Warwick DMG reduction

Imperial Japan·Feb 24, 2017·1 votes·774 views

I don't fully understand thematically and balance wise how damage reduction was a good idea on Warwick (especially a point and click one with a fear attacked to it.) Warwick is a lockdown hunter type champion and I don't see how damage reduction fits especially when there have been champions who had damage reduction taken away despite being a tank. (Shen. It allowed for him to be rewarded for hitting his E but was taken away in the rework for god knows what reason) Anyways if anyone has any idea please tell me why. (Fear alone is enough for an ability imo ex. Nocturne fear) (also why does annie have dmg reduction? I never got that either)

4 Comments

VelvetCrotchFeb 24, 20172 votes

cause without it he is much weaker than old ww. the heal u get with his passiv is only good if the target is low, which really hard to manage in tf's and dives. old ww's attackspeed animation was quicker and so he healed fast = more sustain. his old q got slightly bigger range as far, as i can remember = safer. U build new ww tankier than old one, but even than he weaker than other tanks without mentioned reduction. (ult can be ez interrupted too)

hope it helped ^.^

Imperial JapanFeb 24, 20171 votes

But that's because he isn't supposed to be a tank but a bruiser. Besides even if so, he now has more mobility and better lockdown. He was and is played more like a hunter now so therefor he should still just be without the reduction

A FLUFFY BUNNY 1Feb 24, 20171 votes

The reduction allowed him to pick up hard to get kills in bad areas and still get out alive that other champs can't get. That's the one perk of him as a champ. It's his special ability as a champ. Without it he would not be even viable to play without a whole other rework on his E again.

Imperial JapanFeb 25, 20171 votes

Doubt it but it's 2AM so I'm too tired to argue