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So, not much to say about me, i am Stiwy, i play this game mostly for fun and my favourite and most played lane is Top.
I wrote this guide to give people a complete compendium of Urgot with matchups, item exlpanation and how to play the game.

"But why should i play this champion ?" - you may ask.
Well, first of all, right now Urgot is strong in the meta and can beat a lot of meta toplaners.
Secondly, Urgot is very simple so you will not have to spend hours and hours and hours only to learn him and you can focus more on macro play (aka the strategic part of the game).
SO, if you like big immortal juggernauts and executing people, this is the right place for you.

Patch 10.14 the guide is created.
Mid Patch 10.14 the first full version of the guide is published
Patch 10.15 Lilia released (deciding if i have to put her or not in the matchups).Swain, fiddle, gragas, shen and irelia changes (their position in the threat list could change). No direct changes to Urgot. Updated some parts of the guide.
Mid Patch 10.15 Oh Boy, big changes coming next patch.
Mid Patch 10.16 Made some improvements to the item section and probably there will be changes to the difficulty of some matchups too.Small changes coming for next patch, if the Aatrox buff doesn't help him, he will probabbly get his threat level lowered.

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Pros

> Good all-in potential > Safe poke > Scales well > Dueling potential

Right now Urgot is very present in the meta because he can destroy most of the melee toplaners, and, if he can't beat them in lane he will eventually outscale them and become an unstoppable force. Thanks to his E- Disdain, Urgot has the ability to start a fight whenever he likes by taking the opponent and flingin him in the opposite direction, doing so will also close the enemy's escape routes and force them to fight. Urgot is very good in 1 V 1 because of his ult- Fear Beyond Death but still is a very valuable teamfighter.

Cons

> low mobility > gets bullied by ranged champs > overall weak early game > needs to reach his powerspikes > is listed as ranged

Urgot's biggest weakness is his lack of movement. The only real mobility Urgot has his Disdain but you can't just throw it randomly or your already small mana pool will be drained in no time. This first point ties perfectly with the second : Urgot is unable to reach most of the ranged toplaners and he needs help to take them down. Urgot's 1 to 8 levels aren't necessary the worst in the game, they are just mediocre. But, the most annoying problem is that Urgot is listed as a ranged champ (but he just plays as a melee one) so he gets all the debuffs that come with it such as the ones on Conqueror, Death's Dance and Blade of the Ruined King.

This section is only to give you an idea of how Urgot scales and is for people who like reading and interpreting numbers.
I have marked it as a spoiler because i know it's not very interesting.

PASSIVE ABILITY

ECHOING FLAMES (Passive): Urgot's six legs each contain a shotgun that covers a precise area of 60 degrees. When you attack someone in the direction of a charged shotgun, he will take physical damage and the shotgun starts reloading. This is where a lot of Urgot's damage comes from, basically when your attacks and your W hit someone unlucky enough to be in front of one of your cannons, you shot at him. Each leg has it's own relaod timer, and the time goes down as you level up.At level 1 the cooldown is 30 seconds, so you will not be able to use it very often but at level 13 the cooldown is 2.5 seconds, so by the time you have circled around somebody, your cannons will be ready again. DETAILS Cooldown : level 1 - 30 seconds per leg level 6 - 20 seconds per leg level 9 - 10 seconds per leg level 11 - 5 seconds per leg level 13 - 2.5 seconds per leg Damage: level 1 -40% AD + 2% of the target max health level 6 -52% AD + 3% of the target max health level 9 -64% AD + 4% of the target max health level 11 -76% AD + 5% of the target max health level 13 -88% AD + 6% of the target max health level 15 -100% AD + 6% of the target max health TIPS +If your attacks can't reach their target (for example, if you are blinded by Teemo's Blinding Dart or blocked by Yasuo's Wind Wall) your cannons will not activate +This passive is counted as a spell so it will apply 33% spell vamp of life steal +Will apply on-hit spell effects, like Rylai's Crystal Scepter's slow (in case you are going to build a full AP Urgot but please don't)

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Q

CORROSIVE CHARGE (Q): Urgot shoots an explosive charge to a selected location, damagin and slowing everyone inside the area of the impact. This is how you can poke your opponents, but you can also use this ability to start a fight since its slow allows you to land your Disdain and Fear Beyond Death by giving the opponent small chances of dodging (or you can just burn his flash/escape ability). In hard matchups you can use Corrosive Charge to last hit the cannon or groups of minions and remain in a safe position. Remember that you can use your Q as an escape tool too if you can predict the movement of the guys that are chasing you. DETAILS Cost : rank 1/2/3/4/5 - 80 mana Cooldown : rank 1 - 12 seconds rank 2 - 11 seconds rank 3 - 10 seconds rank 4 - 9 seconds rank 5 - 8 seconds Damage : rank 1 - 25 + 70% AD rank 2 - 70 + 70% AD rank 3 - 115 + 70% AD rank 4 - 160 + 70% AD rank 5 - 205 + 70% AD Slow : rank 1 - 45% rank 2 - 50% rank 3 - 55% rank 4 - 60% rank 5 - 65% TIPS +If your Q hits a target it "marks" him and your W will follow him (keep this in mind if you need to redirect your W damage) +It is counted as a projectile so it will be blocked by shield (EG Wind Wall and Unbreakable +If you hit two champions with the same Q it should target the nearest one (i'm 99% sure)

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Q

PURGE (W): Urgot starts attacking the nearest enemy for 4 second, with 3.0 attack speed . While your W is active Urgot gets a ghosting effect ( walk through minions) and his movement speed is reduced. To make this simple, you just start shooting at whatever comes in range at a high attack speed and you can choose the target by using your other abilities. The target of your W is the last enemy hit wiyh your abilites, so if you need to shoot at an anemy champion, you have to hit him with Q, E or R to be sure. You max this ability first beacause at max rank it becomes free and can be kept active for an unlimited amount of time.During Purge you can not autoattack. When you cast your other abilities, Purge temporarly stops but the animation time is added to the overall duration so that it always lasts exactly 4 seconds. DETAILS Cost : rank 1 - 40 mana rank 2 - 30 mana rank 3 - 20 mana rank 4 - 10 mana rank 5 - 0 mana Cooldown : rank 1 - 12 seconds rank 2 - 9 seconds rank 3 - 6 seconds rank 4 - 3 seconds rank 5 - 0 seconds Damage : rank 1 - 12 + 20% AD per bullet rank 2 - 12 + 24% AD per bullet rank 3 - 12 + 28% AD per bullet rank 4 - 12 + 32% AD per bullet rank 5 - 12 + 36% AD per bullet TIPS +While you W is on you shoot three bullets per second. +Even if the game says 0 seconds cooldown you still have a 0.5 seconds deadline between an activation and another. + Purge triggers all on-hit effects so you can just abuse some of them combined with the absurd attack speed given to you. Press the Attack is triggered in exactly a second, Black Cleaver's passive is fully stacked in two seconds and the list goes on (more in the items section) +To maximize your damage against turrets you should let the W hit three times, then toggle it off, autoattack once and repeat. +You can clear enemy spawned object ( Zyra's plants, Teemo's mushrooms etc) really fast. +The gatling gun and passive can screw your farm at early levels, so remember to toggle it off if gives you problems. + Purge can not critically strike and on-hit damaging effects (like Blade of the Ruined King's passive) have halved effectivenes.

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E

DISAIN (E): Urgot gains a shield and dashes in a direction, when he hits an enemy champion, the dash stops and the enemy is flinged in the opposite direction and stunned. Disdain works both as an engage and a disengage. If an enemy comes too near you can activate this ability, if you succed you will get a good trade or even a kill most of the times. If you need to disengage just throw your E in the opposite direction or just do it for the shield to avoid burst damage. Your E interrupts channelings (like Katarina and Xerath's ult) so keep this in mind during fights because you can save your team if you act correctly. Disdain CAN NOT cross terrains. DETAILS Cost : rank 1 - 60 mana rank 2 - 70 mana rank 3 - 80 mana rank 4 - 90 mana rank 5 - 100 mana Cooldown : rank 1 - 16 seconds rank 2 - 15.5 seconds rank 3 - 15 seconds rank 4 - 14.5 seconds rank 5 - 14 seconds Damage : rank 1 - 90 + 100% bonus AD rank 2 - 120 + 100% bonus AD rank 3 - 150 + 100% bonus AD rank 4 - 180 + 100% bonus AD rank 5 - 210 + 100% bonus AD Shield : rank 1 - 60 + 150% bonus AD + 15% bonus health . rank 2 - 80 + 150% bonus AD + 15% bonus health . rank 3 - 100 + 150% bonus AD + 15% bonus health . rank 4 - 120 + 150% bonus AD + 15% bonus health . rank 5 - 140 + 150% bonus AD + 15% bonus health . TIPS + Disdain still activates even if you get stunned, so if you can time it correctly it's ok. + Flash + E is a great engage combo and gapcloser and can catch enemies off guard. With this combo you can travel a long distance and put your enemy in a disavantageous position. +The direction of the fling isn't always the one you think it will be because of some "bugs" (don't know how to call them) and can be misleading. For now, no fix has been released.

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R

FEAR BEYOND DEATH (R): Urgot fires a drill that stops after hitting an enemy chammpion, dealing damage and slowing him. For the next 4 seconds, if the target falls below 25% maximum health he is suppresed and, after a 1.5 seconds channeling, executed and nearby enemies are feared. WOW, this ability is really amazing, basically, if the enemy you hit falls below 25% health, he is automatically killed. Nice, isn't it ?. If you are 1 v 1, your opponent is playing with 3/4 of his health and if you are teamfighting you can eliminate priority targets and get a big fear effect that can lead you to victory. DETAILS Cost: rank 1/2/3 - 100 mana Cooldown : rank 1 - 100 seconds rank 2 - 85 seconds rank 3 - 70 seconds Damage : rank 1 - 100 + 50% bonus AD rank 2 - 225 + 50% bonus AD rank 3 - 350 + 50% bonus AD Slow : The slow follows this formula : slow % = 0 + 1*(enemy missing health %) so, basically, if your opponents has 60% health he is slowed by 40%. TIPS +If your opponent's health is right over the 25% treshold, remember that the first cast of your R deals some good damage so you may try a blind throw and hope it works. +When an enemy is being dragged in you can flash in the enemy team's direction and apply an AOE fear to the enemy team. +If you die, the execution is cancelled. + Mordekaiser's passive, Rumble's Q, [[fiddlesticks]' ult and some other abilities are not stopped if already activated before your suppression begins, you can still be killed, so keep this in mind. +All of the interactions are explained in the next spoiler. INTERACTIONS + Anivia's egg will spawn after the execution. + Bard's ult will prevent you from killing the target (not sure, never tried but i will update ASAP). + Fiora's W will prevent your ult from hitting her but can't stop the execution + Gangplank's W will cleanse your ult. + Kalista's ult can save her bound ally + Karthus will still become a ghost with his passive after the execution + Kayle can save herself with ult + Kindred can save her allies + Kog'Maw's passive will still trigger + Lissandra can take some time with her ult + Nocturne, Sivir and Morgana's spell shield can block the first part of your ult +When Olaf ults you can't execute him. + Sion's passive will still trigger. +If Tahm Kench eats you but has your ult on him, you can kill him somehow. + Taric's ult can save allies. +If Tryndamere ults, the animation of the execution appears but the guy survives. +If you hit Vladimir before he becomes a pool of blood, you can still execute him. + Yuumi will jump off if her ally is being executed. + Zac's passive will still spawn bloblets. + Zilean's ult will save his ally-

Urgot has three points in the game where he becomes significantly stronger :
Level 6 : here you unlock your ultimate, this means that you can start dealing with tanks and easy matchups.
Level 9 : here you should have your W maxed, and this grants you a nice damage output, giving you a chanc to fight lane bullies and hard matchups.
Level 13 : Here, your shotguns have 2.5 seconds of cooldown so you can actually kill almost anyone in a 1 v 1 battle.

SUMMONER SPELLS - FLASH: Fantastic summoner spell on Urgot. It allows you to get out of risky situation while also giving you engage potential with Flash + Disdain. You can also Flash into the enemy team for a big fear from your ult. GHOST: A nice alternative to Flash. It gives you less escape ability but better chase potential and with the mid-season 10 buffs this spell has received you can have Ghost last for a whole teamfight. It is also great to proc your passive more efficiently TELEPORT: Typical summoner spell for toplaners. Great to go back to lane if something goes wrong or do some clutch plays in botlane or reach your team while splitpushing. I don't think Ignite is very useful on Urgot because your ult already does a great job when you have to end your opponents' life.

Now it's time to talk about runes.

PRECISION

Conqueror is the best rune for Urgot right now because he can stack it really fast thanks to his W and the healing this rune provides in mid/late game is absurd. Usually, you want to take conqueror in matchups where you want long extended trades (against tanks for example) or if you are just waiting for late game because, out of laning phase, Conqueror is far better than the other three choices. Press the Attack is also really good if you want more kill potential during laning phase or if you can't afford long trades (for example if you are up against an Aatrox or Darius). When Purge is up it takes you just a second to activate PTA so you can hit and run. I prefere Conqueror over this because PTA does not give you sustain and is less useful when teamfights happen, but it's your personal choice what tho run and when. Fleet Footwork and Lethal Tempo are not viable options on Urgot (and if you are wondering, no, lethal tempo does not work on your W, so you can't reach 6.0 attack speed :( ). Triumph is just better than the other two because Presence of Mind and Overheal don't really give youu much help. Legend: Tenacity is my choice here because you don't want to find yourself stuck for too long in a Lux or Morgana'a Q during a fight. Tenacity is really valuable on a Juggernaut like Urgot because you are the frontline and don't want to be stuck in CCs. If the enemy team does not have CC you can opt for Legend: Bloodline and have even more lifesteal. For the bonuses, just take whatever you need for that game. If you see yourself not reaching 40% CDR many times, just take the 10% bonus cooldown reduction in the first row.

The Resolve tree has many interesting runes to offer. In the first row, Shield Bash offers the most value, since every time you use your E, your next attack deals bonus damage. You can take Demolish if you feel like you can force your opponent out of lane. The second rune varies from matchup to matchup but usually you take Conditioning when you want to scale as a tank, Second Wind if your opponents has heavy poke ( Teemo, Lucian) and Bone Plating in almost all Tank/Bruiser matchups because Urgot likes to all-in opponents and this rune can make you a bit more hard to kill. Overgowth and Revitalize can be good choices but i usually go for Bone Plating and Shield Bash 90% of the times.

There are other good options for Urgot and you can choose your secondary tree according to what your playstile is and what you like the most.
I have seen some Urots running Grasp of the Undying but actually i do not like that keystone on Urgot because it's nerfed for ranged champions and does not provide sustain and kill potential as the other keystones.
The Inspiration tree offers the Biscuit Delivery and Approach Velocity combination, which is not bad at all and you can try it if you are against a champions that likes to run away (EG. Akali or Vladimir) and ranged champions.
The Sorcery tree offers Nimbus Cloak, a perfect rune for Urgot as it will save you from ganks very often and further improves your Ghost and Teleport.
If you go for Nimbus Cloak grab Transcendence or Gathering Storm.
Last, the Domination tree with Taste of Blood, Sudden Impact, Cheap Shot and Ravenous Hunter but i never really used any of these.

There aren't really situations where you don't want Urgot in your team, as he can build full tank and become a giant wall or itemize some AD items if there are other tanks.
The only situation where you can avoid picking Urgot is when your team already has a tank ( Braum or Thresh supports) and lacks AP, in that case you can opt for Mordekaiser or Vladimir.
The ideal teammates for Urgot are the more CC oriented ones as they can give you free Q, E and R hits or can concatenate their CCs after your E for a full lockdown.
Lulu is great as you cun just run into the enemy team without fear of being oneshotted.
Yuumi gives you great sustain and you two together can hold enemy team with no problems.

Urgot's build is very variable and, after your two core items you have a huge choice to adapt to the enemy team.

Levels 1-6 First of all, you have an important decision to take : the starting item i have already talked about this in the itemization section so be sure to check that out.
Urgot's level 1 is actually one of the strongest in the game so be sure to abuse that agains Illaoi, Garen or other champions with weak early levels.
Remember that Urgot's mana pool is very low and you can't just spam Q and E rndomly or you will soon find yourself in a bad situation.
Urgot's level 2 is strong too, so the reasoning is the same as for level 1.
From level 3 you become significantly weaker because your full kit, compared to the kit of most toplaners is weaker in early game. That said be sure to farm safely and decide if you are in an easy matchup or an hard matchup (you can watch the threat list at the top of the guide).
If the matchup is easy you can try to engage your opponent if he gets too close, usually if you can land your E, you win the trade.
Against tanks you want to wait your level 6 before trying to all-in them, which often can lead you to an early kill.
Your Q is a great poking tool in the early stages of the game, that plus the damage from your legs (melee champions will usually take some damage when they come near to farm) will be annoying for your opponent and maybe bring him low enough for a gank or an all-in.
Remember that Urgot's laning phase is not that strong, so if you are not used to the champion just start Cull/ Doran's Shield and try to play a safe laning phase.
If you can push your opponent out of lane consider working with your jungler to get an herald because, right now it is an enormous help to win the game.
If you find yourself in an hard matchup try to play very safe, you don't want to give kills to the lane bullies out there.
Use your Q to last hit cannon minions (or groups of low health minions] from a safe distance. In this type of matchups, buying the right tech items can really make the difference between surviving laning phase or being crushed.
If the enemy is too aggressive remember your Flash + E combo that can throw wnwmies under your turret and help you secure a kill.
Don't worry if you fall 20/30 CS behind (if you need to play very safe to survive) because Urgot can easily come back from a disavantageius situation by using his ult to turn a fight over and, in general, he scales well.
Levels 7-9 After level 6, Urgot is very strong and, when his ult is not on cooldown he has very high kill potential. If your opponent is not too far ahead you can start to be more aggressive.
After level 9 there are few champions that can duel you without risks so you can start to bully your lane opponent. Remember to keep the river warded to avoid ganks because you still don't have good 1 v 2 potential due to your cannons having high cooldowns.
If you can get lane priority try to convince your jungler to come top and defeat the rift herald and place it top to get some plate gold or even a full turret, forcing the opponent out of lane.
If you are in a stall or the opponent plays too defensively you can look to make a Teleport play down in botlane.


Levels 10-18 Now, you are a monster.
You can choose to be a splitpusher or a teamfighter now.
If you see that your squad can resist in a 4 v 5 situation, just go on a sidelane and start pushing waves to the enemy towers. If you splitpush remember to get at least a Control Ward (and blue trinket, if you like it) to have an idea of what happens around you.
Urgot is not the best splitpusher in the game, it's true, but still they can't send just a person to fight you or it will be useless.
By splitpushing on the opposite side of the current major objective (Drake or Baron) you give the enemy team a choice : send 2 to 3 people to stop you but let half of their team alone against yours OR give up the turrets to try to save a dragon/baron ?.
In both cases, if the splitpush is executed correctly it brings great advantages to your team.
If you are not too sure of your power, you can start to push waves and, when you see the enemies coming Teleport to your team and force an objective while the guys that came for you realize what you have done.
A good combination to keep in mind if you feel more like a splitpusher than a teamfighter is Nimbus Cloak rune + Ghost, those 2 effects togheter will save your life a lot.
If your team is weaker than the other you have to stay with them and be the frontliner.
DON'T start teamfights only for the kills, be sure that, in case of victory, you and your team can take an advantage (towers, inibhs, dragons, baron).
Teamfighting is risky, and losing a fight can cost the game so be sure that there is always a reason to fight before engaging because, you can even be 10 kill behind the enemy team but a Baron or Elder Drake can turn the game around.
You are not the one that shoudld start a fight because you want to keep your Disdain for the right moment, so be sure that the member of your team with some engage decides when to start (good examples of engages are Zoe's E and Ashe's ult).
If your team lacks engage you can buy a Turbo Chemtank and do it yourself.

Remember this ugly mess up here ?
I hope you don't BUT even if you do, don't worry, he is now a piece of the past (he was actually one of the ugliest champions back then XD).
In the past, Urgot was a marksman and saw some play in the botlane and i had the bright idea to try to do it now.
SO, please, take your popcorns and witness the creation of URGBOT .
What i am trying to do here is to abuse the attack speed from W to maximize some on-hit items out there plus the nice AD ratios Urgot has on its abilites.
I have not decided a precise build yet so i will just list the items I am trying :
- Manamune to repair some of Urgot's mana issues and, when completed into Muramana it grants some nice damage output. You can just buy Tear of the Goddess and let it stack while completing your second item if you prefere.
- Essence Reaver has some nice AD bonus and the on-hit mana regen is cool but the critical hit percent is wasted so I am not really sure abiut this.
- Black Cleaver or Trinity Force the Rage passive that makes you faster is really needed and the 20% CDR helps, take Cleaver into tank matchups and trinity versus squishies.
- Frozen Mallet the slow is REALLY REALLY good, i am sure this item will go into the final build.
- Boots of Swiftness to mitigate the slow from Purge
- Maw of Malmortius if you're against AP burst
- Blade of the Ruined King for some nice damage and lifesteal.
- Bloodthirster great lifesteal and a shield to improve your survival. I am rushing this after Manamune atm.
- Death's Dance still testing
I don't really like the lethality package but you are free to try.

For runes i am going with :
Fleet Footwork to farm safely and have a little sustain
Presence of Mind to sinergize with Manamune, but Triumph can be good too
Legend: Bloodline to have lifesteal later.
Coup de Grace to make last blows on enemies more effective.

[nimbus cloak]] and Gathering Storm because these are the runes that most adc take right now. I am considering to throw in a Transcendence to have more CDR.

To make the most out of this build your support (possibly your premade, so that you can have some collaboration) has to pick an engage/CC heavy champ (like Nautilus, Blitzcrank or Leona) and look for engages when possible.
If you can chain your E after their CC you are preety sure to get a kill. If there are no chances to engage just try to farm as best as you can and exit laning phase.
After you have some items and are after level 9, enemy melee champs and assasins will have an hard time dueling you because Urgot has some innate tanky stats.
The gameplay then is the one of any typical ADC, but with some little less range.
I am still experimenitng with this build and, after some more experience I will come back and update this section.
With this build i am having a blast of fresh air and fun and a positive winrate (to be honest, i am testing the build in draft, so the winrate is not accurate, but still i don't find too difficut to compete with the meta ADCs right now).

My guide ends here, feel free to ask questions in the comments if you need clarifications or just want to talk.