Riot: Thank you for URF
This isn't going to be a typical "Thank you" post. I'm not going to go on how fun URF was. I don't think I need to. I am going to talk about URF as a training tool.
Before URF I never really used
, I would joke with my friends on how weak she was. During URF my favorite champ,
got banned often. So I was forced to look for other champs. I actually took Nami as a troll one game. That one game showed me how strong her bubble was, and how strong she could be. During URF I played her A LOT. Way more than a sane man should, considering she was my most hated support champ. I fell in love with the champ. I loved her mechics! The things I hated about her turned out to be more of a misunderstanding about her power. I could never hit her bubble, it has a slow execution. However because of the speed of URF, I learned how to properly land her bubble. The cooldowns allowed me to get good with her bubble, I began to understand it's execution time. Before URF I completely discounted her Tidecaller's blessing as being bad. We're talking bottom of the barrel, last to level. I now understand what it does for an ADC. I now rush either tidecaller or Ebb and Flow depending on the situation.
I began to appreciate her own zen. She doesn't shred enemies the way Jinx or Fiora or a multitude of other champs do. However the things she can do are devastating when used properly. Since URF my games with Sona has plummeted as Nami replaced her. I just had a game a few minutes ago where I made a Jinx eat her own words. She threatened to make sushi out of me, but I enjoyed a little Surf n Turf that game! ;) We went from 1/7 by the 12 minute mark to finishing 36/21. I don't think I would have ever discovered my joy of this champ had it not been for URF.