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Spells:

Exhaust

Ghost

Ability Order

Udyr Passive Ability

Intro

Hi, this is my guide to playing .
NOTE: This guide is in-depth and will show you how to play this champion in many ways.
And there's this one thing why most of my builds get flamed: THE BUILD IN THE ITEM SEQUENCE IS NOT THE ONLY ITEM BUILD. READ THE GUIDE BEFORE MAKING ANY STUPID COMMENTS.

Pros / Cons

Pros:
+good 1v1
+has great abilities
+has a shield
+has a stun
+can reach high attack speed
+abilities provide dodge chance
+godlike once he gets his items

Cons:
-kited quite easily
-can't do anything if he's not in melee range
-no ultimate ability
-can't get all skills to max level
-weak early game

Summoner Spells

- Stack this with to close distance much easier.
- I take this in most cases, as it lets me get closer to my enemies.
- Udyr is a great 1v1 champion, even better with this.
- Viable for almost anyone, saves your life so many times.
- Go to lane much faster, so you don't lose alot of XP.
- Stack it with to do good DoT.
- You are mana hungry, why not?

I don't recommend other spells for this build.

Abilities

- Monkey's Agility - This is why you can 1v1 most enemies, and the reason why you should stance dance. Stance dancing is switching from stance to stance to keep your passive up. You get buffed as long as you keep switching stances. This is hard to keep up in early game, due to low mana, but not a problem in late game.

- Tiger Stance - On activate, your next attack deals magic damage over time, and you have increased attack speed for a few seconds. As long as this stance is on, you gain attack speed. This is a great 1v1 tool that lets you do much more damage to single targets. Combine this with and to get huge attack speed.

- Turtle Stance - On activate, you gain a shield that absorbs damage. This shield can save your life under turret fire alot. Use this when you run away if you think your enemy will attack you more. As long as this stance is on, you gain lifesteal and your attacks regenerate mana. It doesn't regenerate alot in early game, but it does in lategame.

- Bear Stance - On activate, your movement speed is boosted for a short time. Good for catching up and running away. As long as this stance is on, your attacks stun for 1 second. A target that was already stunned can't be stunned again in the next 6 seconds. This is pretty neat for destroying things like , or .

- Phoenix Stance - On activate, you send out AOE flames around you for 5 seconds. Lets you farm well. As long as this stance is on, your every third attack seods out an AOE flame in front of you. This skill is godlike for farming, but you mostly have to use to regain health.

The thing about that matters the most is stance dancing. Stance dancing is crucial on Udyr, because as long as you constantly switch stances, your attack speed and dodge chance will grow, making you a 1v1 beast. Stance dancing is hard in early-game, but it doesn't matter so much then.

Laning

Udyr is not a great laner, because he doesn't have good harassment, or a dash ability like , , . You will focus on last-hitting, and regenerating your health with . Try not to get into trouble, and if you want to try to kill someone, jump them from the bush: the element of surprise is great.

Udyr's best laning friends are: , , a support like , , . Most of these can heal you and let you stay in lane, or can CC your enemy and do more damage. is great for this, as he can get your enemy in melee range and let you smash them to pieces.
Udyr's worst lane enemies are: , , and . Most of these can bully you and keep you away from farming, or do quite nice damage in early game. can kite you and keep distance easily, is an overpowered freak with huge range, can bully your lane all the time, and 's acid rockets are a nightmare.

Fighting with Udyr

Ah... fighting Champions. This is where Udyr really excels.

Before you start fighting Champions, make sure to get your passive to maximum stacks. It will make a huge difference if you are fighting a DPS character.

If the enemy is running away, you can catch up with . Use if you have it, and even , the latter if necessary. As soon they know escaping won't be easy, use to chop them to pieces. It will let you kill your enemy even faster if the enemy team is coming. If your enemy can do quite a bit of punishment, use just in case.

Udyr is great against physical damage DPS glass cannons. You get your passive stacked up to get around 10% dodge chance, even up to almost 30% with and runes. This means that you can destroy that , , if they aren't careful.

For 1v1, use to catch up and stun, then if you are stronger, or if it's a close call.

Items

Items are a problem for most Udyrs. Udyr's choice of items is so situational that he doesn't even have a real core build.

These are some of the builds you can rush for Udyr:

DPS UDYR:

Pros of this build: Really huge damage output
Cons of this build: Squishy as hell

TANK UDYR:
or

Swap for

Pros of this build: You will end up with 200+ MR and armor, and around 4000 health
Cons of this build: Much lower damage output

RECOMMENDED UDYR 1:
or

RECOMMENDED UDYR 2:
or

RECOMMENDED UDYR 3:
or

Pros of these recommended builds: Decent damage output mixed with decent survivability
Cons of these recommended builds: Sometimes not enough of both

All these item builds depend on how you play , what your team needs, and how is the enemy team lined up. I strongly recommend mixing these items from the recommended builds, because they grant you what you need. An example of how you can try Udyr is in the item purchase order.