The problems with Urf mode this year

Jefftiffy·Apr 2, 2015·2 votes·1,197 views

AAs do more damage than spells while going 10x faster (so much for spells being dominant in Urf when they just have to get in range and 2 shot you through any resistances at least with spells you can dodge them).

No champs were disable on release meaning:

Just spams Q through gates and 2 shots you under tower making the game no fun whatsoever. We have nothing to deal with infinite invisibility reliably. Spams sapplings zoning you from the lane while chunking everyone and being near impossible to kill due to his dash and ult. I mean what CC and what escape? His mana gate (the only thing keeping him from being a monster in normal games is gone) and has 80% CDR I wonder why he is a problem. 2 shots with ult Q by 3 items or 2-3 Qs. See Jayce

Honestly it's hard to have fun when you have all the toxic champs being played while being super broken by having the things that made them somewhat bearable taken away.

12 Comments

BalareonApr 2, 20153 votes

Don't take it seriously, at all. Just play it for fun even when losing. That is why I enjoy urf even when getting destroyed, i can afford to do whatever I want and just have fun.

JefftiffyApr 2, 20151 votes

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Don't take it seriously, at all. Just play it for fun even when losing. That is why I enjoy urf even when getting destroyed, i can afford to do whatever I want and just have fun.

The thing is it is impossible to have fun being sniped under tower and being able to do nothing. That's not fun. That's poor design choice on champs and should really highlight those champs as problems in the main game.

Doesn't help they fucked up the damage and hp scaling values. So you get much more damage from items than you get hp because Riot doesn't understand that large values being multiplied by a number then multiplied by another number really spikes damage.

IcyPepperApr 2, 20153 votes

When I get blown up in under two seconds, I laugh my ass off.

The dude is right, you need to chill a little. Pick ranged spell champions (Karma is great for pushing, btw).

That's poor design choice on champs and should really highlight those champs as problems in the main game.

No. Just for fun game modes should never affect the balance of SR unless there is actually a problem. Sona, for example, is OP on URF but so is 80% of the champion pool, while she's relatively balanced on SR (and her hard counters happen to be the most popular supports, so most of the playerbase doesn't have a problem with her).

dnsupApr 2, 20151 votes

This is how I feel. I love this game mode, even when I'm losing horribly. It's usually because I'm facing, like, a Nidalee Wukong lane, or an Alistar-gank-from-behind-into-oncoming-Zed-ult every 2 minutes. These things are funny even if they are frustrating.

I wish people saw the humor in this game, rather than treating it like a court case on Judge Judy.

luzzApr 2, 20153 votes

Riot came back with what alot of people like.... play a game with basically no rules...all holds barred match. games are quick and basically just a hack and slash fest. last year maokai could toss 10 sapilings, this year is 5....teemo last year was nearly limitless on shrooms....til he was capped at 20. there s no strategy, just plain hope you got the better game to bring. if you dont like it, play normals....there just a click away.

dnsupApr 2, 20151 votes

^ This. It's insane that anyone is complaining about individual OP champions. The same people who complain about OP champs are the ones picking the OP champs instead of trying something new.

OP, you really expect balance? Go play normals. Let the rest of us have fun.

CastaneanApr 2, 20152 votes

You forgot to mention Shaco

Constant Flash+Stealth+Free Crit with bonus damage, Boxes EVERYWHERE That dagger does WAY to much damage with literally no counterplay There are two. Kill one, you die. Kill the other, the last one kills you.

Personally, I think Shaco is more toxic and un-fun than god damn Teemo, wether it be URF or not.

... Oh. And don't forget Yorick Try just ONE game against him. Just one. He doesn't even have to be half-decent.

BalareonApr 2, 20152 votes

Shaco so much fun dude, I juked around and killed a fed Hecarim and fed Yorick at the same time as AP shaco it's so much fun.

CastaneanApr 2, 20151 votes

Being fun to PLAY does not necessarily make them fun to play against, sadly. Prime cases being Kalista, Zed, Yasuo, LeBlanc and Yorick. No offense towards you or other Shaco players, but I detest that champion. With all my heart and soul. To me, he doesn't have a single redeeming feature that would possibly make me enjoy his existence more. There is only one champion I want to fight less than Shaco, and that champion is Nasus. Having to babysit top as a jungler is not fun. Having to constantly stalk Nasus as the top-laner is not fun. Having your top laner feed Nasus is NOT fun.

This isn't about Susan though It's about Shaco. And, yeah, I know Shaco is easy to beat, but he's still frustrating as all hell to play against. Especially as a tank-jungle main (Since Season 4, the season I started.) In ranked? Problem is playing tanks in jungle doesn't help you jungle with other junglers at all, so I'm only good at tanks in the jungle. The other champions I can play decently are pretty much any support, Veigar and Viktor. Doesn't help my case much. Problem in normals? Blind pick. Don't know if Shaco or not. Can't counter, can't ban.

Again, I detest Shaco. And yet again, I don't mean to be rude. But opinion is opinion, and I can't control how I feel about things I hate.

BalareonApr 2, 20152 votes

Also, Shaco is EASY to beat in normals, he has no teamfight, you can easily tell which is the clone, and if he's ad only his autoattacks damage you. He's only strong in URF, but i play him in normals too cause he's fun.

AbyssionKnightApr 2, 20151 votes

No mention of sona? I find sona super oppressive in this game mode. It's a 1 second cool down on her Q (and unlike other 1sec skills they never miss), so every three seconds she has a powerchord.

This also means she has a lichbane proc'd auto attack every second as well.

All you need to do is button mash q and you have strong lane harrass. Start adding in some AA's and you take very large chunks out of people.

dnsupApr 2, 20151 votes

Yeah, but she's easily countered. Maybe just not by your favorite champ.