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Warwick Build Guide by Flarefox14

AD Offtank Warwick the aggressive off-tank/tank sustainer

AD Offtank Warwick the aggressive off-tank/tank sustainer

Updated on August 12, 2013
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Brian Hail (8) | April 11, 2014 6:39am
I Build Warwick as an AP Tank (or is it Offtank).

Masteries are 9/21/0
Runes are Magic Penetration, Armor Seals, Scaling Magic Resist Glyphs and Percentage Health Quints.

Items are focussed primarily on damage and resistances and providing sustain via his Q. I have only 1 health/AP item but with runes and masteries my HP is about 3000. Resistances are even at about 200 each or 67% reduction. Max Ap is about 400 or so.

My build doesn't have any on hit items except for ones that are based off basic attacks and his Qbut do give him additional CC in the form of a single target slow and a AOE slow bringing the amount of CC he has to 3.

My build is rather niche. It's neither a strong or weak build but your off tank build is certainly weaker than mine.

Your pure tank build is sound (apart from the 20% of CDR that's wasted - cap of 40%) but your damage tank build is ****. Crit is a big no no. Your going tank. people will avoid confrontations with you so your not going to be duelling anyone. You also have no magic resist which makes you really weak against AP burst champions and vulnerable to any other magic damage.

Also top make two builds you need to click the next available slot in Team 1 (or team 2 if your doing a comparison and contrast) and select Warwick again. You'll get a new build slot which you have to refill out again.

Also don't pay these guys anymind. I got pretty much the same kind of comments (though not as bad i'll admit) when I published my first build and second build. Have a look at the how to make a guide Guide
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Flarefox14 | August 12, 2013 5:00pm
Bro, give it a rest. lol. yes, I get, and I noticed he does magic damage. however, ww is better getting ad items, and well, it be best getting hybrid pen, then anything else. Also, I have used this build, however, do to limitation of ip, I don't really have that enough to hybrid pen, and to be honest. armor pen works find, this build always works good for me in game. So, yeah. *shurges(spellcheck no fixie)* In fact, the fact I do so good with this build, is the reason I made this guide in the first place. So, going to chance to hybrid, and it's up to you to keep building on a dead horse.
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sirell (400) | August 4, 2013 5:43pm
Flarefox14 wrote:

Then tell me, sirell, how does ww stand so well being purely ad? While an ap ww does not scale as well?


Jesus Christ, this is so ******ed. He scales on AD but deals MAGIC DAMAGE. God-****ing-damn, how are you so dense? Learn to read for ****'s sakes.

I repeat.

He scales on AD, but deals AP damage. READ.

I repeat.

He scales on AD, but deals AP damage. Get it yet?

No? Okay, once more just for you.

He scales on AD but deals AP damage.

Translation: Even when building AD, his output is AP damage.



Quoted:
Warwick lunges at an enemy champion, suppressing the target for 1.8 seconds and striking for 50 / 67 / 84 (+0.4 per bonus attack damage) magic damage in 0.33-second intervals.


Get it yet?


Flarefox14 wrote:
Also, there's many ways of doing an build. and this is strong and good.


Lolno.

Flarefox14 wrote:
Why do people get armor pen for ww if everything is ap?


They don't unless they're stupid.

Flarefox14 wrote:
If you have so must disagreements on it, try it yourself sirell.


I disagree with suicide too. I wonder if I should try it first?


Flarefox14 wrote:
Sorry, but we have really gotten far from topic.


The topic is your guide. The Marks are a part of your guide. This is not off-topic.


Flarefox14 wrote:
I say it, armor pen works with this build, maybe not all other build, but it does this one. Cause one simple fact, ww here will not get any armor pen items. I'm pretty sure no one would want to remove their magic resist, so it just works well on this build. Before you say, "Ap pen is better" then try it. =3 Cause either ap pen or armor pen, both work well on this build.


No, it doesn't, even if you say it.

Look, if you don't get the argument, it's fine. I'll try and lay it out as simply as I can for you.

1) Armor Penetration only affects physical damage. Magic Penetration only affects magic damage.

2) Warwick only has one source of physical damage - autoattack.

3) Warwick has 3 sources of magical damage - Passive, Q and R.

4) Therefore, why the **** would you get armor penetration ever?

Understand yet? No?

Doesn't surprise me.

Since you're so fond of the 'try it yourself' argument, how about this? Go into a game. Play Warwick. During the end game, look at the damage output in the charts and tell me if it's physical damage more or magic damage more, even if you build AD.

Go to google and type in the question of whether Warwick deals magic damage more or AD damage more? Then ask again which Marks to take.
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Flarefox14 | July 28, 2013 10:56am
It's up to people. Lot of people do different builds on champions. Nid to be ad tankie, or glass ap. Lot of tanks and burisrs can work well as a more as offensiveness, or tank builds. Singed can do a lot of damage if you go more purely ap, then tank. Sion has extremely high damage if ap. As well as Eve can do very well as a pure tank, as well as Elise. WW does stand very well as a pure tank, as well as pure ad. He might not as scale as well as most ad champions, but he can get the job done if necessary. Most champions are more made for centen things, but yet some/lot of champions can use in different ways. WW is made to be an jungler, and Lee. Yet WW can do better top, and lee can do mid or top just find.
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yoitsme | July 28, 2013 1:25am
Hello, I recently started playing WW and wanted to see the latest discussion on him and found your argument. What makes WW special is his ability to start fights with ult, Sustain heavy damage, and chase down enemies/escape. Building AD items and AD PEN does not highlight his UNIQUENESS. I LOOVEEE WITTS END, SPIRIT VISAGE, AND PHAGE. THEY GIVE TONS of TANKINESS AND PHAGE MEANS U CANT GET KITED.

I DONT SEE THE POINT OF BUILDING ANY DAMAGE, SO MANY OTHER HEROES SCALE BETTER WITH IT.
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Flarefox14 | July 25, 2013 11:15pm
Then tell me, sirell, how does ww stand so well being purely ad? While an ap ww does not scale as well? Also, there's many ways of doing an build. and this is strong and good. Why do people get armor pen for ww if everything is ap? If you have so must disagreements on it, try it yourself sirell. Sorry, but we have really gotten far from topic. I say it, armor pen works with this build, maybe not all other build, but it does this one. Cause one simple fact, ww here will not get any armor pen items. I'm pretty sure no one would want to remove their magic resist, so it just works well on this build. Before you say, "Ap pen is better" then try it. =3 Cause either ap pen or armor pen, both work well on this build.
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sirell (400) | July 25, 2013 10:53pm
And please don't make me have to copy and paste and highlight Warwick's abilities.
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sirell (400) | July 25, 2013 10:53pm
Jesus f-ing Christ. AD scaling but MAGIC DAMAGE.

Didn't get that the first 50 times? Okay, once more.

AD Scaling but deals MAGIC DAMAGE. Input is AD, output is AP. It's really not that hard to understand.

AA = Physical Damage
Passive = Magic Damage
Q = Magic Damage
W = AS Buff
E = MS Buff
R = Magic Damage + On-hit

What's this? Only his AA do physical damage? Everything else does magic damage? Well darn, maybe I should go with Armour Penetration, because his autoattacks are his main source of damage(!). Not.

Are you getting the logic leap you've made? And the logic we're trying to point out? Even his autoattacks do magic damage, goddammit.

There is no hole in logic, only someone who does not know how to read, i.e YOU.
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Flarefox14 | July 25, 2013 10:44pm
So....you mind tell me the logic then? Cause it sound more of fight on all common senses, and logic the game seems to give us.

Someone as ahri, would get magpen, it would make senses as an mage, and all her skills are stronger by ap. So it make senses to give it to her.

Someone as ashe would get armorpen, that would have her auto attacks better. Not just case of her w.

So..how does magpen work better on ww, that only has his q for it? his passive ability doesn't get better with ap. So..how logically speaken, is better to give ww magpen be better? So his passive ability can do better? Which does not get stronger? Also, in team fights, are you going to stay back, and only use your q? no. Is ww passive able to stand up better with magic pen? abit, but, as I said, it doesn't get better, or stronger, unlike if you give ww physical items. If you build ww purely damage, as blood thrister, ruin sword, he can be a very powerful beast in battle. So..his ad obivsely does stand very well. So..how is he, doing auto attacking, his w, and r, not get an boost from armor pen? Cause there's really big hole of logic here.

And last time I check, armor pen works with auto, not just with skills. Since, lot of adcs get armor pen, even ones that rarely use skills in battle, to be more effective. So..what am I missing here? Why does ww, that ad scale very well, not work with armorpen?
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sirell (400) | July 25, 2013 10:39am
All you said just said is irrelevant.

The point is that the majority of Warwick's damage is magic (this is statistically true and not up for debate). Therefore, MagPen marks are fine. Even HybridPen is fine.

Since Warwick also has scaling with AD, AD Marks are also fine.

What is not fine is ArmPen, since physical abilities are not the majority of his damage output.
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Flarefox14 | July 25, 2013 10:27am
And that is very rude sir, I do not call you names. As well, who do you often face top? Tanks, and fighters, which both would build bit of tankness to stay in lane or late game. His ult give him free shot hits, which if tank, does more, if against someone smushie, even more, since all champion has a set armor and magic resist, even if he, or she is not building resistances. To add on, if they build magic resist instead to your q, you can do more damage physically. As like I said, ap don't stack to well with ww, with only his q boost, and doesn't do enough, as well as about all his skills and ability stacks for him, attacking physically. His ability does not work unless he is attacking physically. Everything but his q, is base him attacking physically.
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Laggermeister (242) | July 24, 2013 1:21pm
He does AD-scaling magic damage, nitwit. Long story short: AD reds are okay. Armor pen reds are ****.
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