Warwick Items

[quote=jskell27]HI. Just started playing LoL Sunday. I'm interested in jungling with Warwick. I've looked at different builds, and one thing that seems to really vary is whether or not the build has many Attack Speed items. It seems to me that with Hunter's Call, Attack Speed items wouldn't be that important. I understand that everything is relative to what the opposing team is playing, but it seems to me like Attack Damage and various defenses should be more what you are choosing between. Help me out![/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]The items most Warwick guides recommend are [[wit's end]] and [[madred's bloodrazor]]. This isn't for the attack speed, but the unique bonuses the items give. As Warwick's ult applies 5 hits of all items, he achieves 20% of the enemy's health as damage from Madred's and he gains a huge amount of magic resist from Wit's End.[/quote]

[quote=Vort]Jhoi pretty much nailed it. Warwick is a strange champion in that he has strong auto attacks, but no significant attack damage scaling. It's not so much the attack speed that people are after, it's the on-hit effects of the items. The most common way to play Warwick revolves around building enough on-hit damage to be a threat, and then building purely defensively from there (with some tweaks to the order of things). Another great item that shouldn't be overlooked on him is [[Sunfire Cape]]. There are also a select few individuals who have decided to build him with ability power. It's strange, and very hit or miss, but when it works, it works very effectively. The problem is, it's very hit-or-miss. But now i'm just rambling on a tangent.[/quote]

[quote=Blydden]One important note unmentioned is that your SHOULD NOT get [[Kitae's Bloodrazor]]. Get [[Malady]] or [[Wit's End]] or [[The Black Cleaver]] instead. Kitae's is just too inferior to Madred's.[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Malady and Black Cleaver are both pretty meh choices on WW. Kitae isn't worse than them..[/quote]

[quote=JunSupport][quote=Vort] Jhoi pretty much nailed it. Warwick is a strange champion in that he has strong auto attacks, but no significant attack damage scaling. [/quote] That's because he's meant to be an offtank, an anti-carry. Someone who can scale moderately, and dive into the enemy team (preferably after the tank initiates; tho sometimes WW [i]is[/i] the tank, which is silly since he can't peel), and lock down or chase away the carry. That's why he's equipped with [[Infinite Duress]] for gap-closing and [[Blood Scent]] for chasing. But being an anti-carry means you have to build a little bulky - So naturally, you won't have any room for building serious damage items, so there's no real point to adding scaling on him. It only seems odd that he doesn't have it if you have a different opinion/view on what you think he should be doing.[/quote]

[quote=Vort][quote=Searz] Malady and Black Cleaver are both pretty meh choices on WW. Kitae isn't worse than them.. [/quote] well... relative to price, perhaps not. but due to the healing reduction in dominion, he's a fairly poor choice for the moment. [[Blood Scent]] does help counter-balance this a bit, as it's very strong in dominion, but overall, I don't see him as a strong pick for the game type. Any how, There's generally no need to build more on-hit items on Warwick than [[Wit's End]] and [[Madred's Bloodrazor]].[/quote]

[quote=Zarnim]One of my friends once went WW and bought [[wit's end]], [[Madred's Bloodrazor]], and a [[void staff]] (shocking!) with [[sorcerer's shoes]], [[Black cleaver]] and a [[Guardian Angel]]. He did well, but what do you guys think? I saw him getting trolled in a game and I needed a good argument. :S[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard][[Malady]]>[[Void Staff]] on Warwick unless you're building AP (maybe even then). Also works better with the flat pen from [[Sorcerer's Shoes]]. Warwick actually does a ton of magic damage with the right items. I tried TheOddOne's build in game and it worked pretty well. [[Wriggle's Lantern]]->[[Mercury's Treads]]->[[Wit's End]]->[[Malady]]->[[Sunfire Cape]]->[[Guardian Angel]] or [[Banshee's Veil]] [[Infinite Duress]] and [[Hungering Strike]] also do magic damage. I would consider [[Malady]] a great item on [[Warwick]], [[Kog'Maw]], [[Teemo]], and maybe [[Kayle]]. Not many champions can pull off an Attack Speed - Magic Damage combo, but [[Warwick]] is one of them.[/quote]

[quote=Vort][quote=Zarnim] One of my friends once went WW and bought [[wit's end]], [[Madred's Bloodrazor]], and a [[void staff]] (shocking!) with [[sorcerer's shoes]], [[Black cleaver]] and a [[Guardian Angel]]. He did well, but what do you guys think? I saw him getting trolled in a game and I needed a good argument. :S [/quote] [[Void Staff]] could be justified if they were stacking a ton of magic resistance. That aside, I would only consider it on a full AP build. [[Sorcerer's Shoes]] are often a good choice on Warwick, though. The flat magic pen applies to his Q and the procs from his items. Edit: as for the [[Black Cleaver]], it really doesn't fit with that build at all. Not sure what he was doing there.[/quote]