Can we remove or fix WW (Warwick) for the time being?

California Ice·11/30/2014, 1:04:49 AM·13 votes·1,903 views

Was playing poppy, he ulted and somehow smited me and killed me before the duration of his ult was even done. Let alone, this is Poppy we are talking about, which is supposedly to block 50% of damage for every tick of damage Warwick's ultimate does (since his tick does more than 10%).

This champion at this state is ridiculous at the moment, it seems the only way to counter him is Thornail. Is any other champion benefiting hard through the buffs? Udyr?

Edit: This is the match it happend in, he only had one damage item (BOTRK) and managed to one shot me with his ultimate.

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1649406356/221588815?tab=overview

35 Comments

Pvt Yong Tai11/30/2014, 4:18:27 AM5 votes

the 50% reduction only applies to damage beyond the 10% threshold. If I deal 12% max health damage, you will have 12 - 10 = 2% damage halved, resulting in 11% max health damage.

Also, a lot of Warwick's damage comes as compartmentalized damage. Maybe 120 AD basic attack + 42 damage from wits end + 50 damage from devourer + 30 damage from passive. If you have 1000 HP, only the 120 AD basic attack would be reduced.

DrKessler11/30/2014, 4:41:20 AM2 votes

I swear i got 100-0 by ww ult, freaking annoying to see ur hp falling down and literally cant do anything about it unless u can cleanse his surpress

Raikutamer11/30/2014, 7:18:33 PM2 votes

Disabling a champion because he is broken, or extremely strong, is stupid.

Junkο11/30/2014, 11:21:14 AM2 votes

You overestimate Poppy's passive. I played her once against Fiora and she almost 2 shot me with her Q

On topic, yes please disabled WW. The game i just played a WW soloed Baron and then proceed to 1v4, thank god he was on our team.

Sasafrassus Rex11/30/2014, 3:25:53 PM2 votes

Dude you literally had 0 defense items....

AFK Push11/30/2014, 8:33:27 PM1 votes

Or people could just play Olaf . In all seriousness though, the problem isn't item 3718 entirely. Sure it does need to be tweaked down some, but WW will still be too strong with all of the procs from his ult. He just straight up needs a rework, he is supposedly towards the top of the list, so why not make him a priority?

CJ Entus CoCoa11/30/2014, 2:11:58 AM1 votes

You have to get to warwick fast, try dueling him in the jungle and killing him a few times. Don't try to go late game otherwise you'll have a bad time unless you snowballed your lanes effectively

Nunu is also great vs warwick since he can counter-jungle warwick to the point where it takes him that much longer to hit lvl 6

Zoof12/1/2014, 12:28:06 AM1 votes

I feel as though the problem solely lies within his ultimate which I think we all understand. What I would like them to do is make devourer and skirmisher 'only' apply to basic attacks and nothing ability based, even if ability is a technical basic attack. For example, WW ultimate, ezreal Q, MF's double up. By doing this, it removes his one hit potential, but still makes him a great duelist.

California Ice11/30/2014, 3:08:34 AM1 votes

I think exhaust works well, and may be the only way to reduce his damage.

Remlap122311/30/2014, 3:03:58 PM1 votes

Since when was a champion removed from the game for being OP? Look, I know WW is a problem, the fact that they're playing him top with smite is a huge red flag, but he has counters. Fizz Gangplank Jax MissFortune Nasus Olaf Pantheon Teemo Tristana , and that's just off the top of my head. If you really don't want to face Warwick, play draft. Otherwise, play any of the champions listed if you're really worried about it and invest in Banshee's or QSS. But asking him to get removed? Just... no.

Rumble Bot11/30/2014, 5:04:19 PM1 votes

I agree that temporarily disabling Warwick whilst they work on a fix would make a good majority of the playerbase satisfied.

Why they haven't done this yet is completely beyond me and leaves a terrible impression.

kanacho11/30/2014, 8:03:09 PM1 votes

It's because the new jungle smite broke WW. It does true damage for each tick of his ulti which has pushed him to utterly broken grounds. WW is need of a big helping of the Nerf Bat. He's extremely broken ever since the new jungle came out.... I see WW's who even take smite top-lane even if they aren't jungle just to get the true damage jungle item which can push him to the realm of super broken.

Damage reduction doesn't apply to true damage I remember correctly.