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Champion Guide

Udyr Guide

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Jungle

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Udyr is a high-tempo, fast-clearing jungler with great scaling and huge versatility, but he hates falling behind early.

Recommended Setup

Our recommended Udyr build

Our recommended runes, summoner spells and items. Compare build win rates on the stats page.

Items

Starting Items

Core Items

Situational Items

The default page is Conqueror with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, plus Magical Footwear and Approach Velocity; Press the Attack, Dark Harvest or Stormraider's Surge pages suit damage builds. Take Flash with Smite, starting Mosstomper Seedling for tank builds or Gustwalker Hatchling or Scorchclaw Pup for damage builds, and buy Dark Seal on your first back. The default AP tank build is Liandry's Torment, Randuin's Omen, Kaenic Rookern, Jak'Sho and Protoplasm Harness; the AD tank version swaps in Spear of Shojin. Juggernaut builds add Bloodletter's Curse or Black Cleaver, bruisers combine Riftmaker or Spear of Shojin with Dead Man's Plate and Force of Nature, and glass-cannon builds go full AP or AD damage.

Runes

Primary Tree

Secondary Tree

Summoner Spells

Strengths

Very fast clears and high damage after one damage item.
Scales well in both damage and tankiness, with high ratios on six-rank abilities.
Extremely versatile — almost any item works if you build around it, which makes him great to one-trick.

Weaknesses

Vulnerable to early invades and can't gank before his first clear.
No dashes as a melee champion.
He can only awaken one ability per fight, so you can never use the whole kit at once; Gwen, Master Yi, Vayne and Fiora are tough matchups.

Laning Phase

Farm your first clear before trying to take over the map — Udyr needs all four abilities and is weak if invaded with the wrong setup. Awaken Iron Mantle after taking damage, since it heals, and remember that autos after W always heal you. For maximum speed, cast Blazing Stampede, run a little, then awaken it. Awakened E's unstoppable effect resists slows only if it's active before the slow lands.

Mid & Late Game

Pick your category by comparing damage and tankiness on both teams: don't go full tank when enemies have little damage or your team already has two tanks, and avoid tanky builds into tank killers like Vayne or Master Yi. AD focuses single-target burst through Q; AP's awakened R deals ranged area damage and slows, but can't pass through terrain. Avoid dying early to mid game, as Udyr needs gold to snowball or scale.

Key Tips

Into a fed Master Yi, go AD to shut him down quickly.
Ultimate haste and on-ult effects apply to Udyr's awakenings instead.
Awakened R follows whatever you auto-attack.

Matchups

Matchups and synergies

Our picks for difficult opponents, favorable lanes and strong allies. Compare matchup win rates on the stats page.

Toughest Matchups