So why is Urgot getting nerfed?

Whenever i play or see Urgot using his ultimate, 70% of the time he got cc-ed while channeling, so i see the new AOE fear as an unreliable, not necessary buff. Beside, seeing his ultimate is short range, deals no damage, can be qss, break while cc-ed, i'd rather play Blitzcrank if i want to catch someone off-guard. Sad but true.

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We're targeting a soft buff with the Urgot changes overall. Adding an AOE fear to his ult's a decent amount of power though, so we're currently trying to figure out how much power we will or won't need to cut elsewhere to make that addition. For context that AOE fear is targeted in particular at allowing Urgot to ult without it being as suicidal as it often is in later game teamfights (bonus secondary benefit: strong thematic resonance).

I played Urgot when he was free last year, back when he was considered a joke and fell in love with him immediately. The fact that you guys had buffed his shield by giving it a mana ratio was pretty radical and I figured you guys were going to leave him be with that buff until his eventual rework(Maybe he will be better, but it will still be a sad day for me, like a parent having to let a child leave the nest)

Adding a fear is definitely something that is thematically awesome, because fear, no, Urgot is the mind killer, but if it requires a tradeoff, I'm not sure if it's worth it in the end.

His ult is definitely weird when it comes to teamfights, but Urgot isn't alone in that regard (Jhin ult will get himself killed in the middle of a fight)and I think it is something that should be used smartly, preferably duels.

Urgot has a weird identity as an "anti marksman marksman bruiser caster anti assassin assassin" but I think nerfing his W and passive will make him weaker to assassins, and a part of me feels that this is partly motivated due to the release of the new Duskblade item to promote people to play assassins like Talon and Zed and get rid of an annoyance who may get in the way of that. Am I wrong here?

Urgot isn't a free win against an assassin, but he has lots of outplay potential that makes it worth it so it makes me a little sad to see that dampened , even if it means more power for teamfights.

Thank you for the reply though, nice to see time taken for old Urgot

Well. If you happen to need to add a bit more power, activating his shield to apply max stacks of passive would be a nice place to start! Or if that's too strong, have it be next spell cast/ auto.

Just a small qol.

So basicaly you are giving power to a weak champion, but also removing some power from him?

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I don't feel the nerfs were necessary, though I understand why they were done. I've noticed the I can only make the fear feel like it made a difference twice a game? Betwixt being cc'ed, my team killing the squishy I snagged (before I swap), , , or my team not being near me to make use of that 1.5 seconds.

I feel in solo Q, this change will give Urgot a few really great ult moments that could really change things around. And I really love this change thematically. "They shall know fear."

In organized 5 man, higher elo play, this could really be strong. Not sure though, that isn't my realm.

Finally. the only nerf that felt justified was the reducing the duration of his shield. He doesn't need a shield to be up that long especially come late game when he has 45% cdr.

that doesnt explain the removal of the AP ratio

That's sort of an odd line of thinking, though. You're going to nerf his uninterruptable, usable sustain for a "you can use this sometimes, maybe, if these myriad other situations don't exist" buff.

I suggested something similar on an Urgot rework thread back in March of 2014, but tie it instead to his W. Give him an option to pop it early for a fear, or ride it out for the damage reduction/slow component. It would synergize nicely with R, and would be usable more than once a minute. Also, it's called Terror Capacitor. I don't usually look at shields and scream in fear for my life. Just a thought.

actually, as someone else mentioned, a lot of his power comes from his low cooldown shield combined with his distanced spam to keep him alive