Lesser known URF powerhouses.

Vice Emargo··13 votes·7,957 views

Alright, so the first thing I'm going to say is that I want to address a few champions who I personally don't see a lot, (and I play URF a lot.) If anyone has other cool ideas, please do share, I love to play many different picks.

Let me start with Rumble.Rumble His passive is now a blessing but still a little painful. So rumble now gas VERY PAINFUL auto attacks, but you don't get to take as much advantage of the Danger Zone. But since his silence was disabled, he is now very strong.

Now his Q, straightforward, is now 100% spamming. The cool down is lower than the duration if the spell.

His Work, the shield. Yes, shields are need, but now he actually has some escape power with that speed boost. And it's cd is only a couple seconds, and helps negate return damage.

Now, probably my favorite part about rumble is his E, those electric harpoons It can be cast twice with a STACKING slow. The cool down is low, which makes me feel like I'm using a harpoon minigun.

Need I say much on his ultimate? Let it rain rockets every 20 seconds. It can now casually clear waves and poke onto engage. Honestly with building almost full ap, you're just about able to get a penta kill with your ultimate alone.

PS: I'm going to add more soon, I have more to mention.

116 Comments

Mitch Sorenstein8 votes

Diana Much strong... Gangplank Does surprizingly good in most match-ups, just start with crit. Malzahar Incredible pushing and nuking potential. Mordekaiser Such damage. Skarner Perma shield and slow. Massive damage. MonkeyKing You think Shaco is annoying?

badooga4 votes

Galio Soloing baron without losing health since level 12

Freljordan2 votes

wukong can do it once he gets his clone maxed, if you do it right baron will only ever attack his clone

Captain Jaguar3 votes

But with Galio you can sit under both nexus turrets with a level 5 shield and be healed off the turrets.

League of Potato4 votes

actually shaco is definitely a lot more annoying than wu his boxes can literally counter just about every champion in the game the only chance to kill him is either stun the fucker or land some nice skill shots, but going in close? you're gunna have a bad time

Squeekems7 votes

Listen, Potato.

Build a item 3364 and make that Shaco question their life decisions.

League of Potato1 votes

the cool down on that trinket is still longer than the cool down on either his q or his w so that really doesn't mean much lol

Squeekems1 votes

Using item 3364Oracle's Lens, your champion gains true sight for 10 seconds. During URF, Oracle's Lens has a 15 second cooldown. That is 5 seconds without being able to see invisible units.

If it takes you more than 10 seconds to kill anyone in URF, you have a problem. Most likely that problem is your teammates fed them, but that is besides the point.

Buttigieg 20205 votes

Try Lucian in urf. So fun

Xenohaz5 votes

Don't forget about Quinn . You can ult basically whenever you want, and in laning phase you can vault constantly off your lane opponent(s) or blind them with q.

Sokolniki2 votes

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Don't forget about Quinn . You can ult basically whenever you want, and in laning phase you can vault constantly off your lane opponent(s) or blind them with q.

Not to mention picking up an early sheen lets you just wreck the lane. Toss on a Frozen Mallet and no one gets away from you... ever.

Saixos1 votes

With her blind you can easily start red and get level 2 and red buff before going to lane and losing just a single potion

RiotRiot Baconhawk2 votes

Thanks for the idea - just crushed a Kassadin/Nami lane as Quinn :'3

Saixos1 votes

o: a fist fistbump <3 Friend and I were spamming quinn and galio together, between the two you cover all forms of damage. And once level 12-13 hits galio can tank towers without minions and quinns splitpushing bird with tri+q spam is just amazing. It was....fun :3

Ptarlorr1 votes

with leash or without?

Saixos1 votes

Completely without, just make sure to stand close enough that you blind the minions too. You'll take about 1/3-1/4th of your health if you auto->q->qspam

Ptarlorr1 votes

Cool, I'll check that out.

FunkmasterFunk5 votes

I'm a MasterYi main and he's absolutely terrifying in URF.

Build item 3142 item 3139 item 3031 item 3009 item 3072 item 3046 . Perma ult + Perma Youmuus active + Boots of mobility + Phantom Dancer passive = uncatchable yi. Spam alpha strikes (which with IE and PD do crazy amounts of crit damage), while Alpha Strike is on cooldown meditate and take hardly any damage, rinse repeat.

Also, pro tip is to alpha strike minions so they die during the duration of your animation and you will return to your original starting point which makes you even harder to damage.

Brave Ike5 votes

Has no one talked about the most outrageous of them all? Taric I prefer going tank here, because it just makes him too good. Passive: Nerfed cuz of urf stuff, but still ungodly useful for all abilities. Q: YOU WONT DIE IF YOU GO TANK. W. Only works with armor... so go tank. E. STUNS FOR DAYSSSS DOESNT MATTER WHAT HAPPENS JUST E AND E AND E AND E AND E R. BOOST FOR EVERYONE

AquariusGine4 votes

Evelynn The most dangerous assassin I've ever played, kills faster than Kat Fizz Akali whatever sht Shen Saw an AP shen today, scary as hell Malzahar AD version fastest tower, can destroy inhib at 6min if left unattended

Occams Raiser3 votes

That Mal must be banned. not many seem to play him though. It must not be fun to let your pets do all the work. Oh and the long range silence. Over and over again. I can see how that would get old.

10Tickler4 votes

Galio, Poppy, Urgod, Skarner, pretty much anyone who's held back by mana costs being prohibitive for them in Normals, absolutely destroys in URF.

Nidalee Trying to jump away? Flash+Galio Ult/Skarner Ult/Urgot Ult

Homosapien Love4 votes

Evelynn - Just went 24/0/0 with Eve...dominated the entire match solo.

IceKingChernobog3 votes

Twitch absolutely wrecks both tanks and squishies alike, he also can take dragon at lvl 4 with his E being stupidly spammable along with his W and his Q great too, though it will still take him 6 seconds to go into stealth if he's hit

GaleWinUnleashed3 votes

Twitch can also outrange turrets with his ult =P Sneak around behind the enemy lines and take turrets wherever you can.

IceKingChernobog2 votes

also his ult comes up every 20 seconds so i can just take as many towers as i like

PalPlays1 votes

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Twitch absolutely wrecks both tanks and squishies alike, he also can take dragon at lvl 4 with his E being stupidly spammable along with his W and his Q great too, though it will still take him 6 seconds to go into stealth if he's hit

Skarner Can take it at level 1...

Skarner is VERY unappreciated in this mode. Considering how much damage his Q does and how spammable it is: .7 seconds at level 1 .2 seconds against minions and monsters 0 second Cooldown against champions...yeah...

Seriously, he gets perma-slow through his E, a permanent shield through W, and infinite damage on Q.

Pikmints3 votes

Morgana I've never seen anyone mention her when talking about strong champions. Her E prevents chain cc strategies and a good bit of magic damage + can always be up if it's never broken through. Her Q can be a near perma snare at max rank and can be fired like crazy. Her W can wall off an entire lane or quick farm a wave since you can place 2 down at once. Her passive makes the laning phase much more tolerable and can give her nice sustain later.

She can barely be handled by champs like Blitz, Cho, or Alistar because of the shield, and even people like Galio are given a run for their money.

The Soulforged3 votes

Galio is a monster... Builld tons of mr... GG!

badooga1 votes

Or just go item 3089 item 3111 item 3151 item 3116 item 3065 item 3135 so broken and still very tanky

The Soulforged3 votes

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Or just go item 3089 item 3111 item 3151 item 3116 item 3065 item 3135 so broken and still very tanky

I honestly tried item 3001 item 3065 item 3102 item 3111 item 3089 item 3060 and I survived almost any 3v1. Only started losing at 4v1's during that game xD

MarhsallLee672 votes

Diana is my favorite champion to play in URF- her shield and Udyr's are the only one who did not get the nerfed CDR, so she still has a 2-second cooldown on her shield which does damage, on top of the q-r combo which you're using pretty much 24/7 when fighting people, and the disruption that's on a 5-second cooldown. I have yet to lose a game of URF as her.

Delimon2 votes

karma she still exists ya know

WolfBV2 votes

Draven Always has double q's up as well as w, late game just use his cult to wave clear mid from base, engage with his e and you will usually always blow up someone before they can do anything. It's unlikely a Lissandra will even be able to let you before she dies.

Annie She's probably known pretty well, but, timbers is always able to be used either to take down turret or to just kill anything. She can spam all her abilities and wave clear without much effort and she will kill most anyone that comes near her.

Warwick AP Warwick is a pretty strong pick. Late game, if you let him push, Hello will destroy your turrets. And if the enemy team comes in 1 by 1, they will NOT stop you. You will excel in 1 v 1's, but you have to be careful about 2 v 1's as you will usually die.

SpecterVonBaren2 votes

Nah, Rumble isn't that good. The thing is that he's balanced around his abilities being low cooldown with no cost. Since everyone else can now also spam their abilities and theirs are balanced around longer cooldowns with a cost, it means he gets wrecked by them long before he can reach them.

Yoella2 votes

Amumu Amumu. Go full AP on this guy. Once you hit 6 you can completely take over pretty much any lane with ease.

Start out with item 3152 Will of the Ancients or item 3116 Rylai's first, personally I prefer WotA for the spellvamp recovery in lane. I usually start with my Q for the 1 second stun, higher damage, and potential level 1 cheese kills. I put a point in each skill then I level Q whenever I can. When I can't level Q, I level E. I pretty much ignore W after the first point. The CD on Q begins at around 4 seconds, but drops considerably with each rank, eventually rendering you a stuncannon. Pair that with your E, your R stun, and the fact that you're pretty much nuking your enemy, and you'll find that it's pretty fun to run around actually LOOKING for your enemies.

Definitely the most entertaining thing I've done in URF. Nobody can escape you.

Drukyul2 votes

Lulu I don't see too often, but she can be amazing if the enemy team has that one person you need to lock down. Not counting tenacity, the time between polymorphs is 0.15 seconds.

I also had a ton of fun with Swain just because I hate dealing with his mana in standard games. Perma-bird ftw. Not really sure how good he is with his DoT focus, but I still had a blast.

The Red Warden2 votes

Yorick endless ghoul slam with the ult always being up meaning people have to be killed twice. He becomes a huge tank due to the passive and sustain, but can also deal some severe damage.

He is a literal monster mash.

Danica17082 votes

Syndra Dodge ball anyone?

FreeLanternRides2 votes

Jayce have you even tried this champ Charged Q's for daze

RiotRiot Baconhawk2 votes

Maaan, I am so glad we paid special attention to Rumble in URF. Last year, I was so sad because we had just released Super Galaxy Rumble, but he was completely unplayable in URF.

Totally going to go play him right now :D

Raxicor1 votes

Swain Permanent Ult.

Delioth1 votes

LIES! I think there's actually an invisible 'timer' on it... I mean.... It stopped after about 6-7 minutes. And I'm pretty sure that I didn't hit the key for it, I was out of a fight and hadn't played him in long enough to have the reflex to shut it down. Probably something about the mana cost being too high and the game cutting the mana gate off (I mean... after 6 minutes, rank 1 ult is costing 1825 mana per second.... that's a little outrageous, and I could see the game not needing to handle numbers that big and bugging out. BTW Max rank after 6 mins would be 2540 mana/second)

The Red Warden3 votes

The game doesn't show you it but the ult is still reducing mana. The ult stops once the per second cost is able to absorb his entire mana bar at once.

XeroKimo1 votes

Play Talon , useless during the first like 4 mins of the game, get a item 3074, and item 3072 hope they got no fed aps or tanks, and you rolfstomp everyone, later getting item 3142 , later item 3035 , get yourselfitem 3508, and a item 3139, have fun as your q is on like a 1.2 Cd with you having no boots cause who cares, have like 700 ad, with q deal over 1k per auto got yommu's get like 1.7 attack speed, level 3 ult on like 8 sec cd, woo just mash buttons

TheSlogs2 votes

item 3508 is completely useless in this...

XeroKimo2 votes

For ad and life steal bruh

Davids Uploader1 votes

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For ad and life steal bruh

just get another BT

XeroKimo1 votes

Life steal on BT is unique passive, getting item 3508 is more worth

Jesus is Savior1 votes

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For ad and life steal bruh

a 2nd Ravenous Hydra is better. 5 less AD. 2% more lifesteal and also health regen.

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