Talk:Urgot/@comment-11258819-20130809020403/@comment-4843765-20130815160947

Urgot's range nerfs make his role as an "anti-carry" very difficult. His once unparalleled lane dominance is now quite diminished and he is far more reliant on his lane partner than before. To your point, though, a lot of people mistake Urgot for a strong early level duelist. He is, in fact, a mediocre to poor early-level duelist depending on your opponent (e.g. Caitlyn will screw you over  from level 1). My advice is to forget about harassing before your first major item purchase (for me this is Elder Lizard or Brutalizer) unless your partner is a high-damage/high-CC champ like Alistar, Leona, Blitz etc. Urgot alone will rarely do much damage before he gets some mid-tier items, especially now with his range nerfs making it very difficult to hit three rounds of Acid Hunters.

Typically after your first buy you can start to win any trade with any opponent (assuming all things are equal), and this is when you shutdown the opponent. With my build of Elder Lizard as a first-buy Urgot can win any trade, and once I get Brutalizer Urgot is unstoppable damage-wise. Indeed mid-game is where Urgot truly shines and you should do your best to deny your opponent at this point and focus on leveraging your momentary outscaling to secure objectives.