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Rotating game mode queue now live!

Riot·9/22/2016, 5:30:24 PM·7 votes·134,617 views

From the original clone-tastic One For All to the sand-strewn battlefield of Ascension, rotating game modes provide unique spins on the classic League formula. It’s time to kick things off with the next game mode in the rotation: All Random Ultra Rapid Fire.

URF is back, now with two new letters. ARURF is the 80% cooldown, infinite mana insanorama you know, but with randomized champ select kicked in for good measure. Here. We. Go.


Map:

ARURF takes place on Summoner’s Rift, but it wasn’t an easy call. It was a toss-up between URF’s legacy on the Rift and the traditional home of random shenanigans on the Murderbridge, so we threw the shopkeeps into a cage fight and the Summoner’s Rift crew won. Silent but deadly types, from what little we heard.

Randomization:

Champ select in ARURF is just like ARAM: a random selection from owned champs plus the weekly rotation of free champs.

Rerolls:

Rerolls are shared with ARAM, so using one in either mode consumes it in the other. To compensate, we’ve increased the rate you rack up rerolls for the weekend. You should stack a reroll every game or two.

Queue dodges:

Dodge penalty timers for ARURF (and other normal queues) are increased to 10 minutes and 20 minutes, mainly because dodging a random champ is considered an act of cowardice. It also slows things down for everyone else. Don’t be that player.

Champion Mastery:

We’ve specially tuned Champion Mastery so you can earn points in ARURF. You’ll also be able to earn keys for your wins and loot chests for your (or your premade’s) S­-, S, and S+ games.

Availability:

ARURF is now available and blasts through Sunday evening (we’ll shut it down very early Tuesday morning--usually between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM).

RGMQ is the perfect pot of alphabet soup for ARURF to simmer in. Hop in this weekend and help us boil down the future of Ultra Rapid Fire. We're open to more marine mammal experimentation, so give us your gameplay datums and ideas. GLHARURF

359 Comments

allblacks9/23/2016, 7:31:46 PM86 votes

Thank you Riot and please don't make us wait 4 months till the next URF

Zherron Vorse9/23/2016, 10:13:53 PM51 votes

Ready for my downvotes.. This Random URF is not near as fun as normal URF mode is due to the fact that it has the same problems as ARAM. It's always one team has pure poke and CC versus a team that does not. The normal URF let you experiment with champions you wanted to play with not champions you are already aware don't work well in the URF mode. I miss my Teemo, Vlad, and Veigar. But I was also wanting to try new Yorick along with Kled but that is unlikely to happen with my 105 champions.

I like the fact it's a form of URF but the games are usually decided at the loading screen.

AmeHakumei9/23/2016, 10:39:31 PM37 votes

Rift URF best URF, Old URF best URF.

Pglack9/23/2016, 10:11:25 PM31 votes

ARURF sucks imo. The random factor makes games to one sided. Bring back regular URF the 6 bans really helped imo.

Light Sovereign9/23/2016, 8:59:30 PM27 votes

will we ever get Normal Urf back? Arurf is fun but not as Satisfying.

TwoFaceTony9/23/2016, 8:10:05 PM25 votes

I've been saying we need a random champ URF mode for a while now. ARURF is a great way to make sure URF doesn't end up being the same 2 or 3 team comps every single match. Good job Riot! The people that are complaining that it's random champs are probably the same people who play the champs that are considered OP on urf over and over again.

Light Sovereign9/24/2016, 4:54:43 PM24 votes

Upvote this if you have't Gotten to play your Main on urf Yet.

Hooker 4 Souls9/23/2016, 9:16:22 PM24 votes

Runs to nearest electronics store. Asks where the keyboards are. Sales person says "URF must be out"

Draddius9/23/2016, 8:24:01 PM17 votes

riot... thanks for bringing us urf but WHY YOU GOTTA MAKE IT ALL RANDOM if its because champs are too op then urf well ima let you know right now EVERYONE IS OP IN URF IF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT A CHAMP IN URF THEN THEY SHOULD JUST NOT PLAY URF ITS THAT SIMPLE WE WE WAITED 4 MONTHS FOR URF AND WE GET THIS HOLY SH*T AND GRAVES DOESNT EVEN HAVE A CIGAR thanks riot anyways for urf

memiux9/23/2016, 10:00:39 PM16 votes

URF used to be fun, we need blind pick.

Light Sovereign9/23/2016, 8:56:20 PM16 votes

I only came to play urf not the Random part, if i wanted random i would have played aram, btw where are the custom games for this?

PunkDisorder9/23/2016, 10:47:53 PM14 votes

Listening was never their strong point was it... The reason ARAM is weird and gets old fast: It's whoever randomly gets what works best. The reason ARURF is weird: It's whoever randomly gets what works best.

My solution? 2 small selection changes. 4 bans per side. 3 too few, 5 too much. Make it so that people can see what the enemy is picking. It's still the blind pick style, you can just see what the enemy is playing so that you know whether or not you can play something that will suck to play against.

Just seems like a thought...

Pusheenosaurus9/24/2016, 10:43:03 PM14 votes

Ready to get downvoted..

I LOVE URF. I dont like AR URF. At least w/ normal URF, you can ban champs that are considered to be "broken" in this game mode like zed, kassadin, sona etc. It absolutely sucks and I'm tired of having disgusting one sided matches where my team are usually forced to wait for the 20 min mark just so we can surrender. AR URF game mode = whoever has the most OP champs/disgusting team combo wins . If you're not part of the OP team, gg ff@20.

avatarkai9/23/2016, 8:32:23 PM13 votes

URF IS HERE MY LADS BRING ALL THE FOlloWING tO GET ReADY TEEMO(SATAN) CHEAPCHAMpiONS MAGES AND Of courSE THE ONE THING THAT MAKES LOL SALTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTtttt*[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]*

PlzChokeMeDaddy9/24/2016, 9:20:38 PM12 votes

Bring back Draft URF!

Gros9/24/2016, 12:36:31 AM10 votes

I was so glad that URF is back but then after playing many games I realized it is sooo much less fun than URF. At least in URF it was one op team comp vs another op team comp. Now that its random, you randomly either shit on the opposing team or get shit on. There is no playing worst or better than someone else with an op champ. Now there is only a better team comp than another. Most of my games after 10 minutes it was clear who is winning, don't ever hope for a comeback in the game, its pure snowballing. Bring back URF! Let us choose what we want to win/lose with! Urf always was my favorite game mode and now this AR URF just made it the worst game mode (in my opinion).

Noctii9/24/2016, 2:21:19 AM10 votes

eeehhh played it and for me in my opinion its just sucks now AR just makes it so one sided like aram does. it was better off having everyone pick whatever op champ they wanted to play at least that way everyone is op instead of it being only one side like aram is. this was the last fun game league had and now its ruined for me

Deanster179/24/2016, 6:22:18 AM10 votes

I think there was a really good idea behind this. Truly, I think you guys had good intentions.

But who in the hell approved this? It's almost like the odds of getting the OP champions that we all see in every game are more likely to get "randomly" chosen.

The only game that was even remotely close/even was a game where I was Master Yi against three AD Carries. None were mobile, so that makes sense.

The other games have either been absolute, brain-dead, boring stomp-fests with the overpowered champions against terrible champions or getting absolutely stomped by (in the words of Riot themselves) "the same 20 champions you see". Such as: Kayle, Lux, Ezreal, Kha'Zix, Maokai, etc. For example, 3/5 of my games have had an Ezreal and/or Lux.

I don't think I've legitimately enjoyed a single game yet. I can't even bring myself to continue playing because of how unhealthy it is. You stomp, or get stomped. It's as simple as that and there's nothing you can do about it.

Absolutely nothing.

You're essentially thrown into a game with, say: Maokai, Fizz, Viktor, Malphite and Katarina. This team completely dominated to the point of opening mid before roughly 8 minutes.

Yep, this team or my team if you will, beat them so hard they gave up before 10 minutes into the game. Champion-wise, it's almost no different from the regular U.R.F., except for the fact that one team is stacked with poke, cc, and/or greater range overall; the second team is stuffed with melee squishies with no escapes.

It's a brutal gamemode. It's either boring because of how hard you're winning, and painful because of how hard you're losing.

Sure, the reason behind it was good, but in practice...?

Absolutely awful. I've been beaten just as hard in ranked, been flamed dozens of times, and more, but it doesn't even hold a candle to just how horrible this gamemode is. Please, Riot, please just bring back the old U.R.F.

AngloSaxonf9/24/2016, 10:56:02 PM10 votes

The AR URF mode experience is terrible.PLS I need old URF mode. I wish you guys think about this. Thank you.

east side Soulja9/23/2016, 11:00:10 PM10 votes

I've played around 10 URF games and only won 1 of them. My team comp vs the enemy team's has always been ridiculously unfair. Why couldn't it have been just regular URF? I don't understand why we had to have random champs, it makes the game less fun.

Light Sovereign9/24/2016, 6:30:54 PM10 votes

When can we have Normal Urf back? my friend is new and a lot of her games are losses due to her feeding and not knowing the champ she plays, i'd rather have her playing a champ she knows well.

twenty20209/24/2016, 5:57:08 PM9 votes

Riot you really should listen to the players' feedback and also take a close look at your statistic. I bet AR URF has more players leave the game, more complaints, more hate words, and less players than normal URF. AR URF is a failure in making URF balance. In fact, it not only makes it even more unbalance, but also makes people unhappy. Players who play against OP champ team will have miserable 20 minutes game and a bunch of complaint. Players who get OP champ will not appreciate you as much because their enemy are too weak and this takes all the challenge and fun away. URF is like drug for players. Use it to make us happy. Take it away if we have too much. This will makes us like it even more and help riot generate even more profit.

AngloSaxonf9/24/2016, 10:49:51 PM8 votes

PLS RIOT . DO NOT LAUNCH RANDOM MODE ANYMORE. NOBODY LIKES THAT.

DJ IceFyr9/23/2016, 10:39:09 PM7 votes

Could we still implement a banning system with the randomization of URF? There are some champs out there that are just too ridiculous that it's almost an assured win. (Eve, Jax, so on)

Simulcrash9/23/2016, 9:34:52 PM7 votes

"ARURF is now available and blasts through Sunday evening (we’ll shut it down very early Tuesday morning--usually between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM)."

While technically correct, I think "Monday evening" is what was intended.

ToonyHijinx9/24/2016, 9:36:10 PM6 votes

This legit broke my heart when i saw it was all random now

Ibuki Suika9/23/2016, 9:38:58 PM6 votes

says ends sunday evening

"we shut it off early tuesday"

does that mean we get an extra day of AR URF or is that a typo? :(

Light Sovereign9/24/2016, 11:44:03 PM5 votes

Day 2 of urf: Still didnt get to play my Main i keep getting all the Free to play champs.

FuzzyLumps9/24/2016, 7:55:38 PM4 votes

I see the merit in having random champion select but I personally don't find it as entertaining. I wish Riot would make a public poll to see which mode of champion select was preferred. If random wins then it will put all the complainers at ease,and if not maybe the next urf could be like the old urf.