Lesser known URF powerhouses.

Vice Emargo·4/5/2015, 3:56:22 PM·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 Sorenstein4/5/2015, 7:45:19 PM8 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?

FunkmasterFunk4/5/2015, 7:41:15 PM5 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 Ike4/5/2015, 9:11:42 PM5 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

Xenohaz4/5/2015, 5:32:06 PM5 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.

Buttigieg 20204/5/2015, 3:59:09 PM5 votes

Try Lucian in urf. So fun

10Tickler4/5/2015, 7:56:24 PM4 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

AquariusGine4/5/2015, 4:43:07 PM4 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

Homosapien Love4/5/2015, 9:32:34 PM4 votes

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

IceKingChernobog4/5/2015, 5:13:02 PM3 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

Pikmints4/5/2015, 6:33:58 PM3 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 Soulforged4/5/2015, 8:59:25 PM3 votes

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

MarhsallLee674/5/2015, 5:48:28 PM2 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.

Yoella4/5/2015, 8:11:30 PM2 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.

Drukyul4/5/2015, 9:19:13 PM2 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.

RiotRiot Baconhawk4/6/2015, 6:26:42 PM2 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

The Red Warden4/6/2015, 12:00:26 AM2 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.

Danica17084/6/2015, 1:56:41 AM2 votes

Syndra Dodge ball anyone?

SpecterVonBaren4/5/2015, 7:39:33 PM2 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.

WolfBV4/5/2015, 6:26:08 PM2 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.

Delimon4/5/2015, 6:11:09 PM2 votes

karma she still exists ya know

FreeLanternRides4/6/2015, 4:44:24 AM2 votes

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

Raxicor4/5/2015, 9:18:32 PM1 votes

Swain Permanent Ult.

XeroKimo4/6/2015, 4:04:18 AM1 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