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Urgot Guide

the Dreadnought

Fighter

Tank

Tier S Top

Urgot, the Dreadnought, is a fighter and tank champion that is demanding to master. Across our 337 analysed ranked games, Urgot is mostly played in Top (100% of its games), with a 54.6% win rate in that role: tier S among Top champions (#1 of 51, ranked by win rate). Urgot's damage is mostly physical (89%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 10% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 59.8% in short games (under 25 min, 97 games) versus 52.0% in long games (over 35 min).

Averages measured over 337 Top games played with Urgot, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Urgot is a ranged-melee fighter: his attacks and Purge make jets of flame burst from his legs, dealing physical damage. Corrosive Charge slows, Purge prioritizes recently hit champions, Disdain dashes him with a shield, and Fear Beyond Death impales then executes below a certain health threshold.

The trade

Q › W › AA AA › E

When: An enemy is within range.

Corrosive Charge slows, Purge unloads on the marked enemy, your attacks trigger Echoing Flames, Disdain gives you a shield.

The execution

R › R › W

When: A champion is low.

Fear Beyond Death fires a drill that impales the first champion hit: below a certain health threshold, you can execute them.

The charge

E › W › Q

When: You want to close in.

Disdain dashes you while giving you a shield and tramples the enemies on your path (except champions); if it hits a champion, it knocks them out of your way.

Laning phase

Purge prioritizes enemy champions you recently hit with other abilities. Corrosive Charge slows in the area.

Common mistakes

• Using the ultimate without the execution threshold reached.
• Casting Purge without a prior slow.
• Forgetting that Disdain stops on a champion.

Riot's official tips for playing Urgot

• Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
• Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
• Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Jak'Sho, The Protean (53 games, 58.5% win rate).

Sterak's Gage+Black Cleaver+Jak'Sho, The Protean

53 games · 58.5%

Overlord's Bloodmail+Sterak's Gage+Black Cleaver

32 games · 56.2%

Sterak's Gage+Black Cleaver+Dead Man's Plate

31 games · 61.3%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite53.8% · 249 games

Flash + Teleport60.3% · 58 games

Flash + Ghost50.0% · 22 games

Most-played runes

Press the Attack + Inspiration

57.5% · 200 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph96%

Legend: Bloodline95%

Cut Down70%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Approach Velocity76%

Triple Tonic60%

Shards

Adaptive force98%

Adaptive force96%

Health scaling49%

Press the Attack + Resolve

48.1% · 106 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph92%

Legend: Haste65%

Last Stand68%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Overgrowth81%

Bone Plating69%

Shards

Adaptive force95%

Adaptive force97%

Health scaling74%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Urgot's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team64.1% · 103 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Black Cleaver 63.6% ▲

Sterak's Gage 68.7% ▲

Jak'Sho, The Protean 66.7%

Kaenic Rookern 64.7%

Force of Nature 76.9%

Dead Man's Plate 83.3%

The item that stands out most is Sterak's Gage: 68.7% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team53.2% · 94 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Black Cleaver 54.4%

Sterak's Gage 55.6% ▼

Jak'Sho, The Protean 56.2%

Dead Man's Plate 50.0%

Thornmail 66.7%

Randuin's Omen 45.5%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team48.6% · 140 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Black Cleaver 49.6% ▼

Sterak's Gage 53.4% ▼

Jak'Sho, The Protean 48.1% ▼

Overlord's Bloodmail 55.0%

Randuin's Omen 56.2%

Dead Man's Plate 35.7%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Urgot

• Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.
• Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.
• If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed.

Abilities

PassiveEchoing Flames

Urgot's basic attacks and Purge periodically trigger blasts of flame from his legs, dealing physical damage.

QCorrosive Charge

Fires an explosive charge at the target location, dealing physical damage and slowing enemies caught in the explosion.

WPurge

Urgot slows himself while he unloads his weapon on nearby enemies. Prioritizes enemy champions Urgot has recently struck with other abilities and triggers Echoing Flames.

EDisdain

Urgot charges in a direction, shielding himself and trampling non-champion enemies. If he catches an enemy champion, he will stop and hurl them out of his way.

RFear Beyond Death

Urgot fires a chem-drill that impales the first enemy champion hit. If that champion falls below a health threshold, Urgot judges them weak and can execute them.

Frequently asked questions

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