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Use START 3 and be careful he can burst you in early, he has sustain so hes hard for you and even if you manage to kill him he has his passive that will revive him. Just get pushed, farm everything and always disengage. He cant kill you so easily, so dont be afraid to get close to kill a minion.
Alistar
START 1
This funny guy has trouble farming and cant kill you, if you ward well and push him he will start to lose and lose farm, but always be careful for his Q walk behind W because it can leave you in a really bad position, and worse position if you are pushing his turret.
Cho'Gath
START 2
Cho can be nasty in the lane, but if you harass him till hes under 50% you will be fast enough to dodge all his abilities, and as he grows in health, your Q will punish him and your chalice will provide mana for it. He will be losing in farm in the worst situation.
Darius
START 3
Be careful early game and when he gets his ult because that burst you. Get enough HP and dont stay in lane with less than 800 hp after lvl 6
Dr. Mundo
START 1
He has sustain, but not that enough to be in the front of the line. Place yourself between your melee and your ranged minions to avoid his Q and when he comes for a minion hit a basic or two on him, this will make him leave front lane and start farming with his Q, that you can receive sometimes to cancel his farming. If he fights back land a Q and back away, he cant chase you if you are between minions and he will lose the trade always.
Fiora
START 3
Fiora makes way more dmg than you and has very good sustain due to his passive. Just farm as much as you can and wait for your ult to leave her under 50%, but be careful about this moment because she can get her ult too and it makes a lot of damage.
Gangplank
START 1
Poor gp, he will waste his mana for nothing :/
Garen
START 1
Agh, that silence is nasty... And after 6 he can burst you and he is always healing himself... The good thing is he cant kill you while you are farming, so get lifesteal and armor and you will be fine
Gnar
START 4
Get bored of asking ganks and try to leave him with less than 50% life, so you can farm avoiding his boomerang and landing some Qs on him or minions to get hp back... When you get your ult it wont help so much because he grows and gets hp so just sit back and farm a lot... and ask for ganks. Kinda counter
Gragas
START 2
This guy farms a lot, gets a lot of HP and recovers HP too, while he pokes you with his barrels... just relax, farm, and get a Chalice
Heimerdinger
START 2
He can harass all he wants but he wont do much damage, and when you get 6 you just start ulting to kill... simple
Irelia
START 1
Ugh, irelia is weak early but that doesnt make you zone or kill her, and after she gets to mid game, she will start punishing you, and in late game she is an assasin that can tank a lot, so she will be more useful than you. Farm, stay cool and dont die. Use your wards
Jarvan IV
START 3
He pokes a lot in early game, and in late you cant kill him so easily because of his easy disengage, so just farm and farm, try to dodge his abilities and in late game you will tank as much as he do, but you will be more useful, so that will make a difference after all.
Jax
START 1
Early game poke and poke and poke him everytime you can, and you will end zoning him really hard. Be careful with early ganks because if he gets an advantage, he will use it to punish your lane and snowball on you.
Jayce
START 4
So nasty... he pokes so much... Farm and ask for help...
In level 6 dont even try to engage because he will send you back with his hammer after you ult, and poke you again and more, you dont even win this trade.
Kayle
START 1
When she uses her E, back away and watch how she pushes your lane. When E is on cd, farm, get close and if you can, land a Q on her. This can make her oom, and oom means this is time to deny...
Kennen
START 4
He pokes a lot, but when you get your ult he is still a defensive weak champ and you can almost burst him, forcing to back away.
Kha'Zix
START 1
He cant burst you, he cant come close to you and he cant farm this way... Hes easy but never forget to ward well because in case of gank, he still does good damage.
Lee Sin
START 3
Early game he can zone you (and will if hes good) with his attack speed debuff and the really good burst. Try to farm, but more than that, try to dont get killed. If you dont get killed you can win trades after level 6 with your ult. Use your sustain. Be wise when to engage.
Lissandra
START 2
She will poke, but not so hard, and it will push the lane, but if you wait to level 6 you can win the trade, but not kill her, because she will stun you if you chase, and apply slow. If jungler comes after 6, shes easy kill.
Lulu
START 2
Omg she pokes a lot, and i really mean a lot... farm as much as you can and ask for ganks.
Malphite
START 1 OR 2
You can poke him with basics or with your Q, and he cant win the trade, and wont have the sustain to get back, but his shield will help him to farm anyways and his ult is extremely dangerous even if jungler is not that close to you when you see him with your wards.
Maokai
START 1
You have more sustain than him, so he cant deny you to farm, and you farm way much easier than him so this will make the difference after all. He is tanky enough to resist your ult and your Q but never so tank to resist that plus the jungler.
Master Yi
START 1
Punish him early game, he cant do much. Deny all the farm, and get armor in case you need it.
Mordekaiser
START 2
He can poke you in early but not that much, and after a chalice he wont do damage, and wont be able to stay in lane.
Nasus
START 1
Well, you cant kill him, you cant deny him, so he will get farm and stack his Q. Get damage, get your blade of the ruined king as fast as you can so you can try to burst him.
Nidalee
START 4
She pokes a lot with his basics, has really good burst and good disengage. Wait till level 6 to try anything. If your jungler helps you on early you can zone her on mid game.
Olaf
START 1
Just be careful with his burst and get sustain because you will need it to stay in lane.
Pantheon
START 3
He pokes a lot with spears, and if he starts with flask he will be doing this a lot of time, so just try to farm as much as you can and wait till level 6
Poppy
START 1
She is weaker than you early game, so stay in front and poke with basics.
Quinn
START 4
She will poke you on early game and deny your farm, and on level 6 she has really good damage to burst, but she is still weak to ganks.
Renekton
START 1
He is almost the same as you, but with physical damage,
Rengar
START 1
Hes not a big deal, but he can burst so get armor
Riven
START 3
Early she will make your life impossible, but after 6 with armor shes weak.
Rumble
START 2
Punish him with Q and dodge his abilities
Ryze
START 2
Early just farm, then get level 6 and dont let him have more than 50% health, so you can Q even if he W
Shen
START 1
He will end losing farm, and if he ults away, the turret.
Shyvana
START 1
Almost equal matchup, try to dont get so pushed.
Singed
START 1
Dont let him do anything, avoid poison.
Sion
START 1
Punish with your basics and sustain will do the rest
Swain
START 2
He can be hard to kill maybe, but your advantage is on farming.
Trundle
START 1
Trundle gets really hard in mid game, so if you gonna do something try it on early.
Tryndamere
Just attack him a lot before level 6, and after it, if he ults, just run, your E makes you really really counter to him.
Udyr
START 1
Almost equal, but early he is better... so just farm
Vayne
START 4
Farm as much as you can and dont let her hits 3rd bolt, when jungler comes you will win and win and win.
Vi
START 1
Farm and attack her if she comes close, then after level 6 be careful with ganks and with
Vladimir
START 2
Wait till you have chalice, then start landing Q on him and then with your ult you will get the kill easy... and he will have no farm after that.
Volibear
START 1
Just farm... so equal matchup
Wukong
START 3
He can poke you a lot early game, but armor and time will make your life easy
Xin Zhao
START 3
He will try to get the kill early game, so just get pushed and dont fight him. After level 6 he becomes easier but not that much.
Yorick
START 1
Wait till he runs oom, farm his phantoms and get sustain.
Zac
START 1
This guy is nasty, he will poke you and if you poke him, he gets life as nothing, and he doesnt even needs mana, just cooldown, and his base damage is good enough to build full tank.
Well, in this guide i will explain you everything about Warwick, and how to play it on top lane.
My name is Landroam and im a player from LAS (im sorry if my english is bad) that have been playing Warwick top since s3. I hope my experience can help you become a good top Warwick and a good Toplaner.
This season my win ratio with Warwick is 59%, and i played more than 200 games with him, so i think i can say this is my best champion.
Items
Items
The items for Warwick always must do one of this things:
Tank
Do damage with autoattacks
Provide sustain
Provide Cooldown Reduction
First of all, we cant forget that you almost always play a tank or a fighter on top, thats why you have to become tank at least for late game, when your team needs somebody to take the damage.
The damage with autoattacks is very simple, you need it because you rely on it, your ult does too (hits 5 autoattacks and stacks botrk and wits end). Almost all your damage will be done by this way, just your Q will do the rest.
We get sustain because Warwick has good skills to recover health, but they cost a lot of mana. This is the way you survive on the lane without needing to back.
The cooldown reduction is very good on Warwick because your Q with enough CDR can force an enemy to leave the lane.
I chose the sorcerer boots because your Q, ult, and AAs do magic damage, and when you have a wits end, your Q will make you imposible to kill by enemy tanks. Even 2v1.
Skill Sequence
Skill Sequence
First of all, you always max your ult on Warwick (i dont think i need to explain why :O)
The skill you will use mostly is your Q because it provides Health Regen and does magic damage based on a percentage of enemys health.
At level 2 you get your W. This gives you 40 percent of attack speed, a good reason to dont fight you back on early levels. Then on level 3 you get your E, that will make you really fast in case the closer enemies have under 50 percent health. I max this powerup instead of W because sometimes it can show you who is coming to your lane and the range increases very fast level by level. The attack speed buff of W just grows 10 percent, and that wont really make a difference.
Spells
Spells
We need the flash, this will save you 3 or 4 times on the match and can help you to kill somebody too (Flash+ult).
I go for teleport instead of ignite (yeah, some people prefers ignite in solo queue, because you dont know your team at all to teleport) because on early game you are very weak, and trying to replace your early weakness with ignite is not that useful, as backing to base and teleporting back to lane. Doing this you can avoid getting killed, losing farm from turret, and getting your turret down. After you get your ult, teleport will give you the chance to kill somebody in botlane, teleporting to a ward when enemy team is engaging, and ulting adc when they run out of cc.
Ranked Play
Ranked Play
One good thing about Warwick, is that when you pick him on Solo queue, the enemy doesnt know if you are going jungle or top (and they usually think hes jungler), so that gives you the chance to first pick without fearing of a possible counterpick, and confusing the enemy till your team chooses the real jungler (sometimes the jungler can also be played top and they wont know whos going where till the load screen).
Pros / Cons
Pros / Cons
PROS:
Very strong Late Game
Excelent Sustain
Powerful ultimate
Provide of buffs and debuffs
Easy to farm
CONS:
Weak early game
No gap closer
Bad disengage
Weak to ganks
Team Work
Team Work
You are the perfect champion for a teamfight. You provide attack speed buff and show hidden enemies when they have low health. And if you thought that wasn't enough, you can heavily tank damage and recover health. Also, you can be the one to start the teamfight, catching somebody with your ult and making him so vulnerable that your mates can nuke him, or if you dont, you can just follow the enemy adc, making him fear of your ult, and dont go all in the teamfight, while the support is waiting for you to ult so he uses the cc. This mental games can make a big difference in a teamfight and make enemies adc or mage lose their time waiting for your reaction, while the rest of your team is taking down the tanks.
Farming
Farming
I chose the runes and masteries to make farming so simple, that every people could farm without trouble. If you get pushed to your turret, the attack damage of Warwick is enough to kill melee minions after turret hits, and ranged ones after 1.
Summary
Summary
Well, thank you for reading my guide! ill be waiting for your comments! even if you dont agree with me in some points :) that way we can improve together.
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