landing the precious spellblade-empowered attacks before opponents can escape.
A Kindred-esque Trinity Force into Wit‘s End core propels Volibear‘s early game tempo into even the most awkward jungle matchups. Transitioning to a Guardian Angel/Gargoyle Stoneplate bruiser build turns Voli into the raid boss front liner every team loves late game as well.
For any jungle mains looking to expand their champion pool towards underplayed but strong solo queue picks, give Trinity Force Volibear a chance. The versatility might surprise you.
Trinity Force vs. Essence Reaver
Now what article about mythic diversity would be complete without addressing the black sheep – Essence Reaver? This rising crit/ability haste item saw incremental changes throughout Season 12 to reduce its cost and better reward spell-weaving champions who traditionally favored Trinity Force instead.
How does Trinity Force compare now against Essence Reaver post-changes on hybrid fighter/spell casters like Ezreal and Gangplank after Patch 12.10? Let‘s evaluate:
| Champ | Win Rate | Pick Rate | KDA |
|---|---|---|---|
| TF Ezreal | 50.2% | 28.6% | 3.8 |
| ER Ezreal | 46.8% | 12.4% | 3.5 |
| TF Gangplank | 49% | 11.2% | 2.9 |
| ER Gangplank | 47% | 3.4% | 2.7 |
Across over 600,000 Plat+ games last patch, Trinity Force still reigns supreme on hybrid auto attackers like Ezreal and Gangplank over the cheaper Essence Reaver alternative.
The raw combat stats like health and attack speed allows Ezreal to pivot towards a dangerous attack-focused build instead of pure poke. Same goes for Trinity Force Gangplank, where the pushing power and tower threat pressure stands out compared to lethality builds.
Essence Reaver spikes earlier with more ability haste quicker. But Trinity Force scaling cannot get matched thanks to the multiplicative power from on-hit effects like Rageblade/Nashors and innate champion passives. The mythic passive movement speed also proves invaluable on nimble marksmen who rely so heavily on кiting abilities.
So while Essence Reaver enjoys niche scenarios on select ability spam mages like Lucian mid, Trinity Force remains the tried and tested choice for adopters like Ezreal and Gangplank.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the different angles from stats to passives, champion synergies to metagame evolutions and mythic item comparisons, one thing remains crystal clear:
Trinity Force‘s combination of power, versatility and efficiency makes it a mandatory first buy for any champion who likes to force skirmishes and snowball through kills.
Whether you live for popping off on Vayne, zooming around as Udyr or front lining as the raid boss Volibear, Trinity Force holds the keys to unlocking oppressive impact across team fights, jungle duels and side lane dominance.
No other mythic item provides such an immense basket of stats to cover every combat scenario imaginable along with two uniquely synergistic passives tailored towards fighters and auto-attackers.
So next time you load up champion select wondering how to maximize early game agency through proactive plays that make teammates spam missing ping your insane damage, give Trinity Force a chance to unleash your true power in League of Legends Season 14.