Ultra Rapid Fire



Ultra Rapid Fire (U.R.F.) and New Ultra Rapid Fire (N.U.R.F.) are game modes for April Fools' Day. It is exclusively on Summoner's Rift for both normal games and Co-op vs. AI. It also introduces a new game type called "Blind Draft" where 3 champs are banned by both teams, then blind pick commences.

Features
2019 (Lunar Revel)=

Champion Selection Phase

 * Reroll bench: Now uses the same system as in ARAM for champion selection, where you can reroll a champion and place it to the bench for other ally to select.
 * Golden Spatula Club : This is a new club membership that lasts for the duration of the event. Joining grants you:
 * 1 random individual skin boost every game.
 * 1 additional reroll each game (maximum allowed is still 2).
 * 3 new randomized champion finishers. The more people on your team that are members, the fancier your finishers will be.
 * Special minion taunts.

Gameplay

 * Champion cannon: Just outside each fountain is a champion cannon that you can jump in and use to launch yourself great distances across the map. The cannon can help you get to the action in an instant, but aim carefully, enemies will get a warning that you're dropping in.
 * is not available in ARURF+.
 * Minion gold: When minions die you get a chunk of gold whether you last hit them or not. Additionally, last hitting a minion grants more gold.
 * Early surrender: Can now unanimously surrender at 8 minutes, or normal surrender at 10 minutes.
 * Early homeguard: Homeguard is enabled from the start of the match.
 * Bonus turret damage: Rip down enemy structures a bit faster with our newest tweak to URF's Awesome Buff of Awesomeness.
 * is disabled.

Jungle Monster
2015=
 * spawns at 10 minutes and grants both the and  when slain.
 * are replaced with a special that spawns at 6 minutes and grants  as well as a stack of every single elemental dragon's  when defeated.

Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing
A number of stats have been buffed significantly, and standard caps for some bonuses have been raised, including: Also,
 * Abilities : Mana and Energy costs are removed;, Fury and Flow generation doubled from all sources; and Health costs are reduced by 50%.
 * Cooldown reduction : Automatically set at 80% for abilities, activated items, and summoner spells.
 * Abilities with static cooldowns, such as, , and the global cooldown on  abilities, will not benefit from the 80% cooldown reduction bonus.
 * The only exception to this are the revive passives of, and , which are set to a 60 seconds cooldown.
 * Attack speed: Bonus attack speed is doubled ( for melee champions).
 * Movement speed : +60 for all champions
 * : +25% for all champions
 * Critical strike damage : +25% for all champions.
 * Gold income: 5 gain for all champions
 * This unit does tons of damage.
 * No poros were harmed in the making of this game mode.


 * Tons Of Damage!
 * All health pools and damage dealt are multiplied by 1000. In the HUD this will be shortened to K form.
 * The death recap will show damage taken as TONS (X%), where X is the percentage of your maximum health taken.

Champions will continue to level-up beyond level 18.
 * Removed Level Cap
 * Level cap is now 30.
 * The amount of experience required to level up continues to increase at the same rate.
 * A champion's base stats will continue to increase at the same rate, but no other scaling is affected.
 * No additional skill points are awarded.

In order to overcome the lustful thirst of blood greedy players, healing is tuned down from the beginning, but scales up to be nullified as the game progresses.
 * Heal Embargo
 * All direct healing effects are 50% effective at the beginning of the game, increasing by 1% every 30 second, up to 100% effective at 25 minutes.

In order to make more just at the eye of our Lord, shields are tuned down to compensate the now spammable spell to which they belong.
 * Shield Overload
 * Non-ultimate shield scaling ratios reduced by 50% (Except and, just because). This affects the following.
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions
 * Undocumented exceptions


 * Charge rate reduced to 30 seconds from 75 seconds.
 * Cooldown between charges reduced to 10 seconds from 15 seconds.
 * Cooldown between charges reduced to 10 seconds from 15 seconds.

2015 (April Fools)=

Strategic Buff of Strategistic Strategery

 * Abilities - 100% increased for Mana and Energy consumption.
 * Cooldown reduction - 200% Cooldown Inflation on abilities, activated items, and summoner spells.
 * - 50% increased crowd control duration (excluding airborne and suppression).
 * Movement speed - 225 Movement Speed Reduction.
 * Attack speed - 200% delay increase on basic attacks.
 * Critical strike - Critical strikes are modified to deal and all champions have 150% critical strike chance.

Also, 2014=
 * Protection against superfluous decisiveness.
 * This unit is vulnerable to consequences.
 * Source: Look Before You Leap.

Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing
A number of stats have been buffed significantly, and standard caps for some bonuses have been raised, including:
 * Abilities - Now costs zero for Mana and Energy Resources
 * Note that champions still require sufficient maximum mana for the cast to be possible. This only affects and.
 * Cooldown reduction - Automatically set at 80% for abilities, active ability items, and summoner spells.
 * Abilities with static cooldowns, such as, , and the global cooldown on 's abilities, will not benefit from the 80% cooldown reduction bonus.
 * Attack speed - Automatically Doubled for ranged champions
 * Movement speed - +60 for all champions
 * - +25 for all champions
 * Critical strike damage - +25% for ranged champions
 * Gold income - x5 gain for all champions

Also,
 * 35% resistance against "Dinosaurs"
 * Keep out of reach of designers and people who like sane tooltips
 * This unit is currently able to traverse the Abyss
 * Source: Dark Voodoo Magicks

Game Mode Balances
2019=

Champion Balance

 * Base movement speed increased to 345 from 335.
 * Total damage increased by 10%.
 * Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
 * Attack speed growth reduced to % from %.
 * Base health reduced to 550 from 592.
 * Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
 * Attack damage growth increased to 7 from.
 * Total damage increased by 20%.
 * Base health reduced to 450 from 528.
 * Health growth reduced to 65 from 87.
 * Total damage reduced by 15%.
 * Base movement speed increased to 345 from 340.
 * Health growth increased to 105 from 92.
 * Base movement speed increased to 340 from 335.
 * Base health increased to 600 from 565.
 * Health growth increased to 105 from 95.
 * Base health increased to 600 from 570.
 * Health growth increased to 100 from 85.
 * Attack damage growth increased to from.
 * Base armor increased to 38 from 33.
 * Attack speed growth increased to 3% from 2%.
 * Base health reduced to 550 from 589.
 * Health growth reduced to 65 from 85.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Base health reduced to 460 from 480.
 * Health growth reduced to 50 from 77.
 * Armor growth reduced to 3 from.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Base movement speed increased to 340 from 335.
 * Base health increased to 600 from 538.
 * Health growth increased to 120 from 102.
 * Total damage increased by 20%.
 * Attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 4.
 * Base attack damage reduced to 63 from 68.
 * Health growth reduced to 70 from 85.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Health growth increased to 105 from 95.
 * Base armor increased to 38 from 33.
 * Armor growth increased to from.
 * Magic resistance growth increased to from.
 * Base health reduced to 550 from 582.
 * Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Total damage increased by 20%.
 * Attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 4.
 * Base attack damage reduced to 63 from 68.
 * Health growth reduced to 70 from 85.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Health growth increased to 105 from 95.
 * Base armor increased to 38 from 33.
 * Armor growth increased to from.
 * Magic resistance growth increased to from.
 * Base health reduced to 550 from 582.
 * Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.
 * Base health reduced to 550 from 582.
 * Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
 * Total damage reduced by 10%.

Champion Removals
All champions are available to play. 2015= Some changes made for the game mode:

Champion Balance

 * Headbutt's stun now ends as soon as the target reaches the end of its movement arc.
 * Duration reduced to seconds from 7.
 * Will of the Emperor AS bonus reduced to from  per 1% CDR.
 * Limited to 3 Sand Soldiers active.
 * Charge cooldown increased to seconds from
 * Meeps thresholds reduced to one each 3 Chimes from each 5 Chimes.
 * Meeps cooldowns halved.
 * Stun duration reduced to 1 second from 2.
 * Cooldown reduction reduced to seconds from 1.
 * No longer gains stackable base cooldown reduction.
 * Cooldown begins after the dash or the buff is consumed.
 * Cooldown is only affected by 60% reduction, rather than 80%.
 * Cooldown reduction on-spell / on-hit decreased by 75%.
 * Cooldown only affected by 50% reduction, rather than 80%.
 * No longer grant stacking mana cost / damage increase.
 * Limited to 5 Saplings active.
 * Cooldown begins after the dash.
 * Cooldown reduction on-spell decreased to seconds from 1.
 * No longer silences Rumble.
 * Cooldown begins after the dash.
 * No longer reduces its cooldown on-hit.
 * Limited to 6 Boxes active.
 * Base damage reduced by 50%.
 * Cooldown reduction on-hit decreased to seconds from 2.
 * Limited to 20 Mushrooms active.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Stun duration reduced to from
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Cooldown is only affected by 60% reduction, rather than 80%.
 * Cooldown reduction on-spell / on-hit decreased by 75%.
 * Cooldown only affected by 50% reduction, rather than 80%.
 * No longer grant stacking mana cost / damage increase.
 * Limited to 5 Saplings active.
 * Cooldown begins after the dash.
 * Cooldown reduction on-spell decreased to seconds from 1.
 * No longer silences Rumble.
 * Cooldown begins after the dash.
 * No longer reduces its cooldown on-hit.
 * Limited to 6 Boxes active.
 * Base damage reduced by 50%.
 * Cooldown reduction on-hit decreased to seconds from 2.
 * Limited to 20 Mushrooms active.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Stun duration reduced to from
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * No longer silences Rumble.
 * Cooldown begins after the dash.
 * No longer reduces its cooldown on-hit.
 * Limited to 6 Boxes active.
 * Base damage reduced by 50%.
 * Cooldown reduction on-hit decreased to seconds from 2.
 * Limited to 20 Mushrooms active.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Stun duration reduced to from
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Limited to 6 Boxes active.
 * Base damage reduced by 50%.
 * Cooldown reduction on-hit decreased to seconds from 2.
 * Limited to 20 Mushrooms active.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Stun duration reduced to from
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Cooldown reduction on-hit decreased to seconds from 2.
 * Limited to 20 Mushrooms active.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Stun duration reduced to from
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Stun duration reduced to from
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.
 * Cooldown increased to seconds from.

Champion Removals
Some changes made for the game mode:
 * - Removed
 * -|2014=

Champion Balance

 * Cooldown is reduced by 1 second when hitting a unit instead of 3 seconds.
 * Stats
 * health removed (then rounded up, this has no gameplay impact whatsoever).
 * Cooldown starts at end of ability cast.
 * Boxes limited to 6 active.
 * Mushrooms limited to 20 at a time.
 * Only removes 5 seconds from cooldowns and the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing buff only grants 60% CDR.
 * Cooldown starts at end of ability cast.
 * Boxes limited to 6 active.
 * Mushrooms limited to 20 at a time.
 * Only removes 5 seconds from cooldowns and the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing buff only grants 60% CDR.
 * Boxes limited to 6 active.
 * Mushrooms limited to 20 at a time.
 * Only removes 5 seconds from cooldowns and the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing buff only grants 60% CDR.
 * Mushrooms limited to 20 at a time.
 * Only removes 5 seconds from cooldowns and the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing buff only grants 60% CDR.
 * Only removes 5 seconds from cooldowns and the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing buff only grants 60% CDR.
 * Only removes 5 seconds from cooldowns and the Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing buff only grants 60% CDR.

Champion Removals
The following champions were removed at various times as it became evident that they were over powered for the URF game mode, but some were still playable in custom games and co-op games vs bots.


 * - Removed
 * - Removed
 * - Removed after ~5 days
 * - Removed after 7 days
 * - Removed after 7 days
 * - Removed after 7 days
 * - Removed after 7 days
 * - Removed after 7 days
 * - Removed after 7 days

Other

 * - Removed (due to an ultra high number of deaths in the first few hours of the game type)
 * - cooldown is only reduced by 60%
 * - Removed
 * - Removed

Unveiling the future of League of Legends
By Paul 'Pabro' Bellezza



"What we’re calling New Ultra Rapid Fire raises the stakes by delivering a slow, sophisticated, and stoic strategic showcase that tests teams’ abilities in new and dynamic ways while not restricting the highest tier of play to those with sub-millisecond response times." Continue reading for more on the most intense gamemode yet: N.U.R.F!

Almost one year ago, we debuted a new way to play League of Legends in a silly, fun game mode that turned competitive balance on its head in celebration of the yearly troll-fest known as April Fools. While we were ultimately kidding, many of our designers saw the opportunity to work on a true evolution of League gameplay inspired by URF. After reviewing player feedback and hammering out brass tacks, we felt confident we created the most refined gameplay experience League has inspired yet, all in time to iterate in preparation of the next competitive season.

What we’re calling New Ultra Rapid Fire raises the stakes by delivering a slow, sophisticated, and stoic strategic showcase that tests teams’ abilities in new and dynamic ways while not restricting the highest tier of play to those with sub-millisecond response times.

Normally, a League match is a fast-paced slugfest that ranges from top to bottom lane and across Summoner’s Rift. We want to broaden the pool of high-level talent to include expert tacticians previously excluded by something so trivial as the necessity of hyper-twitch reflexes.

There’s a lot to talk about, but with the entirely accidental leaks of some New Ultra Rapid Fire assets, we thought it’d be better to just show you. Tomorrow, we’ll release the proverbial kraken known as New Ultra Rapid Fire to live servers.

Here’s a preview of some of the gameplay refinements coming tomorrow night when New Ultra Rapid Fire debuts:


 * +100% mana and energy cost on all abilities
 * +200% cooldown inflation on abilities, items and summoner spells
 * +225 movement speed reduction
 * +200% delay between basic attacks
 * Critical strikes deal 50% of base AD
 * Units critically strike on 150% of attacks

Will the upper limit of the potential for human competition skyrocket with the introduction of New Ultra Rapid Fire? Can you rise to the resulting challenge? Can a mere man defeat a manatee? When it comes to League of Legends, that last answer is indubitably yes, but no matter. The gauntlet is thrown. Hoist it at thine own risk.""

BY L4T3NCY "Heya guys,

I want to jump in an give a little more design context as to why we moved in the direction we did for New Ultra Rapid Fire this year. We've always mentioned that we want to "improve and innovate" on each mode before it comes back, not just release the same thing. There will always be things that could have been done better, and this way we can tweak and improve them to provide a better experience than the 1st time around.

We heard you guys loud and clear that you didn't want Ultra Rapid Fire on Howling Abyss, so we've kept New Ultra Rapid Fire on Summoner's Rift. SR has more strategic choice designed into it anyway, which is given even more importance in NURF mode.

Positioning in team fights, choosing when to go for objectives (if at all) and minion wave management is crucial. NURF mode punishes mistakes pretty hard (which conveniently ends games quickly and prevents them from dragging on too long). Your League play is going to level up."

Trivia

 * Building Cooldown Reduction will NOT add to the Cooldown Reduction already provided by the buff.
 * Because of this, the is completely useless, as it will not give any extra Cooldown Reduction and the Mana/Energy Regen is wasted thanks to everyone having essentially unlimited mana.
 * On the 2014 version, a champion must have had sufficient maximum mana in order to activate the ability. Realistically, only pre-rework was affected and the ability would toggle-off once the cost scaled beyond Swain's maximum mana. As of 2015, ability costs are now removed.
 * Ultra Rapid Fire can be abbreviated to U.R.F, a clear reference to, a previous Riot Games Inc. joke.
 * The "This unit is currently able to traverse the Abyss" is possibly a reference to Dark Souls, where the player requires to equip a certain item to traverse "The Abyss" and fight a certain boss. The Abyss is also another name for The Void.
 * The event was meant to end on April 7, but was extended to April 13 due to the positive feedback. They also disabled the use of more champions.
 * The "Defeat" banner was replaced with a "2nd Place" banner at the end of a game in this mode.
 * In death recap of U.R.F. 2015, all damage text were replaced by "TONS", which is a reference to "Tons of damage."

Media
Music=
 * Related Music