Sigfried Hunin Wrote:Is there a reason why he'd be a better pick than other predominant top laners?
As Kaden said, pick him as a counter to their bruiser top. The reason to pick him over others such as Morde or whatever is because of his insane sustain and his ability to shrug off almost all ganks. Not only that, late game he has insane presence with his stun and high mobility, along with doing a lot of damage while still being very tanky.
So in draft mode if the other team picks a bruiser for top lane, pick udyr to counter him and that frees up the jungler to focus on other lanes because he can mostly ignore Udyr's lane because he'll be fine alone up there most of the time. This lets the jungler put more pressure on the other 2 lanes, more control over dragon, and more chances to invade the enemy jungle.
As long as you know the enemy top lane is going to be a bruiser, and not someone that can counter him with range, then Udyr is an amazing choice for top lane. Put someone like Gragas, Morde, Brand, Cass or the like top lane, and he's not an amazing choice, but still doable.
EDIT: And even against the harder pushers like Morde or Gragas, Udyr is still fairly good because with them pushing so hard it allows him to turtle stance and push back just as hard for sustain.