Urgot counters

jacktseng·Nov 13, 2017·1 votes·1,256 views

honestly who counters urgot top? i don't understand the champion outside of playing him (i main him top but i win almost all games i play with him). i don't understand how to beat him in laning if the enemy laner gets him i lose 100%

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BeatzBoyFTWNov 13, 20172 votes

As someone who's a Mastery 6 Urgot (holy fuk, 3900 essence for a mastery 7...), here are his weak points imo:

seriously immobile (E can be interrupted by standing near him). A careless Urgot with no vision around him is easily gankable or waste his Flash.
Engage after using his W, since that's his main source of strength.
Dodge his Q or E, and then try to engage on him while being near your own minions. His W will most likely awkwardly focuses the minion instead of you.
Best picks against him would be:

Teemo : Easily outranges Urgot, assuming you can juke his Q often. Teemo's Q can negate Urgot's W.

Gangplank : Always attack from range & shoot some Qs between Urgot for pokes & minion for gold. Try to utilize barrels from a distance to deal damage.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you're below 25% hp and Urgot manages to land his ult on you, as you're getting pulled in, use W to cleanse off the pull.

Jax : Quite situational & needs proper timing on knowing when to jump on him. Start using Jax's E when Urgot started using his W to negate the damage while decreasing the shotgun passive's damage as well.

Shen : Just about the same as Jax. Use your W the moment Urgot uses W, and utilize the shield passive to negate some damage when attempting to all in using EQ.

jacktsengNov 13, 20171 votes

thanks, really helps having some people to work on. i've basically mastered teemo and jax, i guess it's time to expand to shen and gp. i've just been banning urgot since he is actually cancer for me to deal with atm.

AhrisNov 13, 20171 votes

Ever since urgot buffs he just seems pretty unbearable to lane against

jacktsengNov 13, 20171 votes

just got a 14 day suspension so tbh time to buy a new account as well as buy pantheon urgot. hit plat this season on two account because of urgot. that's how strong he is.

BubblyRainbowsNov 13, 20171 votes

I don't have a lot of experience against Urgot, but the very few times I've laned against him top, I did okay with Gangplank and with Teemo. In both cases though, it was a case of hanging back and poking him out little by little. I didn't dominate lane in either case, but I didn't feed him either. It was a while ago so I don't remember the numbers. I think I went 2/2 in lane with plank and 2/1 with Teemo?

It's mostly about restraining yourself with Urgot. Trading with him is dumb. You need an ability or autoattack with superior range so that you can constantly harass him while keeping out of his range. And you can't linger at low health. Drop below 40% health? Call your jungler for help, push the lane hard, back, and come back with full health so he can't ult-execute you.

jacktsengNov 13, 20171 votes

did that and still got flashed on UNDER turret. i mean like i was behind turret as well. the dude dived me and then walked out after i was below 30%. i need hard counters against him. btw i max Q into GP/teemo since it's a bit easy to lane and it doesn't stop via non-AA damage.

BubblyRainbowsNov 13, 20171 votes

Well, if you're talking about this preseason, the new runes and general changes to the game might make a difference. Like I said, my games against him were a while ago, and I'm not a top lane main. I mostly play mid. But those are the only two I can think of that I played against an Urgot with, and I went even/positive in lane against both.

In the case like you said, I wouldn't have actually stuck around. Turrets are useless right now. If a tanky bully like Urgot is close enough under tower to flash you and you haven't been able to clear the minions to make him back off, it's better to just run away and let him have the tower. Because the tower isn't going to save you.

Against certain bully champs, I don't even bother to try for kills. I just stay out of range, harass them, clear the waves as fast as possible without getting caught out, and if that means he gets my tower, fine. If he happens to get impatient and make a dumb play and I can kill him, that's great, but I don't try to make plays. I'd rather be passive, wait for mid game, and possibly lose my tower than feed some top laners with 6 kills in lane.