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Recommended Items
Spells:
Ignite
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Ability Order
Eternal Hunger (PASSIVE)
Warwick Passive Ability
Introduction
You can also take top lane warwick mid to absolutely crush melee assassins such as kassadin and fizz. They can do absolutely nothing to warwick so long as warwick just hits back.
Also I'm Diamond IV, it's verified my summoner name as Steamcario but it won't show me as high elo for some reason. oh well.
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Armor Seals are a must into pretty much anything. Take Flat MR blues against AP tops, otherwise take scaling. Marks and Quints are much less standard on Warwick. I personally go with hybrid pen reds and AD Quints, But AD Marks along with MS/Health/AD/Pen Quints, or MPen reds and quints are also viable choices. Really just go with what suits your lane phase. Penetration helps you more against champions than flat AD. Flat AD aids you in CS and pen does not. Keep that in mind when making your choices.





The rest of the summoner spells I don't feel need much explanation, but if you want me to explain them, mention it in the comments section and I'll add it here.
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If you'd like thoughts on any item not listed here, feel free to post it in the comments section and I'll add it in.

Passive - Eternal Thirst
Each of Warwick's autoattacks deal 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 additional magic damage and heal him for the same amount. Each successive attack against the same target will stack this amount of healing and damage up to a maximum of 3 stacks. The stacks remain for 4 seconds.magic damage that stacks with each auto attack and heals you for the same amount. It may not seem like much but remember the damage and heal stacks up to 3 times. this rewards warwick for sustained battles against one target and can be used in lane to aid with sustaining. Late in the game this essentially becomes a built in wit's end that heals you for the same amount. This is an extremely good passive, never underestimate it as it's where a lot of warwick's dueling ability comes from.

Q - Hungering Strike
Strikes an enemy for the higher value between 75 / 125 / 175 / 225 / 275 (+1.0 per ability power) magic damage and 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% (+1.0 per ability power) of the target's maximum health, and heals Warwick for 80% of the damage dealt. Minions and monsters can only be dealt the flat magic damage.Your bread and butter spell. This is your sustain, your damage, your everything in lane really. this has quite a hefty mana cost associated with it however and warwick has a small mana pool, so it's important to not get careless with this. but just this spell alone lets you win trades with most lane opponents. And Late game this spell just continues to get better, scaling off of enemy max health.

W - Hunter's Call
Warwick lets out a howl that inspires all nearby allied champions, increasing Warwick's attack speed by 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% and all affected friendly champions' attack speed by half of the amount for 10 seconds.Your attack speed steroid. It might not seem like much but it's decent for early DPS and buffs your entire team in teamfights all at a very low mana cost. with close to max CDR this spell has 100% uptime, and even without max CDR it will pretty much be available whenever you need it.

E - Blood Scent
Warwick senses enemy champions under 50% life within a certain distance of him, revealing them until they heal, leave the area or Blood Scent is deactivated. While sensing an enemy, he gains 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% movement speed.a utility spell that's decent in lane and late in the game. in lane this allows you to pressure and deny a low lane opponent with superior movement speed while being able to escape should the jungler arrive. It's also always nice to get free vision of the enemy jungler should they be low and wander too close to your lane. Late in the game this spell is good for cleaning up after teamfights. The movement speed makes it so few champions can run, and the free vision makes it so that they can't hide. It's also worth noting that in addition to granting vision of low enemies, you also get vision of a small area around them, essentially turning low health enemies into free mini wards for your team.

R - Infinite Duress
Warwick lunges at an enemy champion, suppressing the target for 1.8 seconds and striking for 250 / 335 / 420 (+2.0 per bonus attack damage) Magic Damage. Warwick gains 30% life steal for the duration. Triggers on-hit effects 5 times and benefits from life steal and Eternal Thirst.The infamous warwick ult. Your all in tool in lane, with the damage it brings and the bonus lifesteal it completely turns an engage around. It pretty much ensures a kill from a jungle gank with the 2 second hard cc in addition to whatever the jungler has to offer. It can also funcion as a hilarious escape if you end up sandwiched because you can flash out of it (lol). Late game you use this on a squishy damage dealing champion to deal tons of damage to them, hold them in place, and prevent them from dealing damage. Although it may appear that this is a strong initiation tactic, it usually isn't because it is a suppress, not a stun. The fact that it's a suppress means that warwick is immobilized as well as his target and any form of cc other than a slow will stop his channel and the suppress. Now if you initiate with warwick's ultimate into the entire enemy team, you can expect to have your ultimate stopped instantly assuming the other team is capable of doing so. It's generally best to have someone else initiate and use your ult later on when not everyone will jump on you and stop your ult, it'll be much more successful that way. Now feel free to use this if you've caught someone out of position, as doing so often wins games. But be sure to recognize the difference between catching someone and initiating. warwick's ult is amazing at the first, but rather bad at the second.



Also be sure to keep your lane warded and/or do a good job of tracking the enemy jungler. Warwick has no escape other than his flash so a warwick lane is a prime target for early ganks. Be extra careful if you suspect the enemy jungler is near you. But on the other hand, if you keep track of the enemy jungler and know they're nowhere near your lane, you can feel free to make any aggressive play you want. Also only ask your jungler to gank your lane if you've hit level 6 and dragon is down. Pre-6 warwick has little to follow up ganks with, and even if you get a kill post-6, the loss in dragon control often isn't worth it. If the situation allows for it however, any post 6 gank for a warwick lane is usually a free kill.
Jungle Warwick is infamous for his post level 6 ganks, and he can do the same from top lane in the event you pushed your lane. In most cases you'll just want to be ganking mid so you don't lose your turret. when ganking mid, just focus on landing your ult when your mid is close to being in range for their burst. the 2 second suppress will usually let your mid land their entire burst combo for free and pick up a kill for your team.
A few other things to keep in mind while teamfighting
-constantly be hitting things/Qing things, Warwick's Strength is in his high attack speed and sustain.
-ORB walk (cancel your attack animation with movement as soon as your auto connects)
-Keep your W up, it buffs your whole team and has 100% uptime with decent CDR.
-Make sure your E is up, there's been a number of kills I've missed out on cleaning up because I didn't realize it was off.
-don't tunnel vision and chase a kill you won't get. if you're not sticking you're not sticking.
-don't tunnel vision and dive into the middle of the enemy team thinking you've caught someone. (I still do this sometimes)
-Use item actives!
-constantly look for high impact times to ult (Ahri ulted into your team, Zed Ulting your carry, Channeled ults from the backline, etc.
-Be Doge

this is my first guide here in a while though I made a few other top lane guides during season 2. I plan on making more comprehensive guides in the near future for top lane champions that are more common. Feedback of any kind is welcome and appreciated. Thanks for reading!
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