Hi! WilliefknP here, I am a multi-seasonal challenger Udyr one trick over on NA. I usually maintain 90%+ winrate on every tank "meta Udyr" account to Diamond, I also stream on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/williefknp. This is my MobaFire for "meta" Udyr, aka tank Udyr!

This is your most consistent, easiest form of Udyr. It is extremely reliable and can be played to the *highest* ranks on your server. There are many challenger Tank Udyr OTPs around the world on every server. If you are learning Udyr, I recommend people to start with this version of Udyr.

If you are looking for other playstyles of Udyr, I will make sure to get guides on Mobafire for each style of Udyr. Here is an all in one video guide for Udyr, including Tank: Play Video
Keep in mind with tank Udyr, you can still carry! Most of the highest ranked Udyr players still build mejai's and flex into fun damage items when ahead. This is an extremely fun playstyle as you should never die with all the resistances from your items, turtle shields, conquerer healing, and movement speed. Let's jump in!

First, tank Udyr is insanely fun when ahead. Think of him as a Mundo and Jax baby.

Tank Udyr is good at many things, but where he really shines is peeling (keeping enemy champions off of your carries) and soaking/mitigating damage. 99% of the time, you should be using your Awakening (ultimate cd from passive) on your W. Just by spamming your W on cooldown,you can mitigate more damage than Mundo, Ornn, ChoGath, etc.

The fun part about tank Udyr is that he can still outduel most champs! Your awaken Q (even at one point in Q- use awaken Q if enemy is isolated!) scales off ability power and the enemy team's max health, so if anyone is isolated you can always choose to do ~40% of their max health instead of using your W awakening.

Additionally, Tank Udyr gets access to awaken R damage + scaling. It is a giant AOE that is a POTENT 30% max health AEO burn + Liandries burn late game. Combined with bear stuns, giant shields, and the occasional awaken R- Udyr can peel ANYTHING and ANYONE in the game.

That being said, even with all your aweakenings the best games are when you create a win condition in one of your lanes as Tank Udyr. It does not matter who it is, but you really want to have at least one other person on your team who can carry because Udyr can 2v5 insanely welll with a fed carry.

In-game experience is everything on Udyr. Make sure to keep your farm above 8 cs / min at all times - it is super super important. Your entire kit scales with xp (more damage, bigger shields, bigger awakenings) so if you fall behind in tempo it will be very hard.

Mindset - you are a military grade titanium tank! Nothing can get through you with your turtle shields. Don't let the infantry on your team get mowed down- soak the damage baby!

Early game is critical on Tank Udyr. If you start snowballing, you often won't lose- but if you get invaded or die, it's going to be rough.

I do raptor clears every single game on Tank Udyr, and DONT BUY POTION. I find it to be the most consistent and safest way to get fated ashes + dark seal on first back every game. If you need help clearing with Udyr, here is a quick guide: Play Video
After Fates Ashes + Dark Seal purchase (1250g - you should have after a full raptor start 100% of the time) I go finish my 2nd respawn cycle and eat the first objective that I'm prioritizing.

This season, I strongly recommend defaulting to choosing Rift Grubs unless there is a strong reason to get 5 minute dragons. The Rift Grubs not only contribute towards one feat of strength, the neutral objectives goal, but also the other feat of strength - first tower.

The level 5 spike + fated ashes is what allows you to start the snowball momentum, so really try to prioritize being level 5 with these two items in your inventory every game.

Hopefully, you find yourself with Rift Grub stacks, some stacks on a dark seal, a dragon, and Liandries around 9-12 minutes at the latest.

Before rift herald spawns at 16 mins, with Tank Udyr you want to stay on the map as long as possible. You can farm insanely fast + your magical boots will pop around 9-12 mins. With dark seal hopefully stacking, your clear speed gets insane with 3 points+ in R.

In this phase of the game, YOU ARE NOT STRONG NOR WEAK. Most other jungle champions will hit their level 6 spikes and build better PVP item components (sorc boots, lethality, phage, etc). However, you can still punish bad ganks and force easy ganks if you find the right moments.

Try to get dragons or rift grubs, whichever is easiest depending on game state + team comp. Both forms of stacking - Grubs vs Dragons - work very well on Tank Udyr.

Biggest thing - farm safely, stay on the map, and try to pick up free dark seal stacks on easy ganks. 2100g is your next target back for your full first item, but if you can't make it there 1300g will work for the haunting guise component of Liandries.

Hopefully, you have liandries and some dark seal stacks + magical boots. NOW THE FUN BEGINS.

Try to upgrade to mejai's ASAP. With Liandries, you can start Awaken R diving the enemy bot or top. You can also start to kite people out with your 30% R slow + liandries burn, which HURTS like heck at this point in the game.

If you can't get a fast mejai's (try to upgrade at around 6-10 stacks), you can get either boots of swiftness or sorc boots next if you're trying to snowball. Both will improve your tempo (sorc boots make you do extra damage to your jungle camps which have MR). Otherwise, defense boots are KING on Udyr as a safe and default option.

For tank items, feel free to follow the build path in this Mobafire guide for a while then experiment on your own! Tank Udyr can build ANYTHING in the game. I recently made a tank Itemization guide should you want a more in-depth video: Play Video

With Tank Udyr, you can soak anything in the game except insane executes if you are below 50% (Garen R, low health Veigar ult, Syndra Ult, etc). As long as you keep this in mind, you should never die.

Awaken W becomes a Mundo ult at this point in the game. At level 11 and 16 your awakening cooldown also gets lower, and with items being finished + base resistances kicking in you will be very tanky at 20 min onwards. You can frontline + auto attack cycle your passive endlessly against other tanks and supports. Truthfully, you should be using Awaken W 90% of the time on this build at this point in the game.

You will LAUGH SO HARD when you realize how unkillable Udyr becomes. Especially if you go dead man's + spirit visage combo, it is insane. Part of the reason why mejais is so good on this build is because you never die so you get to keep your stacks.

Keep in mind - you should only dive if you know you can kill the backline. Other than that, peeling is tank Udyr's kingdom and best strength- they can NEVER engage against you. A lot of Tank Udyr's try to use awaken R and flash/dive late game, which is where they go wrong- just awaken W and sit on your carries!

Thanks for reading! For Tank runes, I recommend only the one rune page ; it is too good to go anything else on Tank. Approach velocity is an auto 15% movement speed buff towards anyone stuck in your 30%+ R slow - overpowered!

General Tips:
- Awaken Q isolated targets
- Awaken W the other 90% of the time
- Peeling > Diving > Splitpushing
- Never awaken E on Tank unless massive value
- Mejai's is core and should be purchased ASAP if possible (6+ stacks)
- Raptor starts and experience early game are king, 1250g first back
- Farm safely to 16 mins or so, but try to get free ganks if presented
- Snowball 16 min - 20 min with dark seal stacks + second item spike
- 20 Min+ Bully the Enemy Engage :)