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Ralanr30 votes

AoE fear that's a tanking steroid, slightly nerfed regent that still does on hit magic damage (woohoo wits end!), a freaking awesome tracking ability, and a leap that scales with MS?

Homeguard Warwick ganks! Or at least swiftness boots will be core on him.

Wits end, BorK, titanic, swiftness, deadmans, and Visage seem like a good build.

Edit: Oh my god I am in love here. Someone who tried to be good to his home city the right way, failed, and instead of fighting the beast, he embraces it to do what he thinks is best for Zaun the quickest way. If he even remembers why he does it.

I think Warwick will be my jungle main

LostFr0st2 votes

I like the way you think. The rework looks amazing. I've never been so entranced by a kit reveal before... Feels strange and exciting at the same time.

midnight oil248 votes

Yeah. I saw this guy and thought "kha'zix." "yes?" "You're gonna have to work to prove your still worth my time. Because warwick looks like the boss now."

Photos of Ghosts5 votes

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"kha'zix." "mbrryerss?"

FTFY

TyrekGoldenspear12 votes

You and I think so much alike.

Best part is that the leap scales off ms.

Can't wait to see how far a leap with a Kled ult will let me fly.

Ralanr16 votes

I can't wait to miss that leap again and again.

TyrekGoldenspear15 votes

I smell incoming montages of WWs trying to cheese MS to get the farthest leap ever, then missing them and flying into the enemy fountain.

Can't wait.

50000000000000001 votes

I think roaming boots might be better on him. A lot of his kit works best out of combat (his blood trail, and he can use ult from out of combat anyway). Or at least, it'll be situationally better.

Ralanr5 votes

I'm not a fan of mobility boots because of how much ms you lose in combat.

Gosh Darn2 votes

I don't think boots of swiftness would be core, in fact I think they'd be bad on him. 10 more MS at the cost of 25 MR or 30 AR. That would barely increase his jump at all and he already has multiple gap closers and a MASSIVE ms boost that quickly cap his MS making further MS worthless.

IRLRenekton25 votes

HIS FLUFFY TAIL

O u O

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

Glad someone noticed. :D

Photos of Ghosts3 votes

Murder doggo is best doggo

RiotAD Yuumi20 votes

I can't wait for this guy. WW was the first champ I ever mained and the new Bloodscent is SO COOL.

midnight oil243 votes

Right?! I hated this guy up until... today actually (tried him for laughs) and learned that he's actually sort of fun and now that his kit is just a modernized version of his old kit, I'm so hyped!!!!! What do you think of his ult?

Photos of Ghosts2 votes

Hey Psst Hey Try him AP mid before he's gone

DwarvenGiant5 votes

Hell yeah. You better stream it now.

-_-

Also, August, does Riot give you a "Summoner Name Change" every month instead of a normal paycheck? And if so, will your February name be "augustlord"? Or rather something along the lines of "shugishugishugilord"? :^)

######I'm just kidding pls don't send Vi at me

RiotAD Yuumi22 votes

I plan on making my next name "Lord Gnarvan IV, Crown Prince of Demaglio"

Aeszarck4 votes

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I plan on making my next name "Lord Gnarvan IV, Crown Prince of Demaglio"

I guess you're going to need to make a fourth Dev Corner thread reintroducing yourself.

You haven't even made your third yet - get moving!

50000000000000002 votes

Is this Gypsylord?

Tattersall12 votes

Wait a minute…

Camille is Piltover's vigilante, Cassiopeia is Noxus's vigilante (kinda), Vayne is Demacia's vigilante, Diana is like Targon's vigilante, Yorick is basically the Isles' vigilante, and now Zaun has a vigilante?

I actually don't know how I feel about this.

TequilaZombie6 votes

Every nation needs its Batman.

Beyond Legends6 votes

or in Zaun case an wolfman with bat ears.

strut8 votes

Isn't he just killing everything that moves?

Tattersall2 votes

“He is someone who in the past vaguely remembers doing good things, helping people, and it didn't work,” says narrative writer David “Interlocutioner” Slagle. “Zaun is so messed up that he couldn't make a difference.” His newfound power allows him to clean up the streets of Zaun through brutal violence.

Oleandervine4 votes

{quoted}

Wait a minute…

Camille is Piltover's vigilante, Cassiopeia is Noxus's vigilante (kinda), Vayne is Demacia's vigilante, Diana is like Targon's vigilante, Yorick is basically the Isles' vigilante, and now Zaun has a vigilante?

I actually don't know how I feel about this.

Camille isn't the vigilante of Piltover. She's just the vigilante of House Ferros, and if the other houses benefit from her activities, it's an unintended side effect.

Cassiopeia is not a vigilante in the slightest sense. She uses her beauty and charm to seduce, and she sought power in Shurima, where she became cursed. She still serves Noxus and her father's household in her new form, but she doesn't do vigilante work because she still falls within the bounds of what's accepted in the Noxian meritocracy, and she still uses her skills to serve Noxus.

Tattersall1 votes

The Camille thing is true.

Read this.

Oleandervine4 votes

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The Camille thing is true.

Read this.

Ok, I retract my comment about Cassiopeia. When did they post that lore bit?

CasterGilgamesh2 votes

Cassiopeia isnt a vigilante if anything Katarina comes close being the assassin and the one who most likely does work to improve noxus with or without swains knowledge though this is just my assumption

Tattersall1 votes

Read this.

CasterGilgamesh2 votes

nice man riot answered my prayers

aqours fanboy8 votes

If you aren't a tank you best recalling at 50%

R1bbon8 votes

The new Warwick Warwick is certainly cool, but I can already see that he is going to be a pain to deal with. A lot of pain. Maybe that's the point, but I feel like Warwick is too strong... or maybe everyone else is too weak. :P This update is gonna hit like a bus.

Chromatic Eagle3 votes

So he's basically Zaun's Punisher. Not sure how to feel about that, but holy hell Zaun is a mess.

l Helios l13 votes

I think the difference is that the Punisher's entire family got killed by the Mob (I think that's who it was, or at least Kingpin) and he just wants revenge. With Warwick though, we don't really have any indicator that he himself has been harmed in any way by the criminal element, beyond Singed who is probably working alone. Were that his motivating factor (revenge), he would just kill Singed and be done with it. Rather, it would seem his good deeds were insufficient in making life better due to the sheer criminal superiority and control. In the wake of his mutation, it's likely he realized that he has the power now to end this kind of activity by fighting fire with fire, viciously murdering criminals, which may be exactly what Singed was hoping for.

I'd say he's more akin to Yagami Light than Punisher. Light had power basically handed to him to make things better, and he did for a bit, but then his ego got the better of him and it spiraled out or control. I feel this will be a similar situition.

PunisherJBY2 votes

It was just the mob :P

l Helios l2 votes

His lore is definitely focused on him as an anti-hero. It seems to indicate a guy who tried to be a good Samaritan, but got burned by the Underworld aspect of Zaun. Singed took advantage of him and mutated him, but Warwick apparently realized his new abilities can be used to help Zaun, by viciously murdering the Underworld.

I guess it's the ultimate story of fighting fire with fire.

midnight oil241 votes

While I agree with you, I'd describe him as amore of an anti-villain. Someone with good intentions but is going about it all wrong, as what he does is just as bad as those he's stopping.

Eternal7914 votes

That fits ant-hero perfectly. Someone who does questionable or even terrible things for the greater good is kind of an anti-hero. A good way to look at anti-hero's is that they are borderline villains who fight other villains.

midnight oil243 votes

But some of these "criminals" aren't really all that bad. Ekko is a criminal, so warwick would try to kill him. If you're trying to kill ekko, are you really a good guy?

Eternal7914 votes

That's thing about ant-heros. They don't always classify as GOOD guys and can often be mistaken for villains because they fight evil with evil... fire with fire as everyone is saying. They quite often cross the line.

Yasuicide1 votes

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Bunnymap10 votes

{quoted}

I think he's ult will be his old E but with passive and active effect.

Passive: Low health enemies are marked and discovered

Active: Chooses a marked target. Channels for 3 seconds and then jumps to the target dealing damage equal to it's missing health.

Or something like this

Btw why does warwick not fall into the sea? I mean he was like crushing this cabine

Uhh

This post has the Warwick reveal in it with all his abilities. This isn't speculation, it's already been revealed.

GreenLore1 votes

Oh my,now I'm kinda sad that I never got the grey-warwick skin,because that skin looks really great now.

Ralanr1 votes

Is grey the one with the sword stuck in his back?

Honestly they'll probably do a sale with all the skins. I need more RP.

Apollogy5 votes

Grey Warwick was only given to people who referred enough friends when the refer-a-friend system was out...

Unfortunately, I didn't get the friends I referred to go through the system and didn't get the skin even though I've played warwick since season 1...

FeelsBadMan

And the urf warwick skin would be an unlikely release, but probably the most likely of the two since it was sold in the past. It was originally 50 RP though.

I do hope they sell both of them... but it's probably not gonna happen, :(

bill841 votes

See my problem with this is that he has no aoe damage. This has become increasingly important in the jungle, and especially for new players who don't have ruins either, this could make it very difficult to even survive the jungle.

Blitzidious6 votes

His passive gives him sustain, and that sustain increases when he gets lower. I highly doubt he'll have any problems surviving in the jungle.

Now, clear times are a different story.

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