Urgot Top Guide: Best Builds & Counters 15.8 [54.6% Win Rate]

By Marcus Chen

April 24, 2025 at 07:31 AM

Urgot excels as a top lane bruiser with a strong mid-game presence. His most effective build maintains a 54.6% win rate across 10,608 matches.

Core Build:

  • Primary Items: Black Cleaver → Boots of Swiftness → Sterak's Gage
  • Complete Build: Jak'Sho, The Protean → Thornmail → Overlord's Bloodmail
  • Ability Order: W > E > Q

Optimal Runes:

  • Keystone: Press the Attack
  • Primary: Triumph, Legend: Haste, Last Stand
  • Secondary: Bone Plating, Overgrowth
  • Shards: Adaptive Force (2x), Health Scaling

Strong Against:

  • Nidalee (59.1% WR)
  • Varus (59.0% WR)
  • Nasus (56.9% WR)
  • K'Sante (56.6% WR)
  • Jax (56.5% WR)

Weak Against:

  • Heimerdinger (42.6% WR)
  • Cassiopeia (45.9% WR)
  • Dr. Mundo (46.1% WR)
  • Kennen (46.2% WR)
  • Yorick (46.9% WR)

Key Tips:

  • Use R (Fear Beyond Death) when enemies have limited escape options
  • Position for maximum Passive leg damage through constant movement
  • Target priority enemies with R during teamfights
  • Consider Flash positioning for optimal fear effects

Alternative Builds:

  1. Conqueror Build (50.9% WR):

    • Same core items with Plated Steelcaps
    • Finalizes with Titanic Hydra
  2. Phase Rush Build (53.7% WR):

    • Focuses on mobility and sustained damage
    • Maintains core items while changing ability order to W > Q > E
  3. Off-Meta Stridebreaker Build (53.5% WR):

    • Starts with Stridebreaker instead of Black Cleaver
    • Provides additional mobility and crowd control

Best Synergies:

  • Udyr (55.7% WR)
  • Zyra (55.5% WR)
  • Rengar (55.3% WR)
  • Shyvana (55.3% WR)
  • Amumu (55.0% WR)

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