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Runes:
Precision
Sorcery
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Flash
Smite
Items
Ability Order
Bridge Between (PASSIVE)
Udyr Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Jax
Aurelion Sol
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Aurelion Sol
Champion Build Guide
About me
Name: RoleDyr
Udyr OTP Since: 4 years
Current State: Rank 1 Udyr, Master 343LP SoloQ
Udyr OTP Since: 4 years
Current State: Rank 1 Udyr, Master 343LP SoloQ
Yo w***up guys,
my name is RoleDyr and I've been ontricking Udyr for more than 4 years now.
Why am I entitled to teach you how to play Udyr?
Currently I am the world's highest ranked Udyr player.
I am currently Master in EUW and I'll be fighting my way up to the Challenger tier over the next coming weeks.
You want to stomp your enemies with Udyr and leech some free LP?
Lay back and enjoy this guide!
my name is RoleDyr and I've been ontricking Udyr for more than 4 years now.
Why am I entitled to teach you how to play Udyr?
Currently I am the world's highest ranked Udyr player.
I am currently Master in EUW and I'll be fighting my way up to the Challenger tier over the next coming weeks.
You want to stomp your enemies with Udyr and leech some free LP?
Lay back and enjoy this guide!

Runes guide
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Skills Orders
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MONKEY'S AGILITY (Passive): Entering a stance grants Udyr bonus Attack Speed and Movement Speed for a short duration. This effect can stack multiple times. |
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TURTLE STANCE (Q): Turtle Stance: Activation - Udyr gains a temporary shield that absorbs damage. Persistent Effect - Udyr's first attack and every third attack after heals him for 2.5% of his maximum health. |
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BEAR STANCE (Q): Bear Stance: Activation - Udyr increases Movement Speed for a short duration. Persistent Effect - Udyr's basic attacks stun his target for 1 second. This effect cannot occur on the same target for several seconds. |
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PHOENIX STANCE (Q): Phoenix Stance: Activation - Udyr unleashes pulsing waves of fire, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Persistent Effect - Udyr's first attack and every third attack after engulfs enemies in front of him with flames. |
Why do I max Tiger?:
In the current meta, maxing your
Wilding Claw is out of question.
Some patches ago the
Wingborne Storm got nerfed so significantly that playing that is not a valid option any longer.
Many players are maxing
Iron Mantle second to increase their sustain. But we are certainly not many players, we are playing the RoleDyr variant.
Following my playstyle you will always max
Blazing Stampede as a second to chase down enemies more effectively and to not get kited as easily.
Iron Mantle will get maxed out third and you should always pray that you won't have to invest a single point into your
Wingborne Storm, since Udyr is getting weaker by every single minute that passes.
In the current meta, maxing your

Some patches ago the

Many players are maxing

Following my playstyle you will always max



Itemization
You start with ![]() ![]() You absolutely prefer ![]() ![]() ![]() After finishing your ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Afterwards, when playing against crit-champions in the enemy team, you buy ![]() ![]() If you are facing a lot of consistent magic damage (dealt by Karthus, Cassiopeia or Kaisa among others) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Boots choice
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If you are facing a lot of crowd control, you'd pick up ![]() |
Counters
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Synergies
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Jungle Pathing
The Jungle Pathing:
You always want vision on the
Rift Scuttler as well as on the jungle entrances. Thereby river wards are absolutely vital. You begin every first clear at the
Blue Sentinel, due to your high mana consumption. After having cleared that you carefully observe the lanes. Seeing the enemy toplaner before their botlane appears on lane, usually indicates that the enemy jungler started on his botside jungle and vice versa. There are some rare exception (see Kayn's solo start at
raptors e.g.).
After finding out where the enemy jungler started you kill the
gromp. From here on out it depends on which side your team started the match.
If you are on blueside the following applies: Once you've reached the first
rift scuttler you must track the enemy jungler via the wards in the river. If you see him taking the upper entrance of the botside river he is most likely on the way to his
Red Brambleback. In that case you can cheese him in his
raptors brush. If he is entering the bottom side of your jungle he is most likely to invade your
Red Brambleback, which allows you to take his entire topside jungle. Thereafter you can decide on wether or not you want to pay a visit to your top- or midlane.
If none offer you viable ganking opportunities you go back into your jungle to take your Murk wolves after which you port back with approximately 950 gold.
There you buy
Skirmisher's Sabre (650 g) and
Boots (300 g).
If the enemy jungler has started at his
Red Brambleback you immediately run for your own after taking the topside
Rift Scuttler.
Afterwards you instantly go for the botside
rift scuttler. If that one is cleared already you catch off your enemy at his
Blue Sentinel. Otherwise you clear the
rift scuttler before you visit the enemy's
Blue Sentinel in order to take it or kill the enemy jungler.
The same is true for starting the match on opposite sides of the map, only contrariwise. If you see your opponent entering the bottom side of the topside river you cheese him in his
Raptors brush while he is on the way to his
Red Brambleback. If you notice him entering your topside jungle he is attempting to invade your
Red Brambleback, therefore you are taking his and the remaining camps in his botside jungle. Instead of top your botlane now may offer you good ganking possibilities but then again, if ganking seems too unattractive, you just go back to buy the obligatory items mentioned earlier.
If the enemy jungler starts at his
Red Brambleback you just go to your own after having killed the first
rift scuttler on botside. After that you attempt to take the second
rift scuttler again. If that's been taken you head straight towards the enemy
Blue Sentinel as usual.
All in all that covers the most important parts of the early jungle pathing.
After heading back on the map once you got
Challenging Smite and your
Boots, your main priority is to seek and find constant 1v1s with the enemy jungler.
You always want vision on the



After finding out where the enemy jungler started you kill the

If you are on blueside the following applies: Once you've reached the first




If none offer you viable ganking opportunities you go back into your jungle to take your Murk wolves after which you port back with approximately 950 gold.
There you buy


If the enemy jungler has started at his


Afterwards you instantly go for the botside




The same is true for starting the match on opposite sides of the map, only contrariwise. If you see your opponent entering the bottom side of the topside river you cheese him in his



If the enemy jungler starts at his




All in all that covers the most important parts of the early jungle pathing.
After heading back on the map once you got


Warding
While invading the following wards are important:
Blueside Start:
Control Wards:
On topside you have multiple options. You can either put your
Control Ward in the river to secure the
rift scuttler, provide vision for your midlaner and always make sure that you won't get spotted while invading the enemy's
red brambleback.
Your second option would be a quite aggressive one, in the brush next to the enemy's
red brambleback.
This is only advised when you have a winning midlane on your side, which can assist you during invades.
If you don't have the required midlane pressure this
Control Ward will simply get cleared as soon as someone in the enemy team notices it.
The probably best spot to place a
Control Ward is in the upper brush in the enemy jungle, that is in the gap between the blast cone and the enemy's
red brambleback.
That
Control Ward will hardly ever get spotted and it offers you valuable insight in the jungle pathing of your opponent.
Trinkets:
The most important
Stealth Ward are the ones in the enemy's
raptors brush.
Since invading the
red brambleback is a main priority, this
Control Ward will give you information about your opponent's presence, the second he enters his topside jungle.
Thereby it allows you to go for them cheesy kills.
On botside the only important brush you want to put
Stealth Ward in is the one next to the enemy's
blue sentinel.
Redside Start:
Pretty much the same, just the other way around.
Blueside Start:
Control Wards:
On topside you have multiple options. You can either put your



Your second option would be a quite aggressive one, in the brush next to the enemy's

This is only advised when you have a winning midlane on your side, which can assist you during invades.
If you don't have the required midlane pressure this

The probably best spot to place a


That

Trinkets:
The most important


Since invading the


Thereby it allows you to go for them cheesy kills.
On botside the only important brush you want to put


Redside Start:
Pretty much the same, just the other way around.

Mid- & Lategame
As mentioned earlier you are always looking for 1v1 skirmishes with the enemy jungler.
Once you finished your three core items, namely
Skirmisher's Sabre - Warrior,
Trinity Force and the corresponding boots, you start splitpushing. At first your are mainly looking to destroy as many turrets as possible. The further the game progresses the more focus you should put on destroying the botlane
inhibitor in order to put a lot of pressure on this lane with the hardpushing
super minion waves. Once the pressure is built up you start grouping with your team at
baron nashor. With the sidelane pressure you are now able to force the enemy team to make a difficult decision. They will always need at least one splitpusher to take care of the botlane super minions. Thereby they are only able to disrupt your Baron attempt with 4 people which already makes it a lot harder for them. You will take advantage of the fact that they are outnumbered and force the 4v5 teamfight. Once you've slain the Baron you start splitpushing on the toplane while your team takes the midlane inhibitor. This is the basic formula to win games with
Udyr, from early to late game.
Once you finished your three core items, namely






Tips & Tricks
A few tips & tricks:
When facing auto-attack-nullifying champions like
Pantheon you should always engage them while being in your
Wilding Claw or
Iron Mantle. They won't lose their passive on-hit-effects even when hitting into Pantheon's
Aegis Protection e. g.
Initiating an attack with your
Blazing Stampede will have no effect at all and would simply put your passive stun on a cooldown.
Should you attempt to cheese an enemy, in his jungle let's say, there is a superior attack/ability pattern you should always try to follow.
Use your
Wilding Claw preemptively and wait for the ability to cool down (not more than 6 seconds with 0% 'CDR'). Now you have a passive damage-over-time effect up that helps you to increase your initial burst on an unknowing target.
The second the enemy jungler shows himself and walks towards the brush you are waiting in, you initate the fight with an auto-attack to let your
Wilding Claw do it's work.
After that very first auto-attack you swap into your
Blazing Stampede to stun your opponent just to immediately swap back to your
Wilding Claw autoattack and get the maximum damage output.
In my video you will see 2 examples in which I am showing you how I killed enemy champions with that combination. Even though Vayne was extremely fed, she didn't even stand the slightest chance against me, due to that quick ability rotation.
With your
Iron Mantle you can use every single Jungle Plant to heal yourself for a small amount.
If you are not having mana issues you should always swap to that stance to get that free extra health back.
Furthermore you can also stack your
Wilding Claw on plants.
While your
Blazing Stampede is active you gain the passive
Phantom Dancer effect which allows you to pass through units.
Once the active wears off you are getting minionblocked again.
When facing auto-attack-nullifying champions like




Initiating an attack with your

Should you attempt to cheese an enemy, in his jungle let's say, there is a superior attack/ability pattern you should always try to follow.
Use your

The second the enemy jungler shows himself and walks towards the brush you are waiting in, you initate the fight with an auto-attack to let your

After that very first auto-attack you swap into your


In my video you will see 2 examples in which I am showing you how I killed enemy champions with that combination. Even though Vayne was extremely fed, she didn't even stand the slightest chance against me, due to that quick ability rotation.
With your

If you are not having mana issues you should always swap to that stance to get that free extra health back.
Furthermore you can also stack your

While your


Once the active wears off you are getting minionblocked again.
The End
The End
I'm hoping I could bring my favourite champion closer to some of you out there.
If you encounter any questions, feel free to check out my stream.
Though it is in german I'll do my best to answer all the open questions that you may have.
If you enjoyed this guide I'd truly appreciate it if you would leave me an upvote to help spread the message of how awesome Udyr actually is.
Here is my Udyr guide in a video so you can see everything step by step.
It's on German but I'm pretty sure that it will help alot still!
Just mute the sound and enjoy. Kappa
You can see everything I mentioned in the video below:
I'm hoping I could bring my favourite champion closer to some of you out there.
If you encounter any questions, feel free to check out my stream.
Though it is in german I'll do my best to answer all the open questions that you may have.
If you enjoyed this guide I'd truly appreciate it if you would leave me an upvote to help spread the message of how awesome Udyr actually is.
Here is my Udyr guide in a video so you can see everything step by step.
It's on German but I'm pretty sure that it will help alot still!
Just mute the sound and enjoy. Kappa
You can see everything I mentioned in the video below:
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