Official Warwick Thread

It's time to admit it. Warwick has been overnerfed to the ground. We saw some Warwick play between patch 4.20 and 5.20 (damn, that long!) when Sated Douverer was doing 1 bonus magic damage per stack instead of .67.

But even then, the Xin Zhao's and Shyvana's of the world were the main players in that meta. Now that Devourer (much like Feral Flare) has been pretty much Olafed, I never see any Warwicks. Like, ever.

The idea behind Warwick is pretty simple. He has to sustain in teamfights with auto attacks as his main DPS with his Q and ulti also helping him sustain. His ult also helps him sustain. In terms of playstyles, he's similar to Vi in that once he goes in, he can't go back out. This is unlike Zac, who can go in and run around with his ultimate. What he does better in teamfights (than Vi) is sustain. What he gives up for being better in teamfights is the early game pressure Vi brings to the table.

And honestly, he's fine like that. Awful early game but brilliant teamfighting. His current problem is just getting there. His damage is just underwhelming for a farming jungler. Yeah, he's always at 100% HP but in the time it takes him to do two jungle runs (minus scuttlers) Shyvana can do the same amount after having recalled and bought the jungle item. And since Shyvana now has tier 2 jungle item, she can clear that much faster than Warwick. To catch up the WW can choose to gank pre-6 (really freaking hard), kill scuttles (also really freaking hard, especially without krug smite), or stay in the jungle (but what about when he has to recall to buy devourer?).

He needs some amount of clear. I don't mean AOE, because that would translate into waveclear which would make his splitpush more disgusting than it already is. He honestly just needs some numbers adjustments, maybe a rework to the Q.

I understand that there are rumors of a Warwick rework, but I have yet to see any actual confirmation. Many thought he'd be a juggernaut but that's obviously not the case now.