I’m pretty sure riot really really wants to expand past league of legends and there trying to do it not by bit. As more and more IPs come out from riot there hopping something huge grabs on so they can switch the cash cow
The new WW's sound design is phenomenal too. There's something about the way the normal bgm gets drowned out by low rumbling horns and distant howls that puts you in WW's headspace. The musical cues trigger a primal reaction in the player, not just WW himself. As soon as someone is below 50% you hear that "bwoooomm" and a switch flips, suddenly you're peering around the map to find out where you need to go, it's brilliant. Also not to mention that WW has a voiceline where he just says "meat" and it's probably the best line in the game.
THIS. Sound design team for him really went 100%, the mere sound of his footstep while chasing enemies down is so satisfying to hear coupled with his snarls
@@claudionosotti8812 yeah for real, honestly whenever I play him for a while and switch to another champion it just feels like something is missing. No other champion feels as visceral to play.
I 100% agree. When I started the game and I didn't really know much I was so terrified when I saw that mark above me, the trail and heard the music. I mean I'm still shitting my pants when I'm low and back under tower. I'm still always thinking "yep I'm gonna die" when he activates his w.
5:10 actually, there was a good reason to toggle the ability off. Since he didnt smell enemies globally back then but only within a certain radius around himself, and the enemy would be notified if you could smell them, youd turn it off if you wanted to ambush people.
Warwick is basically the pinnacle of what reworking a champ should be, they gave him skill expression, flexibility, power, and counterplay all in one while doubling down on his fantasy and keeping almost everything about him generally the same, a lot of the time you get people talking about how much they miss the old champ when they get reworked but there is almost literally nothing to complain about with this one aside from maybe the cosmetic differences
this rework was such a masterpiece on the "roleplay" side of his gameplay (making feel like an ACTUAL chemicaly augmented werewolf with insatiable hunger for blood) that it accidentaly created the classic warwick syndrome. basicaly, you feel SO MUCH like a werewolf hunting for blood when you play him that you might get caught up (just like in game warwick) and just chase the fuck out of whatever is bleeding. we all know those warwick players who are like this but tbh they have a good reason, playing this champ feels just right and hits that spot in your animal/primal part of your brain that you just get caught in the adrenaline rush of the hunt
THIS. It's always like this whenever I play him. Doesn't matter if the person who is below 50% hp is behind enemy lines, protected by all his teammates, or in the freaking fountain. I would chase the freak out of it out of bloodthirst. LMAO
LOL. Is this why the Warwicks on my team will often hard int by solo ulting into their team just because there's a low health target there? Cuz that's understandable
@@user-zb8tq5pr4xNo. You dont want a late healing Warwick. That would just be mundo in worse. He falls off late because he can hardly reach an enemy before dying. And a single instance of q doesnt heals him fast enough to counter damage. All of his pressure concentrates to his ult. If you up his heal, he becomes an unkillable Tank that can assasinate the backline
i only play warwick when i get autofilled top/jungle but whenever i play him i find myself saying insane things to my friends over comms like "I SMELL BLOOD IM ON MY WAY" i make plays on warwick i never would have made on any other champ just cuz i feel like a ravenous werewolf who wants their prey dead when i play him. love that champ so much
I loved playing the old Warwick, because it was so easy to pick up in the jungle (main supp). The new one just feels so satisfying to play though. The hunt and the leap just make you feel like a werewolf chasing down your prey. Very well done Riot!
Great hearing things about Warwick's rework. I may not play LoL anymore, but it's cool how much they've improve him from just a very basic champion to a better champion while keeping the core elements that makes him like a werewolf. Also, nice soundtrack choice, it shows that he's the Divine one.
The most important point is how they did not change or shred trhe former identity and style but ellaborated on it, taking it to higher highs, by giving player an even more immersive and also more skill expressive way to basically do the same
Warwick was one of the main Reasons why I came back to the Game. I have literally *never* felt as much Immersion into a Champ, than when I was following the Scent of two low HP Enemies cross Map, and jumped blindly into an enemy Turret to finish them off, knowing they had to be there!
You might want to toggle Warwick's old bloodhunt ability off, because it would alert people that you were close to them (and remind them they were low on health) basically revealing your location on the map, which can be kind of a big deal in the jungle.
This is my favorite rework. I staryed playing league because of Warwick, my first skin was a Warwick skin, my main is, to this date, Warwick so when I heard about the rework I was extremely happy, it is perfection. Hell, the rework landed on my birthday (January 25)
Ww has had lines showing that he's been tied to Vi and Jinx since the rework. Most notably "You were there" and "Who taught you how to punch!?". WW clearly announced he was their parent or at least teacher since his rework.
Can't wait to see your video on Aurelion Sol's rework. His new abilities are awesome and definitely fits his lore more as the literal creator of the cosmos.
@@randomcatname7792 Viktor and Syndra have the same concept of scaling. Syndra was a little overtuned on release of her rework but they tuned her numbers and Viktor is pretty balanced. Same will probably go for A. Sol, the only thing I'm worried about is his E execute since his ult stuns people. It should be no higher than 10% hp only.
@@jairartis I wouldnt compare it with Aatrox. A. Sol is a complete change from the old kit with little of the old kit being retained. Only ones really being the reworked flight. Aatrox still kept a lot of his old concept, just changed how theyre used. He still has knockups, a slow, his ult buffs him, etc. Its jist that they did a drastic change from an auto attack based bruiser to a melee skillshot based one. Also the removal of his free revive but that was broken even on old Aatrox.
The feeling of running down the rift with Predator boots, ghost, deadman's plate and the cloud Dragon buff while the Blood hunt is activated is so satisfying and immersive. Not to mention the bad-ass lunge to enemies holy moly. The best part is how it feels like we're actually hunting enemies and the enemies knows it too.
WW is my fav jung to play, he is always so fun, and the amount of braindead moment i have whenever i hear/see the bloodtrail appearing, its like I NEED to run towards it
Ww is a super fun champ and very aesthetically pleasing now; that said, when certain items are used in combination with his current kit, it does not feel particularly pleasant to fight him in a 1v1. Same with Trundle (pre-nerfs) and Mordekaiser, they become easily overwhelming by late game in 1v1s against melee champions that are often considered carries (often with minimal investment into the interaction). Solution being that you should not 1v1 them, but having to completely discard a possible strategy (that should be skill based) is not particulaly satisfying. WW passive + on-hit items like bork, morde passive + liandry's/demonic, and Trundle Q + Ult + hydra items are not fun to deal with late game.
Vars designing a video before patch 13.1 to release the day before the patch drops, using the new icon for Jax's e in the update: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you
Love this champion, he is absolutely the best rework. I would also like to add a side not that I think Vex is a very well designed champion also. Doesn't feel super overloaded unlike all the champions released around her.
As a jungle main my only issue with warwick is that he is a bit overtuned imo. He is a great champ overall and I have played him a few times and enjoyed it, however, his early game is a bit too strong for me. He can invade and bully like 90% of other junglers, before you get an anti heal item he can usually destroy you, hes extra movement speed on his w passive + ghost ive seen quite a few ww mains use + his e fear and q gap closer makes him early ganks super strong. I feel like either he should either get a bit less sustain early own so other junglers arent completely bullied by him early game, or get less movement speed so his cant just spam easy ganks. In exchange for this I think they could increase his power lategame, because this guys scales pretty awfully. So maybe remove some speed and healing early on, and add more on late game? I dont think he is broken, but he is a bit too opressive early game imo. If any warwick mains are here id appreciate their opinion because I could be biased since he isnt a main of mine.
(I am a WW otp) What is keeping the balance here is that as a Warwick you have to choose how much you'll invade and bully the enemy jungler because they will 100% be better at farming than you To keep a significant impact you need to build a lead early, that's why ww player invade and bully their counterpart, but if those coinflip plays miss : the Warwick will not be relevant. In fact, if there is no lead early, as a ww I'll just build full tank and try to lockdown one player on the enemy team because there is only so much I can do with my non-aoe kit The strength of Warwick early games rely on the skill of the Warwick, which make him fairly balanced, but it's just my opinion
@@stegolant3930 Thats a fair argumemt I guess. And I do believe inavades are harder to pull off in higher elos because players with weak early game junglers just start warding everything and asking for help from their team. It is still a bit annoying when I cant do shit for the first 10 minutes because war wick decided to live in my jungle xD
I think they said arcane was in the works ever since jinx's release, so all the warwick stuff and the cinematic and all that would of been planned far in advanced I'm sure
"created one of the most balanced champions in league of legends history" ah yes the 52% wr warwick top for 3 patches in a row with basically no counterplay in lane
His season 4 20% pick rate wasnt because feral flare was a good item on him. It was because of old old red smites interaction with his ult. Smite + R would do around 50-75% of the targets max health in magic and true damage at level 6.
I'm pretty sure the hints to Warwick's previous life were intentional since they started making arcane at least a year before warwick's rework came out
Only thing I dislike about WW is the attack speed boost being at certain thresholds instead of scaling linearly like Olaf's passive for instance. It feels clunky at times to me personally, the rest of his kit is well made and synergizes brilliantly.
What is the OST playing in the background? Would like to know To the topic, Warwick has always been one of my more fun champs. I love running across the map and getting gank after gank after gank while full clearing in mere moments - dueling the enemy jungler - and just over all staying everywhere and all over the place with not even a completed item. All because I am abusing early game power, where Warwick surprisingly has a strong standing in to set fear in and start snowballing lanes/ keeping control. It isn't easy and doesn't always work - but it is still a fun time to get a good game with Warwick.
I find it interesting that both of my mains (Warwick and Nunu) happened to be the recipients of extremely good reworks. I also like Fiddlesticks quite a bit too, another of Riot's best reworks. I wonder if that says something, be it about me or VGUs. I know it's not nostalgia, I never had any attachment to those three prior to their reworks. Well, in any case, reworks like these give me hope for all the champs out there that are currently suffering. There's always a chance they could be reworked into something great in the future.
If I remember correctly it was Nickyboy who talked about how Warwick when he chases you is on all fours but slows down to attack with his claws slowing him down adding even more detail
I like that if you miss his R now he goes a bit farther (without it counting towards the range), reflecting the momentum of the leap and the time required for him to adjust to the failed pounce.
Fiddle and Warwick have indeed the perfect execution for a character as a whole. When you play them you get exactly what to expect. And when you look at them you know exactly what they are. In my bias, I believe Fiddle was better, but Warwick is my nr 2. Evelyn is nr 3, mainly cuz she also represent herself as a demonic, maso thirst trap, right what she is, but her gameplay kinda lacks something, which, im not sure what
I feel like Riot is afraid whit the recent reworks to make big and unique changes and are more focused on maintaining the champions identity which is often times one dimensional and boring, yet they where able to keep Warwicks identity and make some big changes to his gameplay at the same time.
Okay I'm gonna be the guy to ask what the background music is, because I KNOW I've had heard it somewhere but can't place it >.< Is it from a JRPG? It's not NieR though it really sounds like it HELP THIS IS KILLING ME Edit: it just came to my mind, it's the theme of the fight against Zanza in Xenoblade Chronicles
My experience playing Jungle against Warwick a hundred times. "Oh look, it's Warwick, he's low on health! Let's kill him!" *Warwick jumps you, stuns you and now he's back to full health and you can't run away because he's ALWAYS faster* "Well, shit." "AHA!", you say. "I'm Kayn! I'll just use my E to escape through terrain!" Nice try, except he forces you out of it with his howl since Kayn's E is broken whenever an enemy so much as sneezes at him. My experience playing Warwick. "HURRHURR DOGGIE GO BRRRRRRRRRTTTTT!!!! I win".
10:05 its not 100% unstoppable for 90% of knockups its unstopppable most of stunes can not be removed with his Q supres cc can be removed with his Q and most of roots can be removed but its realy hard because you have a lost less time to block it its not even 0.3-0.5s like in knockup situation you have like 0.1 or maybe even less and most of the silence cc cant be removed but and cc that is hard to remove or most of the cant be removed you can most of the time get blocked like your dash will be tap even if you hold it
Kinda off topic, but I hope xin zhao gets another look at sometime again. His last proto-midscope made him a lot smoother, but between proplay nerfs and a ult that is either broken or mediocre, his pickrate and winrate haven't ended up much better pff than before his midscope.
So for the arcane forward planning: Riot had a Tweet, now deleted, that said Arcane influenced Warwick's Rework, and Arcane was in production for like 6 years before release, so yeah
As a Warwick main, the only complaint I have to his kit is his ult becomes hard to predict where and when will it land due to his movement speed. Depending on how fast he goes the faster his ult travels which often breaks my brain.
Depends on who you're playing. Jax and Olaf are both pretty good at dueling him pre-6 due to how their kits work. Olaf absolutely demolishes Warwick post-6 because his ult directly counters Warwick's E and R. Other counters to him in top lane are your usual ranged bullies like Teemo, Vayne, Lucian, Quinn, etc.
I love listening to your opinions and speculations on things. Would you ever do a Brand review? His kit is so much fun to play, and I like the ability to intertwine his kit. I like that his q has a higher range than his E, meaning sometimes, you'll want to QEWR instead of the high risk EQWR,
"Warwick Rework: A Perfect Masterpiece" ah yes, Warwick being able to do soo much damage while being mostly a "healing" champ is prefectly healthy for the game, Thank you riot.
no offense, but if you're easily losing to Barrier Warwick Top, you are either one of these things: 1. Don't know the matchup, which would be your fault since the rework came out ages ago. 2. Didn't adapt to his gameplay and played the lane the same way you would play it if you were up against any other standard toplaner, which is again, your fault. 3. Did not consider building any anti-heal which locks Warwick out of a big chunk of his outplay mechanics, which is again, your fault. 4. Bought Armor instead of MR because you didn't know that Warwick played similar to Ornn in that he builds AD items but always ends up doing more magic damage to champions, which unlike the first three reasons, is not necessarily your fault, but still kind of is since you never considered looking into proper itemizations against him and you would know this if you went and checked the damage graphs post-game. or possibly a combination of any of these reasons. Either way, people who lose to Warwick top lost because they never adapted or considered to adapt based on his playstyle and just ran with whatever gameplan they use on every other toplaner. If you want the braindead counter to warwick top, just pick Jax or Olaf top. They Hard-counter him over there.
he is an amazing champ. plaied him only after the rework but everything in his kit just works and definatly had dominated with his presance and still able to give utility when i was stomped on. not to forget how much of a thrill leaving a fight with more hp then how it started
Only if he procs it early on you. If you drop below the threshold then you will always see a blood trail on you regardless of if he is after you or not. All you know is the vague direction he is at and that he KNOWS you are vulnerable
Let's also keep in mind that this was a CertainlyT champion. We may love to hate on the guy who gave us Akali and a number of other absolute balance nightmares of champions, but even a broken clock is right twice a day, y'know?
WW rework is very good, but also has some big problems, like the W being super bugged, the bonus AS when switchin tagets not working and being basically bounded to tiamat (this season is a bit better) Honestly, feel that fiddle is better rework
I really miss the old warwick tbh, old ww with a full on-hit build was easily one of the most degenerate things to play in the game and I absolutely loved it.
Warwick had a more realistic and engaging cinematic 4 years ago than the season 2023 cinematic
Current cinematic feels like an intro to a youtubers vlog minus the narration lol
WW VGU and cinematic released in 2016. 6 years ago not 4. If you count 2023 7 years.
I’m pretty sure riot really really wants to expand past league of legends and there trying to do it not by bit. As more and more IPs come out from riot there hopping something huge grabs on so they can switch the cash cow
haha yeah but the 2023 was better than the 2024
The new WW's sound design is phenomenal too. There's something about the way the normal bgm gets drowned out by low rumbling horns and distant howls that puts you in WW's headspace. The musical cues trigger a primal reaction in the player, not just WW himself. As soon as someone is below 50% you hear that "bwoooomm" and a switch flips, suddenly you're peering around the map to find out where you need to go, it's brilliant. Also not to mention that WW has a voiceline where he just says "meat" and it's probably the best line in the game.
this
THIS. Sound design team for him really went 100%, the mere sound of his footstep while chasing enemies down is so satisfying to hear coupled with his snarls
@@claudionosotti8812 yeah for real, honestly whenever I play him for a while and switch to another champion it just feels like something is missing. No other champion feels as visceral to play.
Meat
I 100% agree. When I started the game and I didn't really know much I was so terrified when I saw that mark above me, the trail and heard the music. I mean I'm still shitting my pants when I'm low and back under tower. I'm still always thinking "yep I'm gonna die" when he activates his w.
5:10 actually, there was a good reason to toggle the ability off. Since he didnt smell enemies globally back then but only within a certain radius around himself, and the enemy would be notified if you could smell them, youd turn it off if you wanted to ambush people.
Warwick is basically the pinnacle of what reworking a champ should be, they gave him skill expression, flexibility, power, and counterplay all in one while doubling down on his fantasy and keeping almost everything about him generally the same, a lot of the time you get people talking about how much they miss the old champ when they get reworked but there is almost literally nothing to complain about with this one aside from maybe the cosmetic differences
"Counterplay"
Ranged top laners vs warwick:
@@nubidubi23 "counterplay"
Toplaner against warwick
Skill expression😂
@@nubidubi23 you can counter him by just having a two digit iq and not engaging on him while he is half hp or less.I know its crazy right?
@@stecherul8214 then how do you kill him if you are meant to avoid him if he is below 50%
this rework was such a masterpiece on the "roleplay" side of his gameplay (making feel like an ACTUAL chemicaly augmented werewolf with insatiable hunger for blood) that it accidentaly created the classic warwick syndrome. basicaly, you feel SO MUCH like a werewolf hunting for blood when you play him that you might get caught up (just like in game warwick) and just chase the fuck out of whatever is bleeding.
we all know those warwick players who are like this but tbh they have a good reason, playing this champ feels just right and hits that spot in your animal/primal part of your brain that you just get caught in the adrenaline rush of the hunt
THIS. It's always like this whenever I play him. Doesn't matter if the person who is below 50% hp is behind enemy lines, protected by all his teammates, or in the freaking fountain. I would chase the freak out of it out of bloodthirst. LMAO
the adrenaline injection i got from my first blood hunt was incredible, i think only first time ultrakill compared
I keep inting on warwick because of this lmfao
I am a simple man I see a red line pointing at an enemy and I follow it
LOL. Is this why the Warwicks on my team will often hard int by solo ulting into their team just because there's a low health target there? Cuz that's understandable
As a Warwick main - I still believe this is the best rework ever made, his W is just perfect
I am WW main and same. I played pre and post rework and completly agree, the compleat design is simple yet complex and full of character.
He's broken. His healing numbers should get lowered or at least made to scale more towards late game and less early
@@user-zb8tq5pr4xNo. You dont want a late healing Warwick. That would just be mundo in worse. He falls off late because he can hardly reach an enemy before dying. And a single instance of q doesnt heals him fast enough to counter damage. All of his pressure concentrates to his ult. If you up his heal, he becomes an unkillable Tank that can assasinate the backline
i only play warwick when i get autofilled top/jungle but whenever i play him i find myself saying insane things to my friends over comms like "I SMELL BLOOD IM ON MY WAY"
i make plays on warwick i never would have made on any other champ just cuz i feel like a ravenous werewolf who wants their prey dead when i play him. love that champ so much
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I loved playing the old Warwick, because it was so easy to pick up in the jungle (main supp). The new one just feels so satisfying to play though. The hunt and the leap just make you feel like a werewolf chasing down your prey. Very well done Riot!
Great hearing things about Warwick's rework. I may not play LoL anymore, but it's cool how much they've improve him from just a very basic champion to a better champion while keeping the core elements that makes him like a werewolf.
Also, nice soundtrack choice, it shows that he's the Divine one.
The most important point is how they did not change or shred trhe former identity and style but ellaborated on it, taking it to higher highs, by giving player an even more immersive and also more skill expressive way to basically do the same
Warwick was one of the main Reasons why I came back to the Game. I have literally *never* felt as much Immersion into a Champ, than when I was following the Scent of two low HP Enemies cross Map, and jumped blindly into an enemy Turret to finish them off, knowing they had to be there!
Maybe the best rework they have ever done.
I'd say this, Evelynn and Fiddlesticks are their best works
I love using Q on morde as he ults you and then listening to him as he asks me why his ult didnt go off
WW and ornn cancelling out his ult with a basic ability will always be great to me.
You might want to toggle Warwick's old bloodhunt ability off, because it would alert people that you were close to them (and remind them they were low on health) basically revealing your location on the map, which can be kind of a big deal in the jungle.
This is my favorite rework. I staryed playing league because of Warwick, my first skin was a Warwick skin, my main is, to this date, Warwick so when I heard about the rework I was extremely happy, it is perfection. Hell, the rework landed on my birthday (January 25)
you arent just a ww main anymore, youre THE ww main
I got LoL on in 2018 or 2019, and WW was also my first champ, I loved feeling like a hunter whenever someone had low life
Ww has had lines showing that he's been tied to Vi and Jinx since the rework. Most notably "You were there" and "Who taught you how to punch!?". WW clearly announced he was their parent or at least teacher since his rework.
Can't wait to see your video on Aurelion Sol's rework. His new abilities are awesome and definitely fits his lore more as the literal creator of the cosmos.
Also makes him massively op mid to late so idk how good of a rework it would be considered
Buuuut they also Aatrox’ed him. Though in his case he was problematic despite riot’s balancing, not due to a lack of it like Aatrox
@@jairartistbf, they said they were going to. The main problem with Aatrox rework was that we didn’t know they were scrapping the whole champ.
@@randomcatname7792 Viktor and Syndra have the same concept of scaling. Syndra was a little overtuned on release of her rework but they tuned her numbers and Viktor is pretty balanced. Same will probably go for A. Sol, the only thing I'm worried about is his E execute since his ult stuns people. It should be no higher than 10% hp only.
@@jairartis I wouldnt compare it with Aatrox. A. Sol is a complete change from the old kit with little of the old kit being retained. Only ones really being the reworked flight.
Aatrox still kept a lot of his old concept, just changed how theyre used. He still has knockups, a slow, his ult buffs him, etc. Its jist that they did a drastic change from an auto attack based bruiser to a melee skillshot based one. Also the removal of his free revive but that was broken even on old Aatrox.
The feeling of running down the rift with Predator boots, ghost, deadman's plate and the cloud Dragon buff while the Blood hunt is activated is so satisfying and immersive. Not to mention the bad-ass lunge to enemies holy moly. The best part is how it feels like we're actually hunting enemies and the enemies knows it too.
add yumi and then use ult
WW is my fav jung to play, he is always so fun, and the amount of braindead moment i have whenever i hear/see the bloodtrail appearing, its like I NEED to run towards it
Lets all be honest.Everyone who has ever ppayed warwick for a reasonable time has growled at least once while chasing down an enemy.
As a lover of both '09wick and current Warwick, he was good before the rework, but he's even better now! And i love him so so so much.
Ww is a super fun champ and very aesthetically pleasing now; that said, when certain items are used in combination with his current kit, it does not feel particularly pleasant to fight him in a 1v1. Same with Trundle (pre-nerfs) and Mordekaiser, they become easily overwhelming by late game in 1v1s against melee champions that are often considered carries (often with minimal investment into the interaction). Solution being that you should not 1v1 them, but having to completely discard a possible strategy (that should be skill based) is not particulaly satisfying. WW passive + on-hit items like bork, morde passive + liandry's/demonic, and Trundle Q + Ult + hydra items are not fun to deal with late game.
been onetricking the champ since his rework in 2017, no regrets here.
Vars designing a video before patch 13.1 to release the day before the patch drops, using the new icon for Jax's e in the update:
I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you
Love this champion, he is absolutely the best rework. I would also like to add a side not that I think Vex is a very well designed champion also. Doesn't feel super overloaded unlike all the champions released around her.
As a jungle main my only issue with warwick is that he is a bit overtuned imo.
He is a great champ overall and I have played him a few times and enjoyed it, however, his early game is a bit too strong for me. He can invade and bully like 90% of other junglers, before you get an anti heal item he can usually destroy you, hes extra movement speed on his w passive + ghost ive seen quite a few ww mains use + his e fear and q gap closer makes him early ganks super strong.
I feel like either he should either get a bit less sustain early own so other junglers arent completely bullied by him early game, or get less movement speed so his cant just spam easy ganks. In exchange for this I think they could increase his power lategame, because this guys scales pretty awfully. So maybe remove some speed and healing early on, and add more on late game?
I dont think he is broken, but he is a bit too opressive early game imo.
If any warwick mains are here id appreciate their opinion because I could be biased since he isnt a main of mine.
(I am a WW otp)
What is keeping the balance here is that as a Warwick you have to choose how much you'll invade and bully the enemy jungler because they will 100% be better at farming than you
To keep a significant impact you need to build a lead early, that's why ww player invade and bully their counterpart, but if those coinflip plays miss : the Warwick will not be relevant.
In fact, if there is no lead early, as a ww I'll just build full tank and try to lockdown one player on the enemy team because there is only so much I can do with my non-aoe kit
The strength of Warwick early games rely on the skill of the Warwick, which make him fairly balanced, but it's just my opinion
@@stegolant3930 Thats a fair argumemt I guess. And I do believe inavades are harder to pull off in higher elos because players with weak early game junglers just start warding everything and asking for help from their team.
It is still a bit annoying when I cant do shit for the first 10 minutes because war wick decided to live in my jungle xD
Before the rework: Awooo! Woof, Woof!
After the rework: The chains are broken... The beast is free.
I think they said arcane was in the works ever since jinx's release, so all the warwick stuff and the cinematic and all that would of been planned far in advanced I'm sure
"created one of the most balanced champions in league of legends history" ah yes the 52% wr warwick top for 3 patches in a row with basically no counterplay in lane
please don't come after me warwick mains, I am one of you
"to create a distinct playstyle for every champion. one whos experience was unique only to them"
*-WATER SAMIRA HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*
We just won a 4v5 at Barron with an open nexus and victory was in our grasp
Until the enemy Warwick bought only movement Speed and ulted to our nexus
His season 4 20% pick rate wasnt because feral flare was a good item on him. It was because of old old red smites interaction with his ult. Smite + R would do around 50-75% of the targets max health in magic and true damage at level 6.
I'm pretty sure the hints to Warwick's previous life were intentional since they started making arcane at least a year before warwick's rework came out
Only thing I dislike about WW is the attack speed boost being at certain thresholds instead of scaling linearly like Olaf's passive for instance. It feels clunky at times to me personally, the rest of his kit is well made and synergizes brilliantly.
Warwick and Fiddlesticks are the perfect example of a rework
What is the OST playing in the background? Would like to know
To the topic, Warwick has always been one of my more fun champs. I love running across the map and getting gank after gank after gank while full clearing in mere moments - dueling the enemy jungler - and just over all staying everywhere and all over the place with not even a completed item. All because I am abusing early game power, where Warwick surprisingly has a strong standing in to set fear in and start snowballing lanes/ keeping control. It isn't easy and doesn't always work - but it is still a fun time to get a good game with Warwick.
Every day before I go to bed, I light a candle and shed a tear for old irelia
SIF!!! sniff sniff, would have not expected that here
Vars you CAN'T just play Zanza the Divine like that in the background if you want me to pay attention to the topic lmao
I find it interesting that both of my mains (Warwick and Nunu) happened to be the recipients of extremely good reworks. I also like Fiddlesticks quite a bit too, another of Riot's best reworks. I wonder if that says something, be it about me or VGUs. I know it's not nostalgia, I never had any attachment to those three prior to their reworks. Well, in any case, reworks like these give me hope for all the champs out there that are currently suffering. There's always a chance they could be reworked into something great in the future.
Late to the party but these are my mains too..(including fiddle). Respecting your tastes, obviously.
00:35 production on season 1 took 6 years, so that would have started in 2016, ww vgu released 2017, so could be that this was planned ?
wait that's so fucking funny, i thought you had already made this video so i looked it up and i guess im psychic because it came out 2 hours ago!
his old anti carry nature was kind of like malzahar today maybe they should rework malzahar too
wonder how much of this type of overhaul we can expect with the advent of mid-scope updates
his W awakens primal instincts in me
i cant belive how many times i have chased low hp target through death
Yasss i have been waiting so long for this
If I remember correctly it was Nickyboy who talked about how Warwick when he chases you is on all fours but slows down to attack with his claws slowing him down adding even more detail
Best thing about Warwick is they still managed to keep him as the “Intro Jungler” in terms of forgiveness in his kit
I've never gotten the hang of Warwick's Q, mainly because for whatever reason it doesn't tell you the range
I like that if you miss his R now he goes a bit farther (without it counting towards the range), reflecting the momentum of the leap and the time required for him to adjust to the failed pounce.
The only skill on old warwick was turning off W when you knew where they were so you didn't warn them. I still miss it sometimes :(
Fiddle and Warwick have indeed the perfect execution for a character as a whole. When you play them you get exactly what to expect. And when you look at them you know exactly what they are. In my bias, I believe Fiddle was better, but Warwick is my nr 2. Evelyn is nr 3, mainly cuz she also represent herself as a demonic, maso thirst trap, right what she is, but her gameplay kinda lacks something, which, im not sure what
Atk speed, movement speed, and a strike all in one ability.......Sett Q has entered the chat XD
"Miss Fortune has her massive t.... eam fight ultimate..."
Eyyy, yo. Anyone know what the song used in this video is called?
I feel like Riot is afraid whit the recent reworks to make big and unique changes and are more focused on maintaining the champions identity which is often times one dimensional and boring, yet they where able to keep Warwicks identity and make some big changes to his gameplay at the same time.
Deisgn wise, warwic is what jhin stans think jhin is. Design done near perfectly.
Warwick, Swain, Volibear, Poppy and Evelynn are, for me, the best reworks that Riot ever made
Anyone knows the bgm in this one?
Okay I'm gonna be the guy to ask what the background music is, because I KNOW I've had heard it somewhere but can't place it >.< Is it from a JRPG? It's not NieR though it really sounds like it HELP THIS IS KILLING ME
Edit: it just came to my mind, it's the theme of the fight against Zanza in Xenoblade Chronicles
My experience playing Jungle against Warwick a hundred times.
"Oh look, it's Warwick, he's low on health! Let's kill him!"
*Warwick jumps you, stuns you and now he's back to full health and you can't run away because he's ALWAYS faster*
"Well, shit."
"AHA!", you say. "I'm Kayn! I'll just use my E to escape through terrain!"
Nice try, except he forces you out of it with his howl since Kayn's E is broken whenever an enemy so much as sneezes at him.
My experience playing Warwick.
"HURRHURR DOGGIE GO BRRRRRRRRRTTTTT!!!!
I win".
Can someone give me the Name of the Ost in the background that starts at minute 2. Would pretty nice pls help me some one
I'm digging through the comments trying to figure it out too LOL. TURNS OUT IT WAS LIKE TWO COMMENTS DOWN 😭
Zanza the Divine
10:05 its not 100% unstoppable
for 90% of knockups its unstopppable
most of stunes can not be removed with his Q
supres cc can be removed with his Q
and most of roots can be removed but its realy hard because you have a lost less time to block it its not even 0.3-0.5s like in knockup situation
you have like 0.1 or maybe even less
and most of the silence cc cant be removed but
and cc that is hard to remove or most of the cant be removed you can most of the time get blocked like your dash will be tap even if you hold it
vars should really design his own champion concepts. it would be really cool to say what he comes up with and how well designed they could be :)
there's probably a hundred comments on this, but i have Q latched people into the enemy fountain before. Even got a kill with it once. Was very funny.
As a Warwick main i feel victory
his initials are w w after all
Absolutely. They have so many great reworks and Warwick really demonstrates how to do it. Let’s hope they keep it up.
Yeah, Warwick is definitely the best rework. And also, basically a perfect champion now
Pantheon's rework would be here If they hadn't given him random invulnerability to tower shots on e upon release 💀
7:40 for shyvana, the community kind of reworked her into a ap bruiser or burst mage xD
She still looks like plastic doll and her dragon form is laughable at best
One of the best reworks hands down
I was torn between Warwick and fiddlestick on which is the perfect rework because I main both.
what is the name of that absolute banger is that going on the back at 09:50?
Warwick is Simple but a very effective jungler. That's i like playing ww jg
Kinda off topic, but I hope xin zhao gets another look at sometime again. His last proto-midscope made him a lot smoother, but between proplay nerfs and a ult that is either broken or mediocre, his pickrate and winrate haven't ended up much better pff than before his midscope.
3:05 it returned they added briar
So for the arcane forward planning: Riot had a Tweet, now deleted, that said Arcane influenced Warwick's Rework, and Arcane was in production for like 6 years before release, so yeah
As a Warwick main, the only complaint I have to his kit is his ult becomes hard to predict where and when will it land due to his movement speed. Depending on how fast he goes the faster his ult travels which often breaks my brain.
The worst thing about him is that literally you can't trade against him till lvl 6 because if you do then you lose the game
Depends on who you're playing. Jax and Olaf are both pretty good at dueling him pre-6 due to how their kits work. Olaf absolutely demolishes Warwick post-6 because his ult directly counters Warwick's E and R.
Other counters to him in top lane are your usual ranged bullies like Teemo, Vayne, Lucian, Quinn, etc.
did you just reference Sif as a "werewolf type character"?.....
Anyone knows the name of the song at the end? Man, its so good
playing what you claim to be the funniest warwick clip and you don't play dunkey's lagswitch clip
I love listening to your opinions and speculations on things. Would you ever do a Brand review? His kit is so much fun to play, and I like the ability to intertwine his kit. I like that his q has a higher range than his E, meaning sometimes, you'll want to QEWR instead of the high risk EQWR,
RISK ON BRAND AHAHAHAHAHA PRESS R+E+ZHONYA AND YOU WIN ANY TEAMFIGHT FUCK OFF
If only WW can jungle really well like the old vers (he still can jungle, just not great), that will be truly perfect
Vars I beseech thee to cover the forgotten rework of Xerath
Attempt 2
Can someone tell me tha name of the song? I really like it
"Warwick Rework: A Perfect Masterpiece" ah yes, Warwick being able to do soo much damage while being mostly a "healing" champ is prefectly healthy for the game, Thank you riot.
"One of the most balanced champions in league of legends history"
WW Barrier top: let me introduce myself...
no offense, but if you're easily losing to Barrier Warwick Top, you are either one of these things:
1. Don't know the matchup, which would be your fault since the rework came out ages ago.
2. Didn't adapt to his gameplay and played the lane the same way you would play it if you were up against any other standard toplaner, which is again, your fault.
3. Did not consider building any anti-heal which locks Warwick out of a big chunk of his outplay mechanics, which is again, your fault.
4. Bought Armor instead of MR because you didn't know that Warwick played similar to Ornn in that he builds AD items but always ends up doing more magic damage to champions, which unlike the first three reasons, is not necessarily your fault, but still kind of is since you never considered looking into proper itemizations against him and you would know this if you went and checked the damage graphs post-game.
or possibly a combination of any of these reasons. Either way, people who lose to Warwick top lost because they never adapted or considered to adapt based on his playstyle and just ran with whatever gameplan they use on every other toplaner.
If you want the braindead counter to warwick top, just pick Jax or Olaf top. They Hard-counter him over there.
he is an amazing champ. plaied him only after the rework but everything in his kit just works and definatly had dominated with his presance and still able to give utility when i was stomped on. not to forget how much of a thrill leaving a fight with more hp then how it started
Warwick was my furst main and how I learned jungle. He’s awesome.
You forgot to mention that if Warwick follows his w's passive enemy will be alert.
Only if he procs it early on you. If you drop below the threshold then you will always see a blood trail on you regardless of if he is after you or not. All you know is the vague direction he is at and that he KNOWS you are vulnerable
I Warwick R my girlfriend
Bro ☠️
Let's also keep in mind that this was a CertainlyT champion. We may love to hate on the guy who gave us Akali and a number of other absolute balance nightmares of champions, but even a broken clock is right twice a day, y'know?
CT was kept on a leash for this VGU, pun intended. So he couldnt put any crazy BS in it. Wished they kept the same philosophy for akali.
@@espio329 invisibility under turret be like.
@@skeley6776 pls, no i don't want to remember those days.
@@espio329non targeted ult
WW rework is very good, but also has some big problems, like the W being super bugged, the bonus AS when switchin tagets not working and being basically bounded to tiamat (this season is a bit better)
Honestly, feel that fiddle is better rework
WHATS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC??
Warwick is great and all until you face him top and he gains 200 movespeed because someone somewhere in Twisted Treeline probably scrached his knee
Does this mean imperfect masterpieces exist?
I really miss the old warwick tbh, old ww with a full on-hit build was easily one of the most degenerate things to play in the game and I absolutely loved it.
WHAT IS THIS OST! IT SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR BUT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE IT'S FROM!
Warwick is a really good rework. He simply needs a healing nerf.