Can someone explain to me this new udyr build that's going around?
With
?
With
?
The idea is you have much more map presence because of the movement speed from runic echoes + bear stance. The AP also helps with phoenix damage and how big your shield is in turtle stance.
It also lets you spam stances more if for some reason you let the mid laner steal your blue buff (18% mana back per proc on large monsters).
It's also a early game (Nearly mid game) power spike instead of the relatively late spike sated gives you. So you can make things happen sooner.
He gets five people to chase him even though he is completely useless so the rest of his team can push. Udyr has been doing this since long before this item, only previously, he was actually threatening.
Split push and use zz rot to become a nuisance
Able to force lane pressure
Honestly I would go with
for my Udyr plays.
Maybe even switch
with
for more mana, CDR, MS, and AS.
Phoenix is actually pretty good for AP ratios, and your turtle shield scales off of AP too. The movement speed has great synergy with Udyr in general, and the mana regen can be a godsend if you want to give blue to a laner. Building ZZTop and swifties makes you a bullet train who can pressure two lanes at once. Not recommended in low ELO's because you need team and kill presence, but otherwise a strong pick.