I've fought in three games with him so far this week - One 1v1 match, and two legitimate team builder matches. As Urgot, I have absolutely destroyed with minimal deaths and quite a few kills as marksman. Why don't people like him? He seems to be just as good as any of the others, in not even better. So honestly, why don't other people use him more often?
Long live 
CKirk7 votesIt's because his Ult doesn't synergize with the rest of his kit, I think. Well, that and his scaling is subpar. He's a great lane bully IMO
Sassmast3r1 votesWell, I will give ya that. His ult is quite difficult to utilize well, I myself don't even really use it all that often. His scaling is subpar? I didn't have many problems, perhaps we were just against easy bot laners :P.
Ice Weasel X1 votesIt's because his Ult doesn't synergize with the rest of his kit, I think. Well, that and his scaling is subpar. He's a great lane bully IMO
This is a huge part of it. If you're the ADC, odds are you won't have more than one defensive item. That makes his ult less appealing, since you'll rarely have a chance to use it during teamfights that won't be a huge risk to you.
NΣQ1 votesExactly ... Urgots ult is only thing in his kit which didnt really fit in his role. Rest of the kit is great - he has good EQ mechanics, but i think ult should be reworked hardly.
killd0zer3 votesHe falls off, and he has stupid short auto range. If he misses his E, he's pretty much completely fucked.
Sassmast3r1 votesThat's not true! I don't even rarely use my E! I fought a zyra/ashe bot lane with sona as my support, and I literally used E maybe twice? And that was only to get last shots! His Q is where I get all my damage because of how incredibly far it travels! I do hate his auto attack range though, I wish it was slightly larger. And may I ask how he falls off?
CKirk1 votesDude. Why aren't you using the E? you know that your Q locks on to targets that are E'd, right?
Sassmast3r1 votesYes, however, the second I use my E, then the enemies run the fuck away before I can even cast more than one Q, so I very rarely bother with using it for that purpose.
ZephyrDrake1 votesYes, however, the second I use my E, then the enemies run the fuck away before I can even cast more than one Q, so I very rarely bother with using it for that purpose.
so... you won without using his main form of harass... great to know the type of players you are facing, when you actually face semi-decent players you can come and say everything you just said
Unedible3 votesBecause he's a bit clunky, and he doesn't have the big boobies to attract fanboys.
Sassmast3r1 votesI couldn't agree with you more about how champions need to look sexy to be used :P
Mirage Seraph2 votesWell, as far as the ult goes, as that is always what's brought up about Urgot, it's better than people give it credit for. But it isn't useful in its original design except for fringe cases, that being catching people out and putting them into your team. Vision was a much lesser concern back when Urgot was designed so catching people out was a lot easier and didn't always leave you in a 1v4. Now it's more useful in 1v1 situations against carries. The damage prevention it provides is immense along with your passive. And more often then not it allows landing an E for free.
I guess the main reason people don't play him is that he falls off hard late game.. At least, the way most people play him on free week he does. To transition, you have to go from being a carry early-mid to being a utility off-tank late game. This of course leads to a conflicting play style. Late game, all you need for damage is Muramana and an armor pen item, you can pretty much take any of em, they all do good work. After that, just build Frozen Heart, Banshee's Veil is nice, Randuins for those 1v4 ult dives to escape.. Late Game, you should find yourself dealing okay damage, taking a LOT of damage for your team, setting up a lot of kills for your team and pushing towers pretty hard.
Two other reasons: First, His kit is SUPER risky. Don't land E? Good luck doing any damage against anybody with blinks. Use your peanut shield too early? There goes your perma slow. Use your shield too late? Take a guess. Ult at the wrong time? "An ally has been slain."
Second, he's Urgot. He's ugly, he was gutted harder than Olaf, he sounds worse than a dying crab (oh, wait), and he's a giant green spider crab with man boobs.
And I love him for all of his flaws.
Urgot is love. Urgot is life.
Dyonas2 votesSimplest answer. He's a puss filled scab on legs.
Reynard the ƒox1 votesIt's because he's not a sexy lady or a slick man's man. I guarantee if they gave him a Visual Update and made him really attractive, he'd immediately get popular.
inb4 idiotic urgot is sexy how he is now comments
2000boxes1 votestry urgot tank top and build him like irelia by that i mean rush trinity force and then bork and then rest tank this will allow him to deal damage while giving him some mana for his w shield and makes him tanky enough to use his ult
BluePolarizer1 votesWhen Urgot was good, he was exclusively played in as the "1" in a 1v2 lane bot. He was one of the few champs that could not only survive a 1v2, but win lane in a 1v2. This doesn't mean he was OP - he had other weaknesses such as lack of mobility, short autoattack range and no AOE damage. However, he is the lane bully, bar none. Not even Pantheon or Darius are as good as Urgot for absolutely shutting down an enemy lane.
Of course alot of people believe that game is won or lost in lane, and if someone loses lane in the first 8 minutes its time to afk at fountain and ff20, so an amazing laner like Urgot is not allowed to be strong.
Only Play Darius1 votesBecause he looks disgusting.
Make battlecast free and I will start playing him instantly.
Miku Lv991 votesMostly just too low of auto attack range and an ultimate that is very situational. In a lot of situations you either can't use it or it'd even be to your disadvantage to use it.
Sassmast3r1 votesAlright, I see. I actually never really need/use his ult - I always seem to do just fine with the constant harassing ability my Q gives me.
Oddysseas1 votesI lile urgot alot. I also played him this week since he was free. I think he is a good champion but i would not trust my success as adc on him, he lacks the burst dmg of other campions and he has no escapes or movement steroids, his shield tho kinda makes up for it. Despite what people say for his ult, i think it's great for when the enemy adc is really close to your turret trying to hurt it, you could swap with them and they will be in a bad possition as if they try to hit you, they will be hurt by the turret and by the time they get out of turret range, you can hurt them alot. I think if his q had a little longer range and if his w would also give him some more movement speed, alot of ADCs would play him.
What really pisses me off is how riot changes all the popular champions, and the ones like urgot, who are not been played alot, are never touched, even tho with a few changes the can become real popular picks.
Nyaruko Chan1 votesBecause kit doesnt work. They want him to be played like a caster adc but yet they gave him one of the smallest and weakest mana pools in the game while making all of his abilities extremely expensive to use. On top of a bad auto attack range and a pointless W hes just not good.
Drunk Rummate1 voteshis 'proper' build doesnt work out as a marksman, he's more of a solo laner.
Saminus Maximus1 votesUrgot adc doesn't work because late game his auto range low attack speed and lack of crits means he's out dps'd by other adc's. Urgot mid doesn't work because he's ad and lacks the burst to blow people up. Urgot top doesn't work because of lack of cc (Compared to power houses like gnar) and relative fragility compared to other top laners. He doesnt fit any team comp outside of a poke comp, and even then jayce does what he does but better. That being said he is a major lane bully in any lane you place him in, and as a result has the potential to completely shut a lane down. Also people still have the stigma that he's absolutely terrible, when he's actually decent he just suffers from a clunky out of place ultimate that makes people unsure of what they're supposed to be doing with him.
Alüe1 votesUrgot adc doesn't work because late game his auto range low attack speed and lack of crits means he's out dps'd by other adc's. Urgot mid doesn't work because he's ad and lacks the burst to blow people up. Urgot top doesn't work because of lack of cc (Compared to power houses like gnar) and relative fragility compared to other top laners. He doesnt fit any team comp outside of a poke comp, and even then jayce does what he does but better. That being said he is a major lane bully in any lane you place him in, and as a result has the potential to completely shut a lane down. Also people still have the stigma that he's absolutely terrible, when he's actually decent he just suffers from a clunky out of place ultimate that makes people unsure of what they're supposed to be doing with him.<
Being someone that plays him on a regular basis, i normally don't have an issue playing him as an adc role. Getting a trinity force takes care of the lack of crits portion as he is almost always spamming his q in teamfights. Additionally it gives him a bit of tankiness, point being i have never lost to another adc when i have full build on him. The amount of tankiness and damage i output far surpasses any adc i know of. Just so you know what i have in terms of items built:
Ninja Tabi Trinity force muramana Black Cleaver Last whisper (any defensive item or offensive depending on how much cc is on your team)
with all that listed above its around 3k health end game (if i decide to get a tanky item or around 2.5k if not) and close to around 400-500 ad area range. Tbh i would really have to show you it in game if you wanted the full look on it. Point being contrary to what people believe urgot is viable, the issue i have is he requires way to much care in the begining of the game to get off on his own feet. For me to be anywhere near viable to the team i need at minimum the trinity force and the manamune.
Zarxis1 votesIf built to do damage... His passive isn't very useful, he has extremely low autoattack range, he's extremely reliant on his E, his Q slows him down, and his ultimate is suicide. If built to tank... He's not very good at spreading around his passive, he does little damage, and he has very little CC.