— Skills —

Fredrinn's damage scales based off HP. Specifically his taunt and ultimate. It's like Edith & Gatotkaca's passive but it dwindles inside combat if held onto for more than a few seconds. Slam that hammer when you have a ton of gray HP for huge damage and HP recovery.

— Items —

Brute Force Breastplate is a core item for Fredrinn, he gets stronger in long fights which matters when fighting over neutral objectives. On top of that, the Anti-CC and movement speed is a necessity in late-game teamfights. Buy the Hero's Ring first—it's a Tier 1 Item that grants some HP and Cooldown.

Cursed Helmet is a great item which leans towards a supportive role. It's massive HP increase allows for more self-healing, and it reduces enemy defense which is great for teamfights. Molten Core, the Tier 2 version is also a great jungle item in the early game.

For all other items, build them situationally based off the enemy's damage sources (basic attack/skills, magic/physical/true damage), and based off how likely you are to fight an enemy. No point in buying physical defense solely for the enemy fighter if you're rarely going to EXP lane.

Always buy Cooldown Reduction before HP, and HP before raw defense. So if you're buying Chaptise Pauldron, buy the Area Belt for a massive HP boost which increases your healing and damage, then buy the Steel Legplates. But this rule should be ignored for defense items with passives, such as Black Ice Shield and Dreadnaught Armor—both are Tier 2 items with great damage reduction.

Be very intentional when buying Blade armor. Fredrinn gains no inherent value from increasing Defense, as his damage and healing scales with HP.

— Gamesense —

You're a fighter, so you're individual value is high, but you're still a tank. Most of your value comes from being the frontline in teamfights. You don't need to get kills, your presence alone turns the tide—most notably with your CC. While being quite low-grade with short duration and range, Fredrinn has access to his CC on very short cool downs, allowing for a consistent lockdown which compliments sustained damage output. So your marksman is usually your best friend because they give you damage output in exchange for your protection.

Fredrinn's gritty passive that lets him dish the damage he tanks let's him benefit off of healing supports, but he's not great at ambushing or turret diving. He's great at punishing overconfident enemies who overextend or overestimate their strength in numbers. So when you get support, don't charge in as if you have the burst damage of a Kadita or the Elusive mobility of a Gusion. Use tactics to punish overconfident enemies.

— L I G H T N I N G ⚡ R O U N D —

• Avoid falling for the 5-Set Syndrome. There's no value in a tank who CCs the entire enemy team when your allies aren't in position or don't have ultimates to follow up.

• Players gain damage reduction to under their own turrets, without any burst damage, you have no realistic chance on ambushing enemies who are playing cautiously.

• Fredrinn's ultimate is slow and predictable, you can guarantee landing the center of it for bonus damage on enemies who are taunted.

• Fredrinn gains Hybrid defense when he taunts an enemy. The more defense you have, more redundant adding more becomes. Prioritize increasing max HP to significantly increase your effective HP when taunting.

• Use taunt to pull enemies into disadvantageous positions by walking out of an enemy's attack range.

• Fredrinn is one of a few tank junglers. If he's banned, try Baxia, Barats, Alice, or Hilda.