Guide to Enjoying URF

MrSc0tty·4/2/2015, 7:29:13 PM·15 votes·5,739 views

Ban (priority level): Zed Sona Nidalee Riven Tryndamere Jax. These are champs who may not strictly be the strongest champs but who you will have ZERO fun playing against. If you ban most of this list, honestly, you have no liscence to be annoyed at someone else's picks.

Avoid Playing:

Champs with heavy delays on their skills or self roots. Sion, Thresh, Xerath (okay but there are much better mages), Anivia, Zac, Nocturne

Champs who require landing melee autos to work well: Xin Zhao, Skarner, Udyr, Volibear

Champs who do not benefit from being able to spam skills: Rammus, Yasuo, Jinx, Kallista, Garen, Singed

Look. Guys. Over half the champ pool, and menbers of every single class are solid in URF and can stand up to all but the top maybe 3 champs (I'd say only Zed Riven and Nid ACTUALLY outclass everybody) and you can easily ban those out.

If you're really annoyed by people trying to win play vs bots. But you can compete and bring cool stuff to the table with any champ. Avoid the ones who'll have a really tough time and adjust your playstyle to the game mode (BUILD MOAR MR) and you should have no reason to complain.

Some fun things to try you likely haven't yet:

-Soraka. You annoyed by the skill spamming Katarinas Riven's and Evelynns? Figure out just how fast they explode when you drop them in your instant pool o'silence! Poke and clear with the best of em, and save teammates across the map every 10 seconds. The halved HP cost makes her W a monster as well.

-Vayne. What do you get when you mix massively buffed attack speed, a Nidalee-level hop, hard targeted cc and an ult that's practically up 100% of the time? Something wickedly fun and pretty exhilarating to play vs those annoying enemy Nidalees.

-Twisted Fate. Banner of Command. Ludens Echo. Zzrot Portal. The fast push is absolutely hilarious, and TFs no slouch in a fight with pick a card up faster than the cc wears off.

-Alistar. Be strong. Be INDESTRUCTIBLE. There is no feeling like rampaging through a teamfight as full tank URFistar.

-Jarvan. Dash like you mean it. Champs may get free tenacity in URF but Jarvan the bruiser lord cares not for your tenacity. Shut those smarmy poke Mage players down with the Prince of Demacia.

44 Comments

Baron Von Bangin4/2/2015, 8:20:46 PM11 votes
  1. Build AD Malzahar.
  2. Never stop casting Q and W
  3. Have unstoppable army of minions doing your bidding.
  4. Laugh at Azir.
Kingsgrave4/2/2015, 8:12:25 PM7 votes

1: Just have some fucking fun and stop caring about who you are against

End of guide

rightmike004/2/2015, 11:52:33 PM4 votes

did you really put zin on the bad list?

try jungle xin Zhao,get level 3 then gank lanes. you'll find everyone of his ganks a flash or die situation

Saianna4/2/2015, 8:57:19 PM3 votes

Pick: wukong with his W first. Laugh at people who try to kill you.

Same with shaco. Annoy them then run away

Morgana -> rush WoTa be unkillable

Zyra Q -> E, then max Q spam plants like green lady!

(I have the most fun with those)

Edit: don't pick fiddle. passive tenacity + low base damage will most likely be cause of your frustration

Edit2: imo champions who should be banned are: Sona , Nidalee , Katarina , Hecarim ,Ezreal , Zed They all are fun to play, but their potential to simply stomp on you makes it frustrating to play against

Leti the Yeti4/2/2015, 7:44:15 PM3 votes

ban this Evelynn I think I've wrecked every listed "OP" champion with this absolutely more broken... I don't wanna have to play cancer... but If I dont.. know's gonna counteract the enemy Evelynn?

Why does no one EVER mention Evelynn??? http://puu.sh/gZbSl/f52736907a.png http://puu.sh/gZbTE/d5ba065631.png http://puu.sh/gZbUv/9565e55929.png http://puu.sh/gZbVY/ba3bdd5867.png

dont mind me, I dont even have to click your character to kill you by the time you see me, I woulda hit you 3 times you will never hit me with an auto attack or skillshot cuz im twice as fast as master yi Zed can land all the death marks he wants but he's never gonna touch me same applies to the likes of Nidalee and Riven Jax will struggle to land anything other than Qs.. Sona doe uuuh, its a health race against this champ, lol

Mirage Seraph4/2/2015, 7:38:17 PM2 votes

Two things:

First, Sion is A LOT of fun in URF, particularly AP Sion. Just communicate to your team not to kill every single minion. At 16 your ult is on a 12 second cooldown. Every 12 seconds you get to make the "DUUUUUUN" sound around the map.

Second, I haven't played Singed yet but I did last year, ton of fun because his ult is ALWAYS up. Build a bunch of AP, MS and HP and just ignore everybody and farm endlessly.

chriserit4/2/2015, 8:52:46 PM2 votes

if you don' ban Ezreal you can't enjoy personally i would suggest to remove jax and add ez

dandyangel4/2/2015, 10:48:19 PM2 votes

I've never played urf before and this guide seems to be very on point so thank you

ColinFly4/3/2015, 5:10:18 AM1 votes

Can agree with the AD Malz suggestion. Have not seen a game so far that a team with an AD Malz has lost, the wave/tower push is rediculous. You need 3 champs to lane against him solo just to keep that push down or else you're losing that lanes inhib before 10 mins in to a competent Malz player.

Old Man Teeto4/3/2015, 5:11:06 AM1 votes

Champs who do not benefit from being able to spam skills: Rammus, Yasuo, Jinx, Kallista, Garen, Singed

Rammus

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1779566579/32373925?tab=overview

Solaxo4/3/2015, 5:39:13 AM1 votes

No shaco on ban list lol

Double Rainbow4/3/2015, 9:48:08 AM1 votes

Jinx actually benefits from it, she can spam rockets without worrying about mana, throw chompers all the time and I guess I don't have to say anything about ult. And that attack speed is hilarious. Funny champ.

Player of Games4/3/2015, 10:16:39 AM1 votes

Shaco beats everyone no matter what, he is the best URF champion UNLESS the enemy team spams pink wards. If you play right you will never die, riven is a joke, nidalee can't run, and everyone else can't catch you. Only person I've had trouble with is Rumble because of his massive aoe spam and pseudo-tankiness.

Ban Shaco or prepare your anus. Wukong and Evelynn are also god-tier.

Dracid4/3/2015, 7:08:47 PM1 votes

problem is there are far more then those 6 that you wont have fun against and if you dont ban, youll just see them anyway because too many people are just worried about winning rather then picking other champs for lulz

mtman3184/2/2015, 8:30:09 PM1 votes

Nami is also a fun one (without being ridiculously cheap either).

MaizeCraze4/2/2015, 10:49:40 PM1 votes

Chogath + JarvanIV = KNOCKUP CITY. Steps to succeed:

  1. Jarvan EQ's, guaranteeing a rupture landing.
  2. Use Rupture.
  3. Yell at them so they can't escape.
  4. Repeat steps 1-3 until the enemy is dead.

My friend and I played this earlier today. Pre-6 we got into a fight 2v4, I got a triple kill as Cho and he picked up the last kill. Combined we lost about 200 hp that fight.

lpaQVpdopF4/3/2015, 1:06:04 AM1 votes

you can play garen, but you dont have to use his e. his q,w and ult works pretty fun with 80% cdr

TakaDama4/3/2015, 1:09:35 AM1 votes

I've used Skarner and Udyr before, and, from my limited experience, they just require a more aggressive item build to be viable.

Lich Bane+Rabadon's Deathcap+Luden's Echo/Liandry's Torment (depending on how tanky their team is) along with (usually either Treads or Tabi) and your choice of two defensive items does wonders for these two. Simply spam your AoE melee skill for damage, spam your Shield for tanking turrets, and spam your MS steroid to chase/escape.

Aych Pii4/3/2015, 1:17:36 AM1 votes

I suggest off-tank AP Nautilus and Malphite to anyone looking for fun but viable niche picks. I've had a lot of fun with both.

LankPants4/3/2015, 2:15:47 AM1 votes

You should add Leblanc to your ban list, she's way more frustrating than Sona, Riven and Jax.

HeWolf4/3/2015, 2:51:14 AM1 votes

JAYCE does it all.