Urgot's Outdated Kit (Rant)

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To start this post off, I'd like to say that urgot is VERY fun to play. I've only ever played him a few times, but his kit is very fun in general and reminds me of an Ezreal but tanky and less damaging. So why should you care about Urgot? Certainly Urgot is a meme now in the League Community, but I think that the reason Urgot isn't played as much as other champions is that he doesn't have an actual use. What is Urgot useful for? If we look at most assassins after the assassin update, we see that they are more than capable in handling a stray Urgot in ARAM or even Blind. What is Urgot's use then? In the bot lane, his damage is lackluster compared to an Ezreal, and while you can make plays with urgot sometimes, I find that picks such as Vayne, Caitlyn, and even a LUX have more synergies with supports than Urgot does. Maybe Irelia is being nerfed, but Urgot is being ignored. Now, when someone sees him, it's like a walking mummy. Ancient and unknown.

Now I'd like to make a few suggestions on the gameplay involving Urgot. If we look at the lategame potential for Urgot players, it's disgusting. You can press q every 0.8 seconds or so, but not only do you have to either land your e or hit all your q's, but your speed is slower and your damage is less than almost every other adc/apc that exists. My suggestion is that instead of focusing on increasing the speed of the q or even the damage of the q, I think that Urgot should be a poke champion. Even more than he is now. To balance out early game, I think that Urgot could use a system where his abilities will increase in range the more he upgrades them. This is seen in ults, so why not in a normal ability as well? Second of all, I think that Urgot's W could perhaps be a more hard-hitting form of CC. Sure, a slow is nice when coupled with a shield, but when you compare the % slow vs the hard cc that champions like Vayne have, or the potential plays made with Caitlyn or Jinx's traps, Urgot's cc pales in comparison. His ult is healthy kk that's it. In all honesty his ult is his redeeming trait because there are so many plays you can make with it.

In the end, I think that either make Urgot an early game snowballer that ends games super quick, or revamp him. I hate his current system of "I landed an E, lucky me. Now spam that q and deal maybe 400 damage".

Sidenote If you disagree with me at any point, just tell me in the comments and EXPLAIN PLEASE. I am not that proficient with Urgot but I have seen a lot of people complain about these traits of Urgot, as well as others (such as his concept in general or his ugly nightmare-inducing crab skin). If you really know a lot about Urgot's interactions, don't be shy and just tell me what you think. Maybe a Riot employee will notice somehow and maybe it'll lead to an Urgot rework o.o

2 Comments

Succubús GF2 votes

He's already being reworked as we speak. Irrelevant post is irrelevant

Meep Man1 votes

You're in luck. His rework is not only the next one, but, relatively, very soon.

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