League of Legends pentakills are usually reserved for AD Carries, but an unconventional jungle pick by FlyQuest’s Inspired broke the tradition at LTA North this weekend, turning scepticism into praise for the champion.
None other than Tryndamere—traditionally known as a top lane split-push terror—was locked into the jungle for the first time this season during FlyQuest’s match with Shopify Rebellion. Inspired delivered a flawless 10/0/1 performance that left fans and analysts stunned.
He claimed a pentakill and finished with the highest farm (309) total outside of the ADCs, underscoring his dominance and efficiency on stage. Tryndamere is often seen as a glass cannon who deals high damage but lacks the tools to facilitate or provide value to the teamfights as other meta top lane champions, like K’Shante, Rumble, and Ornn—but Inspired made it work in the jungle.
Working with the Lethal Tempo, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes, Tryndamere has to farm to become relevant. Inspired did that, stacking his fury to clear camps and secured a successful gank in the mid lane to start his match with a head start. After that, a mid-game fight near the Atakhan saw Inspired unleash his fury, melting the enemy champions with ease.
While Tryndamere usually takes Ghost and Ignite in the top lane, Inspired went for the Smite and Flash to find a safer route to escape trouble. However, the game went so well from early to mid-game that SR had to yield the match point to FlyQuest and settle for the lower-bracket run to the finals.
While Tryndamere definitely secured the kills in game four to qualify FlyQuest for the Split 3 finals, it was Quad’s Syndra that did the most damage in that match, along with Xayah, to set those kills for Tryndamere to scale into the late game.
Despite seeing no play at FST or MSI 2025 across any role, and appearing for only the third time this year in professional matches, Tryndamere has certainly struck a chord as that uncanny jungle pick capable of slipping into Fearless Drafts and catching even the most prepared teams off guard.
With Worlds 2025 just around the corner, his surprise success adds another layer of unpredictability to the evolving meta and reminds teams that even off-meta champions can become game-changing weapons on the biggest stage.
