Thank you, Riot. On behalf of all Udyr Mains

JC DarkOmen·4/19/2017, 1:10:33 PM·5 votes·1,967 views

Before this rework, Udyr was locked into the jungle and had several really annoying problems. At the beginning of Season 5 (back when Warwick and Udyr were the only viable junglers XD) I tested out Udyr's sustain and found that amazingly as long as he has mana he can farm the jungle indefinitely. However, running out of mana was an instant death sentence, and because Tiger Stance required you to reactivate it in order to deal significant damage there was a huge disparity between the two, even ignoring Phoenix's superior clear speeds. I'm not sure how others felt, but I built Frozen Heart or Triforce as a requirement on Tiger Udyr for almost the same reason: more Tiger Strikes without running out of mana every 3 minutes. The small difference of being able to stay in Tiger Stance has opened up his build path tremendously, and you've also not only allowed for but incentivized building health instead of relying on resistances and Turtle's spammable shield. When low on mana if you have red buff you can just Turtle smack the Scuttler for free. You can (theoretically, I haven't tried it) heal off turrets. And you can build something like item 3812 item 1401 item 3111 item 3742 item 3065 item 3143 without feeling weak or like a total troll. And while I hate top lane with a passion these changes should make it viable to play him there, as his biggest deterrent was the lack of blue buff making it impossible to sustain. So from a guy who silently sulked when you took a bat to Udyr's kneecaps after the Ruinic Echoes patch (sure it was deserved, but it still didn't feel nice) I just want to thank you.

12 Comments

Leaf on Bush4/19/2017, 1:21:12 PM1 votes

And you can build something like without feeling weak or like a total troll.

With Deaths Dance you should feel like a troll. Don't you need attack speed more than lifesteal?

Dreadlocks4/19/2017, 1:25:19 PM1 votes

I'd rather they gave his R it's base damage back

DeathBurst4/19/2017, 1:28:32 PM1 votes

So from a guy who silently sulked when you took a bat to Udyr's kneecaps after the Ruinic Echoes patch (sure it was deserved, but it still didn't feel nice) I just want to thank you.

+1 for that. Especially the bolded part.

iLLp4/19/2017, 1:28:49 PM1 votes

on behalf of the people playing ranked with these shit udyr changes.

fuck udyr players.

on of them just ruined my ranked match

IIIR e v e n g e4/19/2017, 1:44:15 PM1 votes

1 shot sona and make her scream(dispel mute) item 3031 item 3742 item 3071 item 3006 item 3091 item 3156 or item 3083