With the launch of the Worlds 2022 event in League of Legends, the game also saw the return of the ever-popular arcade event queue, URF (aka Ultra Rapid Fire). And now that we have a week’s worth of data on the new event, we can confidently shout out the strongest, stompiest carries in the mode.
Without further ado, here is our comprehensive guide on the 10 best hyper-carries in URF in League’s Patch 12.20.
Kayle
If you’re looking for a monster hyper carry to steamroll your URF games, Kayle has been near the top of the list for at least the last four URF cycles.
Kayle has a single weakness in URF: She doesn’t get her range until level six. But the greatly reduced cooldown on her E ability, Starfire Spellblade, allows Kayle to still be respectable at poking in the early lane phase. Her empowered auto attacks with E also do a heap of damage to champions at level one, which can come in handy for cleaning up kills in the skirmish that happens in the top lane at the start of almost every game.
If you’re experienced at Kayle or if you’re good at playing it safe, mid lane is obviously where you want to be; very few champions benefit from the increased experience gains of a solo lane than Kayle. Side lanes might not provide the same experience boost but if you’re surviving more with the support of a teammate, you will more than make up the XP.
Regardless of where you are, try and pick up a few jungle camps whenever you have the chance. The end goal for Kayle is to reach the level 11 and 16 breakpoints, which is when she really begins to pop off. You’ll want to get to those breakpoints as soon as possible.
Kayle URF build guide
Runes and summoner spells: To build Kayle, start with Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Alacrity, and Last Stand in the Precision tree. If you notice the other team is exceptionally tanky, consider switching Last Stand to Cut Down. Then, pick Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the Resolve tree, and round out your page with Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor shards.
Flash and Ghost are the only correct choices for Kayle’s summoner spells.
Start and skill build: Upon loading into the game, grab an Amplifying Tome and raise your E ability. Your skill priority will be R > E > Q > W.
Item build: Kayle’s core item build is Berserker Greaves first, Nashor’s Tooth second, and the Riftmaker Mythic third. From there, you can either build Wit’s End fourth if the enemy team has a lot of magic damage, or you can go for Rabadon’s Deathcap for a ton of damage. If you do go for Wit’s fourth, Rabadon’s is a must-buy for your fifth item.
For your sixth item, you have several options. If you’re noticing the enemy team is slippery or runs a lot, Rylai’s Crystal Scepter is a good choice. If the enemy team is excessively tanky, go for Void Staff. And if the opposing team is squishy and loves to fight, you might enjoy blowing them up with Lich Bane.
Veigar
Much like Kayle, Veigar is a patience play. But also like Kayle, it very often pays off. Veigar is another champion that has been near the top of the URF win-rate list for every cycle of the event in recent memory.
Similar to the way Kayle is always going to be an unstoppable death-ball at the end of every game because of her incredible level 11 and 16 passive kicks, Veigar’s Phenomenal Evil Power passive makes him practically impossible to deal with late in games.
Every time an enemy champion is hit by any of Veigar’s abilities (including his Event Horizon E ability), Veigar gains one bonus ability power. Every kill or assist gives Veigar an additional five AP. As you can imagine, being able to spam abilities quickly and without limits in URF allows Veigar to build up this incredible passive bonus at a rapid rate, making him arguably the greatest per-ability damage dealer in all of League when it comes to the late stages of an URF game.
Veigar URF build guide
While some players prefer to build Veigar like a tank (his passive makes him a one-shot threat late in games regardless of his items), we like to go with a traditional damage build.
Runes and summoner spells: When it comes to URF, Veigar uses the Domination tree. Start your build with Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter. Add Nullifying Orb and Transcendence from the Sorcery tree and round out your page with two Adaptive Force and one Armor shard.
Grab Flash and Ghost for your summoner spells, both of which will help you engage or disengage and chase down runners.
Start and skill build: Upon spawning into the game, grab an Amplifying Tome for your starting item. For your first ability, most people prefer to raise E at level on to try and guarantee their team some kills in the initial top lane skirmish. We always go for Q (Baleful Strike) at level one. Given the five-vs-five nature of that first fight in the top lane, Veigar’s Q will let you farm a ton of passive stacks right off the bat. Unlike E, Q can also help you secure several kills.
Even in games where we don’t pick up any level one kills, it’s very common for us to start the lane phase with an additional 30 to 40 ability power thanks to Q-spamming Veigar’s passive. There’s also an added benefit of not starting the lane phase with the disadvantage of not having a damage ability for initial poke and CS.
If you do choose to follow this guide and go with Q at level one, you’ll definitely want to add E at level two before adding W (Dark Matter) at level three. From there, your skill max priority will be R > Q > W > E.
Item build: Veigar’s core item build in URF is Luden’s Echo first, Sorcerer’s Shoes second, and Rabadon’s Deathcap third. From there, you have two options. If the enemy has problematic CC or one-shot abilities (Annie, Malphite, Zed, and Blitzcrank are some common annoyances), go with Banshee’s Veil for your fourth item. If you’re not having those problems, build Shadowflame. For your fifth item, grab whichever of those two items you didn’t get and then complete your build with a Void Staff.
Cheese build: If you’re really looking to stick it to your opponents, Veigar also has a cheese build that makes him incredibly hard to kill. Instead of Luden’s Echo, you grab Crown of the Shattered Queen in its place. Not only is Crown much cheaper than most Mythic items, but it also gives you a shield that protects you from all one-shot combos in the game (such as Malphite’s R or an Annie flash combination). Pair that with Banshee’s Veil and Zhonya’s Hourglass and then add Shadowflame and Rabadon’s Deathcap. Not only will this build still do enough damage to one-shot everybody, but you will also be borderline unkillable.
Fiora
Unlike Kayle and Veigar, Fiora is not a fan of waiting around. Having unbelievable killing power starting at level one, Fiora is a true hyper-carry from the beginning to the end of every URF match.
Not only do Fiora’s abilities synergize brilliantly with URF’s low cooldown environment, but her preferred build is also heavily focused on life steal (or, as Riot likes to call it, physical vamp) and damage reduction. This makes her a monster to deal with on the Rift.
Fiora URF build guide
Given how strong she is for all situations, there really isn’t much need to deviate off the standard build path for Fiora, which goes as follows:
Runes and summoner spells: Domination used to be a legitimate option for Fiora’s primary tree but the removal of Ravenous Hunter greatly nerfed that path. Instead, we’ll go with Precision here and pick Conqueror, Triumph, Alacrity, and Coup De Grace. Add Taste of Blood and Treasure Hunter from Domination as your secondary tree and then round it out with Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor.
Your first summoner spell will be Flash, while your second can be Ghost, Exhaust, or Ignite based on your preference and playstyle. We prefer Exhaust here as an extra layer of protection to deal with out-of-control hyper carries the other team may have, such as Jax, Vi, and Master Yi. Ignite becomes a more enticing option if the enemy team has heavy regeneration capabilities, like with Dr. Mundo, Swain, Vladimir, or Soraka.
Start and skill build: Buy a Long Sword and a Refillable Potion for your first items and raise Q – Lunge for your first ability. Your overall skill priority will be R > Q > E > W.
Item build: Fiora’s core build will start with Divine Sunderer first. Add Mercury’s Treads for your boots or go with Plated Steelcaps if the enemy team is overly AD-based. Round out your core build with Ravenous Hydra third and Death’s Dance or Blade of the Ruined King fourth. If the enemy team has a ton of magic damage on it, consider adding a Maw of Malmortius. The best options to complete your build are whichever you didn’t get between Death’s Dance and Blade of the Ruined King, along with Guardian Angel or Bloodthirster.
Vi
Just like Fiora, Vi is a huge damage and kill threat beginning at level one and only gets better the more abilities she unlocks. The low cooldowns URF provides her gap-closing kit along with the amazing damage Vi’s abilities provide make her almost impossible to outrun and almost impossible to beat once she catches you.
Vi URF build guide
Vi loves all sorts of items in League and can effectively explore any range of build paths, including full-tank, bruiser, and damage carry. For the purpose of this guide, we’ll go with the current “meta” option, which is all about that DPS.
Runes and summoner spells: Start off with Domination and pick Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter. Add Triumph and Alacrity from the Precision tree and complete your build with Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor.
Start and skill build: Grab a Long Sword and a Refillable Potion and raise Vi’s Q ability, Vault Breaker. Grab E – Relentless Blows at level three and W – Denting Blows at level three. You will then max your abilities in that same order, going R > Q > E > W.
Item build: Start your core build with Eclipse, which will be our Mythic item of choice. Add Mercury’s Treads or Plated Steelcaps depending on the enemy team’s composition, and grab The Collector for your third item. From there, Essence Reaver and Death’s Dance are both good options for your next items, while Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik’s Regards always work well too. If you’re far enough ahead that you aren’t stressing about what your sixth item is, you can give yourself an extra layer of protection with Guardian Angel.
Tristana
It might be entirely a matter of preference but, for us, there is nothing quite like running people down in League with a well-fed marksman. Thankfully for ADC mains, and for fans of extremely strong champions in general, Tristana is an absolute beast in URF.
Tristana is adept at hopping in from off the screen, blowing up the majority of champions in League in a handful of auto attacks, and refusing to elaborate any further.
Not only does URF’s great cooldown environment help Tristana’s mobility by making her Rocket Jump W ability much more available, but Trist also makes great use of the naturally boosted attack speed available in the event mode when it comes to setting off her Explosive Charge E ability.
Tristana URF build guide
Runes and summoner spells: Pick Domination as your primary tree and grab Hail of Blades as your keystone to help you rapidly set off several charges of every E you throw on opposing champions. Round out your primary tree with Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter. Select Precision for your secondary tree and add Triumph and Bloodline. Round out your page with Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor shards.
Grab Flash and Exhaust for your summoner spells.
Start and skill build: Upon landing on the Rift, grab a Long Sword and a Refillable Potion, and raise Tristana’s E ability. Once you’ve gotten all three starting abilities by level three, max your skills in the order of R > E > Q > W.
Item build: Your three-item core on Tristana will almost always be Kraken Slayer first, Berserker Greaves second, and The Collector third. From there, grab Bloodthirster and Infinity Edge next in whatever order you prefer, and then complete your build with Guardian Angel or Lord Dominik’s Regards depending on the enemy team’s composition and builds at that time.
Wukong
While this guide initially went over our top five hyper-carries for URF 2022, we now have two weeks of additional data and information from this URF cycle and feel this is a good time to expand this list with five additional champions. And of all the champions to see their win rates skyrocket in the time since Pick URF has been back, Wukong is at the very top of the list.
Wukong’s mix of persistent damage chunking and the survivability that his stealth Warrior Trickster (W) ability grants him make him an extremely frustrating champion to deal with in a mode with such low cooldowns.
Wukong URF build guide
While Wukong is already a beast in URF, following our build below will accentuate all of the strengths in the champion’s arsenal and make him that much more dangerous.
Runes and summoner spells: To start your run of domination with Wukong, select the Precision rune tree and grab Conqueror, Triumph, Alacrity, and Coup de Grace. Wrap up your rune page with Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter from the Domination tree, and Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor rune shards.
Take Flash for your first summoner spell and grab Ignite or Exhaust for your second ability. Ignite will help you finish off and pick up kills while Exhaust will help you deal with opposing hyper-carries, such as the nine other champions on this list.
Start and skill build: Pick up a Doran’s Blade at the start of the game and grab E, Q, and W in that order for your first three levels. From there, your skill max priority is R > Q > E > W.
Item build: The core of your build on Wukong is Divine Sunderer, defense boots (either Mercury’s Treads or Plated Steelcaps, depending on the opposing comp), and Death’s Dance. These core items will give you unmatched sustain, with Divine Sunderer granting large chunks of healing within combat and Death’s Dance giving you back a significant amount of health after securing kills or assists. You’ll also pick up a ton of defensive stats here, which supplement Wukong’s extremely high base damage.
For your fourth item, grab Maw of Malmortius if the enemy team has problematic magic dealers, or grab Black Cleaver to shred any armor your opponents may have. Round out your build with Ravenous Hydra and Guardian Angel or grab whichever of the two fourth-item options you didn’t originally pick up.
Nocturne
Nocturne is an excellent champion to add to your roster in Pick URF because his low pick and ban rates in the mode mean he’s almost always available to play. Within the game, his nearly-global ultimate and sticky, high-damage kit means you’ll be picking up takedowns all over the map.
Nocturne URF build guide
Runes and summoner spells: Nocturne loves both the Precision and Domination trees and you can build a very strong page using either option. For the purpose of this guide, we’ll go with Domination primary and Precision secondary.
Start with Dark Harvest and add Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter while picking up Triumph and Coup de Grace from Precision. Add Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor shards and pick up Flash and Ignite for your summoner spells.
Start and skill build: Your starting buys will be a standard Long Sword and Refillable Potion. Raise Duskbringer (Q) at level one, grab Unspeakable Horror (E) at level two, and add Shroud of Darkness (W) at level three. You will max your abilities in the same order, going R > Q > E > W.
Item build: Your core items will be Eclipse for your Mythic, Mercury’s Treads for your boots, and Edge of Night, which will give you a nifty spell shield to protect you from tons of high-impact, fight-changing abilities.
While many players like Axiom Arc on Nocturne to reset his ultimate after getting kills and takedowns, we much prefer the survivability and all-around benefits that Death’s Dance provides.
Complete your build with items like Serylda’s Grudge, Guardian Angel, Maw of Malmortius, Black Cleaver, or The Collector, depending on what your needs are.
Sivir
Ahh, another marksman. AD carries have a special place in our hearts so it’s always great when they are objectively awesome picks in a certain queue and we can include them on lists like this. Enter, Sivir. While Tristana is still crushing URF games at a 54.47 percent win rate, according to U.GG, Sivir is right there with her with a 54.03 percent win rate in URF. That is even higher than some of our previous picks, like Fiora and Veigar.
There is no point in the game when Sivir isn’t a bully, but the early game is definitely where she reigns the hardest. The reason for this is simple: the absolutely oppressive nature of Sivir’s Boomerang Blade (Q) ability. This is a skill that, due to its long range and high damage, can suffocate opposing players and force them out of their lanes as early as level one. Even lane turrets don’t offer protection against the damage spam.
Sivir is the queen of getting early leads in URF and being able to parlay early leads into quick wins is what this mode is all about.
Sivir URF build guide
Runes and summoner spells: Your rune page will consist of Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Alacrity, and Coup de Grace from the Precision tree. Add Taste of Blood and Treasure Hunter from Domination and pick up Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor to round it out.
Flash and Ghost are really the only options for summoner spells here considering how well they complement Sivir’s high-mobility, long-range damage kit.
Start and skill build: Upon entering the game, grab a Long Sword and a Refillable Potion, and raise your Q ability. If your lane opponents have a similar long-range poke ability (such as Varus’ Piercing Arrow), you can grab Sivir’s Spell Shield (E) at level two. If not, leave E for level three and grab Ricochet first. Either way, your overall skill maxing priority will be R > Q > W > E.
Item build: Sivir’s core build, as is usually the case with ADCs, is fairly straightforward. Your first three items will be Kraken Slayer, Berserker’s Greaves, and The Collector. Your fourth and fifth items should be Infinity Edge and Bloodthirster (the order you buy them in is a matter of need and preference), but you can and probably should work in an early Lord Dominik’s Regards if the enemy team is especially tanky.
While you can pretty much grab any reasonable items to round out this build, we consider a Guardian Angel essential for late-game ADC options in URF purely because of how overpowered it is with the lower cooldowns.
Jax
When it comes to URF, Jax is unstoppable. There has never been a cycle of this event where that wasn’t true and there likely never will be one unless Riot makes significant changes to Jax’s kit. The combination of his ability to relentlessly pursue any opponent with his Leap Strike (Q), the busted nature of his Counter-Strike (E) at low cooldowns, and his capability of putting out an ungodly amount of damage while building tons of defensive stats make Jax a superstar, all-around URF staple that will likely never go away.
Jax URF build guide
Runes and summoner spells: This is another champion that can use both the Domination and Precision trees, but we’ll stick with Precision here. Grab Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Alacrity, and Coup de Grace, while picking up Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter as your secondaries. Pick up the standard Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor shards.
Now, when it comes to summoner spells, the standard options for Jax are Flash and Ghost. And while Ghost is excellent on Jax because it makes him impossible to get away from, our anecdotal experience while playing the champion is that he is generally impossible to get away from anyway and Ghost, therefore, has more of a “win-more” use case here.
For that reason, we actually like to grab Exhaust in its place. While Ghost will help Jax do more of what he already does well, Exhaust gives him a trap card for any potential hyper-carries the other team may have to challenge him. It’s an insurance policy on your ability to dominate the late game and carry your team to a win.
Start and skill build: If you’re planning to play more passively until you get your big level six power spike, grab a Long Sword and a Refillable Potion. If you expect to get into a skirmish or two early and you want to try picking up kills right off the bat, a Doran’s Blade is the better option.
Both E and Q can be raised at level one but we prefer Q for the same reason we prefer it on Veigar: it does better to secure kills in the top lane confrontation that most games begin with. Q over E will also put you at less of a disadvantage on the first few minion waves once the lane phase begins.
Once you have one point in both E and Q, W will then become your priority. Max your skills in the order of R > W > E > Q.
Item build: Jax’s kit is already exceptional and the right items make him downright unfair. To that end, your core build should be Divine Sunderer, Mercury’s Treads, and a Blade of the Ruined King. Jax’s MO is to stick to his opponents and sustain through any amount of damage and all three of these items will help you do that.
Pick Death’s Dance or Wit’s End for your next item depending on if the enemy has more AD or AP threats. Whichever of those two items you don’t build fourth should then be picked up as your fifth item.
If you haven’t somehow ended the game already by the time you’re grabbing a sixth item, pick up a Guardian Angel to really add that extra layer of unkillability to your kit.
Fizz
Like most of the other champions on this list, Fizz combines a high-damage ability kit with great mobility and survivability to ride those strengths to perpetual URF success. This is another champion that you can not only use to pick up wins during this run of the event but most likely in future iterations of URF as well.
Fizz URF build guide
Runes and summoner spells: For runes, start with Electrocute in the Domination Tree. Add Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter. Grab Triumph and Coup de Grace from Precision and round out your rune page with two Adaptive Force shards and one Armor shard.
Start and skill build: At the start of the game, pick up an Amplifying Tome and raise your E ability, Playful / Trickster. Pick up your Q ability Urchin Strike at level two and add Seastone Trident (W) at level three. Your overall skill max priority will be R > E > Q > W.
Item build: Fizz is a burst mage that does his damage up close, which means a core build of Luden’s Tempest, Sorcerer’s Shoes, and Lich Bane will serve him well. Grab Rabadon’s Deathcap for your fourth item or pick up a Zhonya’s Hourglass if you need the extra protection.
If you picked up Zhonya’s as your fourth item, complete your build with Rabadon’s Deathcap fifth and either Shadowflame or Void Staff sixth.
At the end of the day, URF is a mode where you will have fun regardless of what champion you’re playing. The right items and skill choices can make almost any champion choice tough to deal with. But if your mission is unfettered domination of the Rift, adding any of the above 10 champions to your URF rotation is a great place to start.
Despite wildly different playstyles and different points in the game where they truly activate, these champions will win you games a lot more often than not.
Happy hunting.
