Jungle

Udyr Build 26.22

No abilities to aim and no long cooldowns to wait on, Udyr is a stance-dancer through and through. He swaps between four stances and awakens each with a second cast, Claw for damage, Mantle for a shield, Stampede for speed and a stun, and a storm that grows the longer he fights. He sits playable but nothing scary at 49.7% and on the way down this patch, and chaining the stances right means he never stops applying pressure, stunning a target down and grinding through anyone in an extended brawl. He wins on relentless uptime, not one big combo.

#46 of 87 jungle this patch · 1.6k games

Win rate49.7%−1.9Games1.6kPick rate1.4%Ban rate0.9%Last 8 patches−0.8 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 35%AD 61%True 5%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 49.7% WR

Boots of Swiftness SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.5%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidB49.4%AkshanMidC49.0%AlistarSupportS52.4%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleC49.4%AniviaMidB49.9%AnnieMidA51.4%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryC48.9%Aurelion SolMidA51.8%AuroraMidA52.1%AzirMidD47.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleS52.7%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportC48.7%BraumSupportA50.8%BriarJungleB49.7%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidB49.9%Cho'GathJungleA51.4%CorkiAD CarryB50.7%DariusTopB50.5%DianaJungleB49.8%Dr. MundoTopB50.8%DravenAD CarryA51.4%EkkoMidA52.1%EliseJungleB50.5%EvelynnJungleA51.4%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.4%FioraTopA51.7%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB49.6%GangplankTopA52.1%GarenTopB50.6%GnarTopC48.9%GragasTopB49.9%GravesJungleB49.6%GwenTopB50.0%HecarimJungleB50.6%HeimerdingerTopB50.6%HweiMidS52.6%IllaoiTopB49.5%IreliaTopB50.0%IvernJungleB50.6%JannaSupportB50.6%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopC47.9%JhinAD CarryB50.5%JinxAD CarryA51.5%K'SanteTopD47.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.5%KalistaAD CarryB50.0%KarmaSupportC48.1%KarthusJungleB49.7%KassadinMidA51.3%KatarinaMidS52.8%KayleTopA51.6%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA52.0%Kha'ZixJungleC49.3%KindredJungleA51.4%KledTopB50.4%Kog'MawAD CarryA52.0%LeBlancMidA51.7%Lee SinJungleC48.7%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA52.0%LissandraMidB50.1%LockeMidB49.5%LucianAD CarryB49.4%LuluSupportB49.9%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.1%MalzaharMidB50.1%MaokaiSupportA52.2%Master YiJungleB50.0%MelMidD47.4%MilioSupportB49.9%Miss FortuneAD CarryB50.2%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.3%NaafiriJungleA50.8%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopB49.7%NautilusSupportB49.8%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.8%NilahAD CarryS53.5%NocturneJungleB49.8%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.6%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD46.7%OrnnTopA51.0%PantheonTopB50.4%PoppySupportS53.0%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.5%QuinnTopC48.0%RakanSupportS52.7%RammusJungleS53.0%Rek'SaiJungleA51.0%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB50.8%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC48.8%RivenTopB50.0%RumbleTopC48.1%RyzeMidD47.0%SamiraAD CarryB49.5%SejuaniJungleA51.0%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.7%SettTopA51.3%ShacoJungleA51.0%ShenTopS53.3%ShyvanaJungleA51.7%SingedTopA51.2%SionTopA51.2%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleA51.2%SmolderAD CarryA50.9%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.0%SwainSupportA50.9%SylasMidC48.3%SyndraMidB50.1%Tahm KenchSupportB49.7%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.1%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.9%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB50.3%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopB49.9%Twisted FateMidB50.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.1%UdyrJungleB49.7%UrgotTopA50.9%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC48.7%Vel'KozSupportA51.6%VexMidS53.1%ViJungleB49.7%ViegoJungleB49.5%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidA51.0%VolibearTopB50.1%WarwickJungleA51.9%WukongJungleB50.8%XayahAD CarryS53.3%XerathMidA51.6%Xin ZhaoJungleA51.7%YasuoMidC48.7%YoneMidC49.1%YorickTopD47.6%YunaraAD CarryB49.4%YuumiSupportD47.7%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleB50.7%ZedMidB49.2%ZeriAD CarryA51.7%ZiggsAD CarryA51.2%ZileanSupportA50.9%ZoeMidA51.1%ZyraSupportA51.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Udyr was built in the classic eraUdyr Classic Build

When Is Udyr Strongest?

The front half of the game is the strong stretch, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Udyr wins by snowballing early skirmishes and objectives before the enemy scales, so the plan is to use his fast clear and constant uptime to invade, gank, and turn a lead into map pressure.

Game timeline · Udyr drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:27

Ambush zone7:48–9:18 Power spike 11:38

13:28

11:38

13:28

19:20

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 62/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~5.4k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Boots of Swiftness · 13:28

Udyr Item Build

Udyr is a stance-dancing juggernaut who cycles through four abilities and keeps every one of them refreshed for maximum uptime. The build blends health and resistances with attack speed so his empowered hits chunk targets, his shield keeps regenerating, and he never drops out of a fight.

Standard loadout · Udyr The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 450g

Gustwalker Hatchling×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Boots of Swiftness59% · 53.2%

Plated Steelcaps41% · 46.5%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.S

Spirit Visage25957.5%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.R

Randuin's Omen13753.3%D

Death's Dance58452.4%D

Dead Man's Plate30650.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.B

Black Cleaver11753.0%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.E

Eye of the Herald1994.7%F

Farsight Alteration2055.0%O

Oracle Lens1.1k49.7%

Best Udyr Runes

Press the Attack plays into stances he can keep active without pause. Because he swaps and awakens abilities instead of waiting on long cooldowns, he keeps constant pressure on a target, and the keystone rewards that steady damage. Round the page out with sustain and attack speed so his stance rotation never runs dry.

The pre-game page Press the Attack · Precision + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

Press the AttackHitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Triumph89% · 49.4%

Legend: Haste78% · 49.7%

Coup de Grace50% · 49.9%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Approach Velocity68% · 49.9%

Magical Footwear64% · 47.7%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build Spear of Shojin into Experimental Hexplate and lean on his nonstop uptime to snowball toward it. The power is up front, so snowball while the lead is fresh. Once Experimental Hexplate is online by roughly 19 minutes, his awakened stances hit hard enough that a committed all-in usually ends with a kill. Look for the stun-engage windows and keep the tempo rolling.

Udyr Skill Order

The level 2 point on this path goes straight into Wingborne Storm, after which Iron Mantle holds its single rank from 3 all the way to 15 while Wilding Claw and Blazing Stampede split everything in between.

Skill order · Udyr R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 4.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q1567911max 11

W315161718max 18

E4810121314max 14

R2max 2

Udyr Abilities

Bridge Between is the glue the stance list leaves out, feeding him attack speed on the two hits after every cast so weaving abilities and autos keeps his damage flowing. Recasting matters just as much, since a second Blazing Stampede layers on crowd-control immunity on top of the extra speed.

Abilities · Udyrpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Bridge BetweenPassiveP

Wilding ClawMax 1stQ

Iron MantleMax lastW

Blazing StampedeMax 2ndE

Wingborne StormUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Wilding ClawPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 5rank 2LV 6rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9rank 5LV 11MAX% Max Health Damage+1 per ranklv 13lv 54lv 65lv 76lv 97lv 118Constant at every rankCost20same at all ranksCooldown6ssame at all ranks

Udyr Base Stats

Base stats · UdyrPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD62+4AS0.65+3%MS350Range125HP664+92HP56+0.75Armor31+4.7MR32+2.05MP271+50MP57.5+0.45

Udyr Matchups

Udyr has to be in melee to do anything, so ranged kiters who dance away from his stun and poke him as he chases give him real trouble. Immobile targets and other melee bruisers who have to stand and trade let him stampede in, stun, and grind them down.

Lane matchups · Udyr click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs tank junglers 01Out-pressure their slow clear; skirmish early before they scale into tankiness.02Dodge their engage, then punish with E stun once cooldowns are down.03Race objectives; storm damage and move speed win the tempo war. Win rate by game lengthUdyr overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min54.7%20–28 min47.4%28–35 min52.3%Over 35 min45.2%

Ranged poke and kite-heavy champs give Rek'Sai, Talon, and Nidalee room to chip him before he sticks, so path around their vision and pick the engage. He overpowers Aatrox, Sylas, and Fiddlesticks, out-lasting other bruisers and locking down squishies with the stun once he is on them. Force the fights where they cannot escape it, and win by simply not dying in the long brawl.

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