Hello. You might be wondering, if you've clicked on this build - whether for it's relatively unusual itemization choices, it's snappy title (ok it's cliche and I'm unoriginal, I get it) or simply because it is (atm) the newest Warwick guide - why you, potential Warwick player, should follow the instructions of this guide, instead of any other. The truth is quite simple:

I suck.

I, Aurelius2142, am terrible at League of Legends. I honestly think I'm worse at this game than I am at any other... which is precisely why you should listen to me when I say that, though I am bad at League, I am good at Warwick. If I could one-trick him, I would. That's how bad the gap is for me between him and the other champions. He lets me get away with things that no other champions can - the wolf compensates for every bad part of my game-play. Poor positioning? You can simply beat anyone else to the fight with your W, cleaning up kills that no one else can. Mechanics gap? Your CC should provide enough of an edge that your fights become a matter of simplicity, your inherent lifesteal makes clearing free without even a thought of kiting - you, following your standard jungle path, can solo dragon at level 3 if you need to. New to the game? Warwick has simple tricks to learn that can allow you to out-manoeuvre even the slipperiest of champions, regardless of your game knowledge.

I can't say for certain how good Warwick is at higher elos - I've never actually been there myself, so I wouldn't know. What I can say for sure is how dominant can be at low elos, where people don't even know to build grievous wounds! That is what this build is aimed at; it is a simple, life-steal focused build, designed to carry games where people either don't know how/can't hard counter you. I'm not claiming that this is a superior build at all elos (though the best NA Warwick has been using Stridebreaker recently... just saying), merely that if you seek to carry your games, and you know you're in an elo where people suck as much as we do, this is the way to do it.

A number of the ideas in this build were first put into practice by the amazing WW main Parnellyx - if you're looking for high elo WW content, you won't find better. Please check out his Youtube and his Twitch!

Thanks also to my friend Alex, who introduced me to League in the first place, and who (although he probably doesn't remember this) I promised to giev a shout-out to if I ever wrote a guide.

Good hunting, friend.