Occasionally in League Of Legends, champions will receive a rework, especially if they possess an old, outdated ability kit. Udyr has been around for many years but was always held back by his lack of tools, especially when compared to newer, flashier champions. The rework aimed to retain his old character and provide him with quality of life improvements to make his time on the modern rift smoother.
This guide will teach you how to play the new reworked Udyr by giving a breakdown of his new abilities and how to best utilise them on the Rift, alongside his best Runes and Item Build.
Udyr Ability Overview
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Passive: Bridge Between |
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Q: Wilding Claw |
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W: Iron Mantle |
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E: Blazing Stampede |
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R: Wingborne Storm |
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Udyr's recommended ability level order is:
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Q > R > W > E > R > R > R > W > R > W > R > W > W > W > E > E > E > E |
Wingborne Storm is your most important ability to max, as it will give you high damage and crowd control.
It completely overshadows Wilding Claw, and you may find yourself mainly using only three abilities after the early game. Iron Mantle is maxed second for the stronger shield, and finally, Blazing Stampede.
For Udyr's summoner spells, you should be taking:
- Smite (mandatory for Junglers)
- Ghost (in the majority of cases, as you will be relying on running in to gap close)
- Flash (can be considered if the enemy team has terrain-creating champions such as Anivia)
Udyr Gameplay Overview
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Early Game
Similarly to Udyr's previous iteration, he is a strong early-game ganker who is best utilised before enemy champions have acquired all their skills or key items. Having all your abilities before anyone else is a strong tool, and you should be looking to gank early to help snowball your laners.
Engaging with Blazing Stampede will allow you to circumvent Udyr's poor mobility options. Simply running up to the enemy before recasting will allow you to Pounce on them, activating your crowd control immunity.
Despite this being your only real mobility skill, you will be running around very quickly and should be able to dodge many a skill shot sent your way.
Once you have jumped onto an enemy, you can pop Wingborne Storm to apply high damage and a slow, making it very difficult for the enemies to escape you. Your jungle clear is decent, especially with Wingborne Storm, and if there is no gank to be had, you can comfortably farm up.
Remember to pop Iron Mantle frequently to stay healthy. Due to being able to run around with speed, counter jungling is an effective strategy for Udyr.
You are a strong threat due to your ability to close down fleeing opponents and are decently tanky, especially with Iron Mantle. Red buff is especially powerful for you due to your auto attack reliance.
Despite these strong qualities, you are still essentially an auto-attack champion. Terrain will provide a serious problem for you, and you cannot provide a sort of poke or assistance for your allies. Play him aggressively and try to focus on attacking champions who are unable to dash over terrain.
Mid-Game
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Hopefully, by this stage of the game, you have impacted your lanes with some strong ganks. Udyr does not particularly excel in controlling objectives such as Dragon or Baron. You will be best served to look to skirmish and pick off any enemies caught out of position.
Due to your speed, you can act as a good scout, so run around searching for overaggressive opponents. You are an ok Duelist, but definitely not a top-tier one, so you are looking to provide the engage for your teammates to follow up.
For objective fights, Udyr should generally stay focused on burning down the Neutral Monster, and he needs to be close to deal damage and does not possess any high damage instant hit to help him secure his Smite. Champions such as Nunu are a big threat to you, as they can significantly out-damage you on these objectives, and you cannot really interact with them in any way to stop them out-Smiting you.
Due to being unable to move over terrain, Udyr is relatively simple to ward against, the enemies should know the routes you will be coming from, and standard ward positions will be able to find you.
Try to remain on top of these, as without invisibility or dash, a sensible opponent will be able to guard against your roams. You are a decent split pusher, so feel free to pop into an unclaimed lane and shove it out before retreating.
Late Game
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Upon picking up the majority of your items, your power will continue to scale. Your movement speed becomes very high, and in the late game, you are quite a terrifying sight to be seen running towards you.
Remember that you are the engage, so try to be either at the front of your team or off to one side in order to flank.
Despite being fast and durable, at this late stage, one pick is all it takes to win or lose the game, so try to remain grouped with your team, and if a team fight breaks out, jump onto the enemy's back line.
Blazing Stampede's crowd control immunity will help you charge through the enemy team, and you have high enough damage to be a real threat to the enemy carries. Lock them down with Wingborne Storm, and you should be an absolute nuisance to deal with.
Best Udyr Runes
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Resolve |
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Best Udyr Item Build
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