2016 URF changes

Cindikle··84 votes·131,702 views

item 3285 - 1s delay before it can start recharging after dealing damage.

Aatrox - Haven't even seen him honestly. W- Now procs every attack.

Akali - Haven't seen one this year. I remember her being very brutal to face past 6 last year. W - Duration reduced to 5 seconds.

Anivia - A lot of delay in her abilities hurts her with all the mobility in the mode. QWE - Cast times removed.

Annie - Oh a low Hp Annie I'm just going to ki....You have been slain. Passive - Cannot generate charges for 3 seconds after stunning a target.

Blitzcrank - I don't need a note for this one do I? Q - Cooldown increased by 2 seconds, returned for hitting your target. E - Cannot knock the same champion up within 4 seconds. Unless it's Nidalee. She likes to go boing.

Braum - Could be a huge counter to all of the poke spam, but.... E - Shield cooldown now starts on cast. Cannot recast till previous shield duration has ended.

Cassiopeia - Games kind of short for her passive. Passive - Stacks twice as fast.

Diana - Underrated as hell. W - Cannot be cast till previous shield has ended. R - No longer resets on Q proc.

Elise - Could gain things. But she'd probably get a buff before next years URF so I wont say thing.

Evelynn - Ever see a machine gun that fired swords, but didn't have enough power to go much range? Passive - Distance before enemy champions can see you increased by 20% W - CD does not start till duration ends.

Ezreal - Meh, may as well. Q - Reduces CD's by 1 second on hit. QWER - CD's increased by 30%.

Fiora - We're lucky she's not popular. Q - Cooldown does not start till both dashes used. No longer applies on hit effects.

Fizz - Gut the fish. E - Cooldown does not start till Fizz lands.

Galio - It's like his passive was changed to a shield that heals him. W - CD does not start till duration ended.

Garen - Does he exist in URF? E - No longer slows Garen. Cooldown does not start till duration ends.

Hecarim - How is my mowing? 1-800-555-PNTA Q - Cooldown increased. Now lowers CD on multiple hits again.

Jax - Helicopter 2.0. Can actually fly. E - CD starts after duration ends.

Jayce - Only needs two of his 7 abilities to win games. Q - Now consumes the gate.

Kalista - Hah, no. Oh fine. Passive - Now gains max distance at all boot levels(including no boots, not as empowering as no pants).

Katarina - Next skin "Snow Bunny Katarina". E - Cannot be used on the same champion more within a 4 second duration. Kind of like those Kat changes they changed their minds on.

Kennen - A little too shocking. Passive - Now requires 4 charges to stun.

Leblanc - Bushy Bushy Q - Can no longer proc itself. W - CD does not start till duration ends. R - Same as above(although the Q part doesn't matter, but we'll put more nerfs to make people happy).

Leona - Nerfs inc, feel the burn. Q - Cannot stun the same champion within 4 seconds.

Lucian - There's a joke about mobility in here that I shouldn't say. E - No longer lowers CD on passive attacks.

Lux - Why no Cheerleader skin Riot? E - CD does not start till duration ends.

Malzahar - Ok you had your fun. Passive - Max minions 3. W - CD doesn't start till duration ends.

Morgana - Hope you brought your trunks. You're not leaving the pool. Q - Cannot root the same target within 4 seconds. E - CD does not start till duration ends.

Nidalee - May as well be a Toad. Doesn't move without hopping. Passive - No longer increases MS moving toward hunted targets. (Hooman) Q - Q deals 50% reduced damage if it hits the same target within 4 seconds. (Cat) W - CD increased by 50%. Increase does not apply when following hunted targets.

Orianna - So many balls in your face she should be in a.... basketball game. Q - Ranks no longer lower CD.

Pantheon - Ever face a lane with both Pantheon and Jax on URF? Don't. W - Now adds a passive charge instead of a full activation. Cannot stun same target within 4 seconds.

Poppy - Rework Inc.

Riven - Not doing it right if you don't have the bunny skin. Q - CD doesn't start till all charges used. E - CD doesn't start till duration ends.

Shaco - Where do we start? Q - Stealth duration halved. W - Now has double cooldown and a charge system. CD for placing reduced slightly. R - Duration halved. CD doesn't start till clone or real Shaco expires.

Shen - Ninja's are for killing. W - CD does not start till duration ends. (I am just now figuring out I should copy+paste this.)

Sivir - If she needed mana, she'd have infinite mana. E - CD does not start till duration ends.

Sona - Here we go.... just for starters. Passive - Now requires 6 charges. QWE - Now share a 1.5s CD(Not effected by CDR).

Swain Caw Caw(Only Fiddlesticks will understand this). W - Cannot effect the same target within 4 seconds. R - Healing reduced by 50%. Increased based on missing HP.

Tryndamere - The Wizard's back. You don't know jack. Don't talk smack. Or he'll give you a thwack. E - AP ratio reduced by half. Now applies on hit effects(Not crit, don't be silly). No longer applies spell effects. R - CD does not start till duration ends.

Twitch - Fabreeze was invented after it's creator kicked this rat from his house. He lasted 5 seconds(current world record). Q - CD does not start till duration ends.

Vayne - She smells AP Lucian. R - CD does not start till duration ends.

Veigar - This is why he cannot have nice things. E - Cannot stun same target within 4 seconds.

Vladimir - #1 cause of first bloods. W - CD does not start till duration ends.

MonkeyKing - No more monkeys jumping on the bed. W - CD does not start till duration ends. Stealth duration reduced by half.

XinZhao - They make pills for that. QWE - CD does not start till duration ends. (Doesn't actually apply to E.)

Yasuo - Thanks bard. He's no longer the worst URF champion. Q - Cast time removed. E - Duration between dashing the same target reduced by half.

Zed - Maybe I should just make a new thread. W - Limited to one shadow. W - CD does not start till duration ends. R - CD does not start till duration ends.

Turrets - Armor/MR increased by 50% for every turret of the previous tier up. Stop split pushing and play real champion. (That's a thing to say.)

173 Comments

Leti the Yeti32 votes

its like... urf but nerfed yep its nurf 2.0 to hell with that

BeautyAndABeast12 votes

when the urf?

gras15 votes

The question is where is U.R.F ??

ImaDamnSorcere2 votes

exactly

Böken13 votes

make it permanent

LeBronze Vlac2 votes

It would be a bad Idea... The fact that urf is about fun, people will just get bored and search for OP champs (Shaco Leblanc Nidalee ) And Urf would be ruined. The point is to have fun, but too much fun will just get old, and it will decay and even if We like it, it would not be fun as long as it stays permanent. If you get my point ( Zed + summoner 14 + item 3147 )

Lycandre3 votes

I don't see how making URF a permanent game mode would be a bad idea, the way I see it, it's like ARAM and Dominion(when it was still around), people play it when they want and they play a different mode when they don't, simple really. If your argument is that the game mode will get stale if it's made into a permanent game mode, it's not very valid, if even Riot used that excuse, ARAM would be just as rare as URF, LoTPK, Ascended, etc. And the fact that URF is fun, isn't a valid reason to make it so rare, but if you have any counter arguments, let me know, I like to understand as many sides of a situation as I can.

orangepuffity1 votes

It'll run into the same problem as Dominion, people will get bored and stop playing it. I love it, but it does get old after awhile.

müsIi9 votes

URF is so funny because everyone is OP!!!! and that nerf is rlly sad to all the op champs.. i mean the buffs are rlly nice!!! but pls pls pls pls pls dont nerf only buff!!!

more dmg = more fun! and urf should be alot of fun! c:

RITO PLS! [slayer-jinx-catface]

ardiolpaokara5 votes

No way.bug off URF.People like it cuz of all the broken shit u wanted balance.u dont get it.URF is supposed to be unbalanced.thats why its fun.Riot doesnt want it permanent cuz its unbalanced.End of story.

Gangplank NR15 votes

Really riot i have been waiting for urf now a long time and i see this :0 urf will never be the sameitem 3070

25568221_DEL5 votes

We don't want a balanced URF. thats the fking point of URF, to be fun, which by the way, is the only thing still worth it in this game. Seems like I won't be waiting for URF to uninstall then

Aldør5 votes

When the urf mode start ?

Full Metal Pony5 votes

Waiting on URF Mode to start got me like: item 3151

usul12024 votes

Congratulations, you removed what made Diana an interesting reset champion by removing the need to engage with her Q at long range. NO. That reset mechanic is Diana's thing.

Cindikle4 votes

That's fine, but honestly something has to go. Maybe the shield change would be enough. It's like facing a Xin. All they have to do is mash everything. Land one Q and they wont escape the second. Then again that reset mechanic is also part of what makes it hard to balance her in a normal mode.

I know it's URF. But there should be at least some thought.

usul120219 votes

I think you're missing the point of URF. URF isn't about balance, it's about everyone being OP. Outside of healing (because that was truly unfair at all levels) every single champion is buffed by this. The buffs are actually balanced to hit everyone about the same amount, and make everyone ridiculous. some kits are inherently better at it, yes, but there are SO MANY that are. I can't even keep track of the number of champions who are unreal OP. which makes no one truly over powered by comparison. Hence, the fun of URF. It's not about balance. making it about balance is turning Pacific Rim into a story driven movie. no. it's about giant robots fighting monsters. let them go at it.

Cindikle4 votes

I understand that.

But for a lot of people the mode becomes dull because of the more OP-er champions always being there.

URF loses it's flair because of this. That's why this years URF had a lot of champion changes. Next year will have some more too unless they change something else.

A lot of the overly OP champions are that way from one mechanic. Zed's ability to have multiple W's out make landing multiple Q's a huge pain. Remove this and he'd still be strong, but he wont dance around while throwing his Q at you from every direction.

Nid has her mobility(I don't mind the Q, increased MS and there's a lot of spam anyway). Jayce has his AoE nid spear spam. Monkey has his near unlimited clones. Kat has her mobility(her actual damage isn't that high unless she's fed, it's her ability to stick to her target and get resets) Orianna cannot be outplayed by watching her Q. She can move it very often with no cast time. Galio is a raid boss as long as he can spam his shield. Fizz and Vlad can spam untargetability.

usul12025 votes

What you're seeing is an example of 'The squeaky wheel gets the oil'. If you consider the number of people who play URF, compared to the number who come to the board raging (on tilt at least 75% of the time) the ratio is quite small. Also, while they're not spoken of often, almost any champion that relies upon abilities is incredibly powerful, which is why there are almost more 'sleeper OP URF champ' posts than 'UGH GIMME MOAR BANS' posts. and even then, i've found a few that i haven't seen listed/played much or at all.

It's not URF if you direct the nerfs and make it a balanced game mode, because that removes the random fun from it. You're removing the fire breathing from the monsters in pacific rim for a few romance scenes between characters, to continue my analogy from before.

Cindikle3 votes

It's not about balance. It's about reducing the ridiculous. I'm fine with Sona staying #1. I'm not fine with feeling like she's a 100% win rate(only going lower when it's a mirror match). That's the point where she should be disabled. Currently she just reduces the number of bans available.

If I really had my way they'd disable the top two banned champions and top winrate champion. It'd hurt newer players, but URF would give them bad habbits anyway.

usul120215 votes

You're making URF a fair focused (and therefore win centered) game. It's not. its for fun. it's a 'i'mma spam 7 ball syndra ults CAUSE I CAN' kind of game. Urf literally makes everyone powerful in their own right. I actually don't find sona oppressive in lane. I utterly destroy her on riven and syndra. Azir was a pretty even lane with her. Shaco, i lost lane, but damn did i have fun doing it. every game is fun as shaco, no matter how many games i win or lose. You're missing the point of urf.

There are many posts a day about how people need to stop taking urf seriously, and to just enjoy the damn game. This isn't doing that.

Cindikle3 votes

If I was focusing on fair, I'd of listed adjustments for every champion.

I am enjoying the mode. But it does get old seeing the same top 20 champions filling at minimum 50% of the picks, let alone bans.

As someone who greatly enjoys the mode, I'd like to avoid it getting stale so that a few people who are having fun spamming the OP-er champions can have fun.

I'm OK with them being strong. Just not the point where they push everything else out because neither side banned them.

I'm sure there are some Sona mains who would love to get to play their champion if it wasn't banned 95% of the time.

usul12029 votes

I guess we just disagree on who truly is OP in URF. I've found that the 'generic' OP champs are nice, but so are a bunch of other ones that can definitively stomp the ones generally banned. When you view everyone as being just as overpowered (and I do for over half of the champs in the game) then nerfs to specific champs feel un-needed and against the intent of the mode.

LegendaryQwertz2 votes

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You're making URF a fair focused (and therefore win centered) game. It's not. its for fun. it's a 'i'mma spam 7 ball syndra ults CAUSE I CAN' kind of game. Urf literally makes everyone powerful in their own right. I actually don't find sona oppressive in lane. I utterly destroy her on riven and syndra. Azir was a pretty even lane with her. Shaco, i lost lane, but damn did i have fun doing it. every game is fun as shaco, no matter how many games i win or lose. You're missing the point of urf.

There are many posts a day about how people need to stop taking urf seriously, and to just enjoy the damn game. This isn't doing that.

#TRUE!! Omg dude really thou! URF is for fun! I lost 10 games with shack but I don't care!!! I one shoot people with my E! And just spammed my ult and if I'm lucky my ult will kill them! Plus the fact that they can't find me because of my constant Q spam! If you really want a serious game then go play rank or norms cause none of the things u listed earlier matters in URF Cindikle

shradzxer2 votes

I agree. Even if you continually lose games it doesn't matter. If it does then don't play urf because that is the point of it. To have fun playing champs and not worry about wining or losing. We don't need a balanced urf mode.

this is leo5 votes

Right , We dont want a balanced URF We want fun So Rito plsssss

SpargBorduri12374 votes

Riot Please!what the hell are you doing? everybody hates this (sorry language) shit and URF not NURF its 1 per year and ALL the players want to have the biggest fun in League of Legends at lease ONCE.item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 Blitzcrank item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070 item 3070

No flash no life4 votes

I can't help but reach the conclusion that OP simply wants to nerf champs he/she thinks are op. URF isn't a balanced mode to begin with, nor is it intended to be balanced. If anything, one of the reasons why ppl play it is because of champ imbalances, allowing them to have fun playing broken champs. If they care about balance then just play normal mode instead.

GottaRyzeOuttaYu4 votes

I only log in about once a year now - for URF...

So where the hell is URF?

(Also, I am included in the mindset: Urf should not be Nurf...)

KIKO8OMOLA3 votes

Dear Riot, URF is the best game mode ever. I wish everyday that you guys put URF as a permanent game mode. Nobody likes dominion. Could you trade URF for Dominion or put both? Cya :)Teemo

silentash942 votes

Trade twisted treeline for URF lol Dominion is fun but no one plays it anymore Q_Q

SaturnAlien3 votes

Wait? this is not urf. Rito... -.-

darkdill2 votes

No on the Leona and Lux ones.

Leona's stun duration is already reduced by 25% in URF because everyone has 25 Tenacity innately. Get Mercury Treads and she's not locking you up for long. Plus she still deals weak damage unless you go with that dumb AP Leona style (it's not tanky!).

Lux, on the other hand, simply can't hit mobile opponents in URF unless she gets lucky with a snare or her opponent is stupid. Her E also still has some control clunkiness to it.


You also forgot the most important change of all: URF must be ALL RANDOMS.

wanderhans12 votes

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wanderhans13 votes

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please URF as FUNMODE FOREVER

HugoeBeestlee2 votes

This is all a April Fools joke...right? Amumu item 3070

Cindikle3 votes

No punning allowed here. Shoo

HugoeBeestlee2 votes

:(

St Hades2 votes

i Dont think people realize this is an april fools joke lmao

DarkCoin1 votes

I know. they dont see the jokes in the (changes) XD

Reinhard Senpai2 votes

And even if it is a joke its 2nd april where is urf ?

Fowus2 votes

people still post on this?

Dr Hai2 votes

GIVE US BACK URF TNX

Vox Machina2 votes

May i ask where is urf?

icidas242 votes

RIOT IS HITLER Darius

Shay Ru2 votes

[zombie-brand-mindblown] Wut?

Drygore1 votes

Got up early for urf, but it's still not here :(

AKMBeZerKxAzir1 votes

I want to play it but my friends said it was on April 24 and redmercy posted a video on ur f is back when I got on Monday April 25 it is gone pls make it be for like a week or two weeks k

biubiubiub01231 votes

where the hell is urf....i just logged on hyped...all i get is the regular gamemodesitem 3070

TheThrobbingD1 votes

Urf still isnt up for me. wth????

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