# Urgot Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff See Urgot counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Urgot in League of Legends. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - Urgot ## Page Content Juggernaut · Juggernaut · Top Prepare for battle with Urgot — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts. ## Playstyle Profile Urgot is a frontline juggernaut — dominates melee range and punishes anyone who steps too close Teamfight Role Juggernaut Frontline Power Spike Mid game Split Threat None Backline Access Low ## Urgot's Strengths - Dominates close-range fights — Urgot shreds through anything that stays in melee range ## How to Play Urgot Champion-specific pre-match tips ### Lane Phase Check your passive indicators and wait until at least three front-facing shotgun legs are off cooldown before stepping up to trade with your E. ### Lane Phase Buffer your E animation just before incoming crowd control connects so your dash and flip still execute while you are stunned. ### Lane Phase Push the wave aggressively once you hit level 9, as your W becomes a zero-cooldown toggle that allows you to instantly clear minions and take extended fights. ### Mid Game Clear side lane waves past the river, then immediately sweep into the jungle to secure flank vision and look for an ambush using your E. ### Mid Game Land your Q, E, or an auto-attack on a priority champion before activating your W during a skirmish to ensure the automated attacks lock onto them instead of targeting nearby minions. ### Mid Game Cast your E and flash immediately during the windup animation to instantly close the gap and flip a key target before they can react during objective skirmishes. ### Late Game Target a low-health enemy frontline champion with your ult to secure an immediate execute and trigger the massive AoE fear across the enemy backline. ### Late Game Toggle your W off to weave in a normal auto-attack every three W shots when hitting heavily armored targets or structures to maximize your overall damage output. ### Late Game Walk in a tight circle around your primary target while your W is active during a clustered teamfight to systematically trigger every available passive shotgun leg. For matchup-tailored tips, download Baron Buff's AI Coach & Companion App. ## Core Build Ranked from real ranked-match itemization We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher. - Black Cleaver — 3,000 - Plated Steelcaps (Boots) — 1,200 - Overlord's Bloodmail — 3,300 - Bloodthirster — 3,400 - Spear of Shojin — 3,100 - Titanic Hydra — 3,300 total: 17,300 ## How to Counter Urgot Counter strategies and draft context deny access, disengage, or apply pressure from range - Easily kited from range — Urgot dominates melee but struggles to close distance without help - Early aggression that denies farm and forces a lead before item spikes - Split-map strategies that avoid grouped fights where juggernauts thrive - Burst-heavy compositions that kill before sustain and resistances matter ### Urgot's Weaknesses - Ranged kiting compositions — Urgot gets kited without allied CC to lock targets in melee range ## Best Synergies with Urgot Team synergies and draft context - Speed-up or gap-close enablers that help Urgot reach fights — closing distance is their biggest challenge - Mixed damage compositions that prevent enemies from stacking one resistance type - Split-push allies that force enemies into awkward map rotations - AOE wombo-combo setups that group enemies for devastating melee damage ### Draft Context - Picks all melee with no ranged damage — enemies kite Urgot and the whole team for free ## Learning Curve [Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Urgot's win rate changes with mastery level Urgot has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, and getting started is comfortable. Results come quickly from the first few games. Skill Cap Very High Cost of Learning Low Win Rate Delta by Mastery Mastery Level | Win Rate | 1-2 | 45.3% | 3-4 | 52.2% | 5-6 | 52.2% | 7-8 | 52.2% | 9-12 * | 53.5% | 13-16 | 53.5% | 17+ | 53.5% | [← Champions](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)