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Game Changing Warwick Bug Since Patch 8.8 (Repost from Reddit)

Celestine Wish··39 votes·12,343 views

I will basicly just copy paste my Reddit post what I had to reedit like 5 times because it got deleted because of "vote manipulation". lol I have no idea how this is works here, I just want to ask everyone to make it possible to Riot to get this into their attention. It's bad for both side, removes fun from both side, and one of the core counterplay is non-existent now. I will share this post to WW Mains server, and won't even need to ask them to upvote it. I want upvotes for the clarity and because of the importance. He have other bugs, but this is out of the line. We want the fixes too.

Here is the Reddit post: Hello there! Vita here, the co-owner of Warwick Mains Discord server.

Since patch 8.8, with the second bugfix for the double Q, an unintended change also shipped: The second part of the ultimate, the suppression, is not a channel anymore. This means that the suppression can't be canceled by any crowd control effect. WW didn't get disabled/hotfixed during patch 8.8 and the patch 8.9 is out since yesterday, and this hasn't been fixed yet.

This is bad for both WW players mentally, mechanically and for the players who are playing against him. Mentality, because it creates a toxic attitude, your enemy blames you for playing a "bugged champion with no counterplay". This is not you are getting yelled at, it's straight flaming and harmful wishes. Mechanically, because it's not a channel anymore, you can't buffer your hold Q, so they can flash away while WW have nothing to follow with.

In this screenshot you can see WW channeling his suppression before patch 8.8. While in this you can see he is just doing it.

Here is some video examples by Sweaty Wolf:

Also, it is noticed by Sweaty if you ult someone from point and blank range your ult will be a channel. Proof (Streamable)

With this unintended change to the ult, if you press Q properly before you hit someone with R, the Q will go off while you are suppressing them. You can do the same stuffs with this like normal Q cast. That also means you can do a hold Q during your ult, going behind them while they are suppressed, following their movement (if they do any). Example of this can be seen here by Falcotto. (YouTube)

Another video from old Reddit post. (YouTube)

9 Comments

powerbats3 votes

There's also a bug that when launching at someone outside of normal range you can launch yourself from 2x the range and get the q/r off. IT happened to me last night in aram, the WW launched himself from before our inhibitor turret to past the inhibitor and almost to nexus turret. The enemy team agreed it wasn't possible.

Celestine Wish3 votes

This is also a known bug by us, but we have no idea how to reproduce it.

Percentages1 votes

It is actually, if you read the wording of his ult, the length of his R is determined by 2 full second of move speed, so if his w is going and hes got complete boots and ghost or speed buffs from other champs (like nunu's blood boil) his ult range becomes pretty insane, but it is also a tiny straight line that is SUPER fucking easy to miss

Celestine Wish1 votes

Not really. This is a rare bug, and we have no idea when and how it happens. You can see an example here.

Percentages1 votes

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Not really. This is a rare bug, and we have no idea when and how it happens. You can see an example here.

I've ulted someone on ww from the distance of 2 towers, i had over 700 move speed tho... i mean from the first turret to second turret

powerbats1 votes

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It is actually, if you read the wording of his ult, the length of his R is determined by 2 full second of move speed, so if his w is going and hes got complete boots and ghost or speed buffs from other champs (like nunu's blood boil) his ult range becomes pretty insane, but it is also a tiny straight line that is SUPER fucking easy to miss

No Nunu and at the time he didn't have W up and I was only one alive at full hp. He had item 1001 no upgrades yet and only full item was item 3748 I was Karma with the freeitem 2422. I'd also started running with shield beforehand. I've yet to see this happen since.

Blood Mefist1 votes

Had a game yesterday as Taric where my stun didn't cancel the WW ult. My friends and I assumed it was an issue with CC checking, like Soraka E immediately out of Zhonyas, but its good to know that this is actual bug that will probably be fixed.

Tundra Hunter1 votes

Upvoted. I was wondering if this was a confusion of the kit, but no your videos clearly show a bug. (I had a TF once thinking it was a bug that his gold card didn't stun me... I waited for him to throw it, then I R. Can't ve stunned during the leap).

OfflineBerry1 votes

Yeah i definetely felt the change, specifically the one where i cant buffer my Q anymore after ult. That sucks big-time since I'd be able to follow if they flash after my ult, but not anymore.

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