Ultra Rapid Fire (URF) Mode Tier List - 2016

SEASON 6 - PATCH 6.9 U.R.F. TIER LIST

"Ultra Rapid Fire Mode Activated"

Introduction

Hi everyone! Riot implemented their new rotating game modes, and the upcoming week promises the return of URF, a zany mode where resource costs are removed and cooldown reduction is automatically set at 80%. If you haven't tried it, be sure to check it out when it returns on May 20th.

Meanwhile, in preparation of its next return, let's check out a newly updated URF mode tier list!

Feel free to input your thoughts on how it should be organized but it's currently in alphabetical order.

The Tier List

God Tier - Whimsical Frenzy
Alistar, Evelynn, Ezreal, Fiora, Galio, Hecarim, Jax, Karthus, Malzahar (AD), Maokai, Rumble, Sona, Vladimir, Wukong, Xin Zhao, Zed

Tier 1 - OP Cooldowns
Annie, Cho'Gath, Diana, Fizz, Jayce, Kayle, Kog'Maw (AP), Malphite, Nami, Nocturne, Shaco (AP), Urgot, Zyra

Tier 2 - Untapped Potential Released
Azir, Blitzcrank, Dr. Mundo, Fiddlesticks, Karma, Katarina, Lucian, Lulu, Master Yi, Morgana, Orianna, Poppy, Shen

Tier 3 - "Balanced" URF Champions
Ahri, Akali, Bard, Brand, Amumu, Darius, Draven, Ekko, Gangplank, Garen, Graves, Heimerdinger, Irelia, Janna, Jarvan, Jhin, Kassadin, Kha'zix, Kindred, LeBlanc, Lee Sin, Leona, Lissandra, Lux, Nasus, Nautilus, Nidalee, Quinn, Renekton, Rengar, Riven, Ryze, Sejuani, Sivir, Skarner, Soraka, Swain, Syndra, Talon, Taric, Teemo, Thresh, Tristana, Tryndamere, Twisted Fate, Varus, Vayne, Veigar, Vel'Koz, Viktor, Warwick, Xerath, Yorick, Ziggs

Tier 4 - Lower Comparative Benefit From URF Mode
Everybody else

Champion Explanations

• Galio [God Tier] - With a near permanent shield and movespeed, Galio gets a ton of free defensive stats for essentially nothing. Depending on enemy team composition, there might be a point in the game where everything from towers to enemy champions heal him if they try and attack.
• Hecarim [God Tier] - With his insane movement speed and continuous auto attack enhancers, "Helicopter Hecarim" simply dishes out way too much damage, moves way too fast, and sustains way too high.
• Rumble [God Tier] - Ever since they changed Rumble to allow for spells to be cast while he's on overload mode, he's been extremely powerful on this game type. He almost everything you could want in a snowballing champion, except for hard CC. With his shields, speed boosts, slows, and AOE damage, Rumble certainly packs a punch.
• Wukong [God Tier] - Wukong is potentially one of the most unstoppable champions in the game, even when enemies buy pink ward. As a result of his decoy, he can quickly and easily escape would-be deaths by skillshots. Combined with his near infinite gap-closer, he becomes extremely hard to deal with unless enemies are very attuned to detecting invisibility.
• Malzahar (AD) [God Tier] - AD Malzahar is INSANELY strong on this map, as the low cooldowns and mana costs allow him to spam his voidlings extremely hard. The new rework on Malzahar also allows him invulnerability time, which is especially important when going head-to-head against enemies.
• Lux [Tier 3] - One of the most popular champions in URF mode, Lux is surprisingly balanced for the most part. Again lacking an escape and having slightly more difficult to land skillshots compared to other champions, she has trouble with the sheer amount of insane mobility available in URF Mode.
• Ryze [Tier 3] - Ryze is one of those champions you would think could potentially be good in this mode, but after playing him for a bit you realize there's a set limit to how fast you can mash your keyboard before you need to go to the doctor's office. He also doesn't have any hard CC, and can quickly get shut down.
• Bard [Tier 3] - Not sure if he's "good" per say, annoying yes, good...debatable.

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