URF is one of the most popular game modes in League of Legends and it will be returning soon. But what exactly is URF? Let’s go over everything you need to know about this fun mode, which will be playable in the first half of Season 14.
The first time URF (Ultra Rapid Fire) was released was in 2014. Since then, it was a fan favorite and was playable for 3 whole months (much longer than Riot Games actually anticipated ). However, the last time the game mode returned was in February 2023, almost a year ago now.
Now, URF will finally make its return for 2024. But what if you just started playing LoL and don’t really understand all the hype around this game mode. Well, we are here to tell you everything, including rules, release window, leaks, and anything else you could ask. So, let’s dive right in!
URF | All rules and changes
URF is a fast-paced League of Legends game mode designed for shorter, more action-packed matches in Summoner’s Rift. Champions can reuse their abilities extremely quickly and at no cost.
Awesome Buff from Incredibly Awesome Buffing
All champions have an insane permanent buff that changes the way the game is played. The two most important effects are on the one hand 300 haste abilities (equivalent to 75% reduction in recharge time) and on the other hand the removing mana and energy costs capacities.
For more details on the buff, check out the list below (there are tons of adjustments in URF). By the way, the buff is called “”. It’s something?
- Reduced mana and energy consumptionby 100%
- Healthcare costs reduced by 50%
- +300 AH, Summoner Spell Haste and Item Haste
- +25% tenacity
- 60 Bonus movement speed
- Bonus attack speed is multiplied by (1.5 for the melee/2 for distance)
- Agreement on critical strikes 25% additional damage
- Champions who use mana conversion 35% from Mana Bonus to Health Bonus, and 100% from Bonus Mana Regeneration to Bonus Health Regeneration
There may also be specific buffs or nerfs for champions, especially for URF. These are displayed as follows:
- This unit treats X% from its normal damage
- This unit receives X% from its normal damage
Some of the upcoming champion and rune changes for URF have already been leaked on Twitter/X:
URF changes:
– Ezreal Q cooldown refund reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.33
– Gragas E cooldown refund set to 0.25 seconds
– Tahm Kench Q cooldown set to 14-10 seconds.
– Zilean Q cooldown is set between 18 and 14.4 seconds.
– Zilean W cooldown is set between 25.2 and 10.8 seconds. pic.twitter.com/UXVT5j8TQH
– Spideraxe (@Spideraxe30) January 18, 2024
But what about all those heals and shields? So are Soraka and Karma directly OP? Below you can see other important adjustments specifically for URF:
- Embargo on care
- Healing effects are only 50% effective at the start of the game.
- efficiency increases by 1% every 30 seconds, up to 100% efficiency after 25 minutes
- Shield Overload
- Shield strength (excluding Ultimate shields) is reduced by 30%
Champion cannon
Usually there is a cannon in front of each team’s fountain. By clicking on it, you have 10 seconds to jump anywhere up to maximum rangewhich is located on approximately half of the Summoner’s Rift map.
By getting started, you will fly to your target location and deal 120 to 460 (depending on level) magic damage and knock down all enemies in the area. Imagine your enemies dying just because you land on their heads. Just the thought makes us smile.
Gold Income, Level Cap and Early Redemption
Top 5 URF champions in League of Legends
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Since the game will end much faster, Riot has added additional adjustments regarding gold income, level cap, and buyback option.
You obtain increased gold for minions. When a nearby minion dies, you will also receive an amount of gold, regardless of whether the last hit was successful or not.
Then the maximum level is increased to level 30which means you will get a lot more bonus stats for your champion throughout the game.
Last but not least, you can also go early to 8 minutesor go normally to 10 minutes instead of waiting 15 minutes. If someone is AFK, you can of course go to any point in the game after a few minutes.
Changes to Summoner Items and Spells
With all of these improvements and changes for URF, some summoner items and spells simply don’t fit the game mode and need to be adjusted or removed.
This is why articles like Gather, Dark Seal/Soul Stealer of Mejai And Vigilant Protection Stone/Vigilant Protection Stone are all disabled.
HitThe billing rate is reduced to 30 seconds from 75 seconds, and the cooldown time between charges is also reduced to 10 seconds from 15 seconds. Teleportation on the other hand it is direct disabledsince you can still use the Champion Cannon.
Changes in the Jungle
We’ve also made some changes to the jungle for Dragons and Baron Nashor:
Duck
- Initial spawn time reduced to 4 minutes
- Respawn time reduced to 2 minutes and 30 seconds
- Health is dramatically increase
Baron Nashor
- Initial spawn time reduced to 10 minutes
- Respawn time reduced to 5 minutes
- Health is dramatically increase
- Grants both the Hand of the Baron (enabled recall + Baron buff) and generates a Eye of the Herald when he is killed
Alternative URF versions
There are additional alternatives in the game mode, such as URF like All random fashion and a Blind choice fashion. Usually only one of them is released within a certain time frame. But to be honest, Blind Pick URF is much more fun than other game modes, since you can have a lot of bad luck with your champions in All Random URF.
URF release date
Even though we don’t have an exact release date yet, we did receive some information from Riot Games itself. In their season 14, Escape from a riot that the URF, as well as One for All, will return in the first half of this year.
However, URF is rumored to be released with Patch 14.3 February 7 and will last until the end of patch 14.4 with the Lunar Revel 2024 event. In addition to this, we can also salute the new ADC Cover with patch 14.3. If not, what would be the best time for URF to release!
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