After the nerf Warwick now gains 1.6 autoattacks from his W if his target stands still for 6 seconds
Warwick's base attack speed is .679 attacks per second
With no W: 6 seconds x .679 attacks/second = 4.07 attacks
With W activated (+40% attack speed): 6 seconds x 1.4 x .679 attacks/second = 5.70 attacks
difference = 5.70 - 4.07= 1.63 auto-attacks gained if the target stands still (and Warwick isn't stunned or AS slowed) for the full 6 seconds.
Sadly, while it may seem that attack speed items would improve W, they do not-- attack speed % buffs are additive, and W is an attack speed % buff, not a change in Warwick's base attack speed. Here's an example:
With no W but 40% in attack speed buffs from runes/items/levels: 6 x 1.4 x .679 = 5.70
With W activated and the 40% attack speed buffs (total 80%): 6 x 1.8 x .679 = 7.33
Difference = 7.33 - 5.70 = 1.63 attacks gained
While its true that this is only at rank 1, just about every Warwick guide has W leveled last. With the new much slower level progression rate, its likely that Warwick will have a rank 1 W for 20-30 minutes, and even at max ranks the number of autoattacks gained is only doubled to 3.2 autoattacks over 6 seconds.
Compare this to, for example, Darius's W. Darius's W resets his animation, and even though its not written in the ability, he gets a free auto-attack immediately instead of having to wait 6 seconds. On top of that, at rank 1 he gets 20% bonus damage, slows the targets movement speed by 20%, and slows the targets attack speed by 20%. It's on an 8 second cooldown that drops 1 second for each autoattack or ability use on the target, down to a 3 second cooldown (Warwick's cooldown is 24 seconds), and it costs 5 less mana than Warwick's.
Compare this also to Volibears W: he passively gains 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20 % bonus attack speed and that can stack 3 times. So he gets up to 60% attack speed bonus with no duration limit, no mana cost, and no cooldown.
Riot, now that Warwick has been nerfed into obscurity, could you consider giving him something back, at least to his W?
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