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[Patch 10.10] | In-Depth Warwick Jungle Guide

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Runes: PTA/Sorcery

1 2 3

Precision

Press the Attack

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Last Stand

Sorcery

Celerity

Waterwalking

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

Flash + Smite

Flash

Smite

Items

Starting Items

First Back

First Back (low gold)

Jungle Upgrade

Skirmisher's Sabre

Enchantments

Cinderhulk

Warrior

Offensive Options

Armor Options

Magic Resist Options

Situational Items

Example Full Builds

Snowballing Bruiser

Full Tank

Tanky Bruiser

Ability Order W max

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Warwick Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

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Synergies

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Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Kindred

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Ranged champions are your biggest weakness. Avoid fighting her unless you can land a fear or you have blue smite available.

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Passive: Eternal Hunger

's basic attacks deal 10 − 44 (based on level) bonus magic damage on-hit. While below 50% maximum health he is also healed by the amount of post-mitigation damage deals. This healing is increased by 150% while below 25% maximum health.

This is what makes a good champion for beginners to the jungle. It ensures that you have a decent clear speed and that you're always health while clearing camps.

In combat, the healing portion of the passive makes one of the best early duelers in the game, able to 1v1 anyone save a few exceptions. Use this to your advantage by invading weak junglers early on to set them behind.

Combined with the damage reduction from , the passive healing makes deceptively tanky early on in the game. Use it to your advantage by baiting the enemies into fighting you when you're low on health. Beware of as it severely reduces the healing you get from your passive.

*Note: While the passive's damage scales with level, the healing is based on the post-mitigation damage dealt by the passive. This means magic resist indirectly reduces your healing so keep that in mind when you're trying to duel a target with high magic resist.

Q: Jaws of the Beast|COST: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 MANA|COOLDOWN: 6

dashes unstoppably to the target enemy and bites them, dealing 120% AD + 100% AP + 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10% of target's maximum health magic damage , applying on-hit effects and healing himself for 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90% of the damage dealt.If is held, will lock his teeth into his target and use them to swing himself around to their far side. is unable to act while swinging around his target, and will move wherever they move until he jumps off. cannot be displaced while attached to an enemy.

is an extremely versatile ability. It can be used to stick onto targets, follow blinks (including ), dashes and teleports or to sustain yourself during a duel. also functions as an auto-attack animation cancel, so make sure to use that mechanic when playing him.

During ganks, use position yourself to fear the enemy champions into your allies.

In duels, tapping instead of holding it may be more favourable to maximize dps.

*Note: During the channel duration of , you're immune to displacement abilities, which include all forms of airborne, AOE teleports ('s and 's ), and stasis effects ('s ). However, you are still vunerable to conventional CC such as stuns and roots.

W: Blood Hunt|COST: 70 MANA|COOLDOWN: 120 / 105 / 90 / 75 / 60

PASSIVE: senses all enemy champions below 50% of their maximum health, marking them as Blood Hunted as well as highlighting their position to his team. Warwick additionally sees a "blood trail" highlighting the shortest path to the Blood Hunted target, and gains 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% bonus movement speed while following it. Warwick also gains 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110% bonus attack speed upon attacking a Blood Hunted target or an enemy unit below 50% of their maximum health. The bonus movement and attack speed is increased by 150% against enemies below 20% maximum health.

ACTIVE: Warwick briefly senses all enemies, and then Blood Hunts the nearest enemy champion within a large radius for 8 seconds, regardless of their current health.

has always been Warwick's most iconic ability to the point where there are entire builds dedicated to memeing the hell out of it.

The attack speed grants means has fairly decent clear speed in the jungle and a lot of dueling potential. It comes in clutch during those early skirmishes where both you and the enemy jungler duke it out in the river. This in combination with makes one of the strongest level 3 duelists.

The movement speed gained from allows to pick up kills relatively easily during the early parts of the game and gives him unparalled roaming potential. During the late game, the active can be used to single out and catch mispositioned enemies.

*Note: This is also one of 's buggiest abilities, with various things that can interfere with the blood trail. The full list can be viewed on the mains subreddit.

E: Primal Howl|COST: 40 MANA|COOLDOWN: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

FIRST CAST: Warwick reduces all incoming damage received by 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% for 2.5 seconds. After 1 second, Primal Howl can be re-activated, and automatically does so after 2.5 seconds.

SECOND CAST: Warwick unleashes a howl, ending the damage reduction in the process, and fearing all nearby enemies for 1 second.

is 's main ganking tool and the source of his perceived tankiness. The utility that come with this spell in tandem with allows to fulfill the role of a peeler and defend his carry. Conversely, it also allows him to fulfill the role of a diver, allowing him to soak more tower damage during his engages.

One of the key mechanics that separate experienced player from beginners is when to activate 's second cast. In this sense, it takes many games of experience to determine if the fear or the damage reduction is more valuable in any given situation. Some players tend to fear late to maximize the damage reduction but in most cases, it's better to reactivate it early as sometimes the damage reduction isn't enough and it's not worth taking that risk.

*Note: When landing while the first cast of is active, the second cast immediately activates while maintaining the full duration of the damage reduction of the first cast. This interaction can be used to make interesting dives and plays.

R: Infinite Duress|COST: 100 MANA|COOLDOWN: 110 / 90 / 70

Warwick leaps unstoppably in the target direction, suppressing the first champion he collides with for 1.5 seconds. Warwick channels while the target is suppressed, dealing 175 / 350 / 525 + 167% bonus AD magic damage by hitting the target up to 6 times while also applying on-hit effects up to 3 times. Infinite Duress heals Warwick for all the damage dealt.

During the cast time and while leaping, Warwick is unstoppable, but the moment he begins channeling the suppression, he is vulnerable to CC. Be aware of this when ulting champs who have CC abilities with cast times like 's or 's .

Unlike most dashes in the game, movement speed does not affect 's dash speed, instead it increases dash distance. This means will always take the same amount of time to reach the max distance of , regardless of its current range. Always consider this quirk when trying to land long distance 's.

can activate the second cast of while leaping in . This mechanic can be used to break spell shields and allow to land.

*Note: also has some interesting interactions with movement abilities with a cast time such as 's and 's where if you land during their cast times, they blink/dash away but your suppresion goes through, so its appears as if you're suppresing air while they're being suppresed further away.

Pros & Cons

Pros

+ excels at dueling
+ good early game
+ great objective control
+ very versatile and flexible
+ is a good boi

’s true strength lies in his versatility and flexibility, in both items and roles. can frontline as a full tank, peel his carries with and or disrupt the backline as a high threat diver.

can literally be anything his team needs him to be. Combined with easy snowball potential, reliable CC in ganks, and one of the best dueling kits in the game, is truly an early game monster.

Cons

- weak to kiting
- very immobile
- falls of late-game
- lacks aoe damage for teamfights (can be remedied by and )

- countered by grievous wounds

’s weakness lies in his immobility in combat. has one of the lowest base movement speeds in the game. Coupled with a complete lack of gap-closing abilities (aside from , has no way to defend against kiting other than landing or purchasing for .

Buying a grievous wound inflicting item severely reduces ’s healing which plays a large part in his kit. Items like , , and almost guarantee that you will never see the full potential of ’s sustain.

Runes

Primary Runes

PRECISION

is currently the most viable rune on . is easily procced given ’s on-hit nature and provides a lot of upfront damage during ganks. The rune scales decently during the mid to late game as well.

is also viable as a dueling-intensive rune and works even better than in situations where the enemy jungler has a good dueling kit. The healing you get can make you deceptively tanky and the adaptive damage ensures you rarely lose an even 1v1.

However, takes longer to stack and brings no utility to your team. It also requires a build incorporating attack speed and/or cdr to take full advantage of the rune's potential.

is superior to every other option in this slot. mana refund is unnecessary as has no mana problems in the jungle.

In the case of , while may have in-built sustain, it is extremely rare for your healing to go beyond your health bar and since you don’t build much AD on , it scales poorly.

is the best of this slot as it synergizes with the fact that is a predominantly on-hit champion.

can be picked instead against high CC comps and is suboptimal as doesn’t build much AD, to begin with.

synergizes well with ’s sustain at low health and gives him some unprecedented survivability in fights.

can be used as well but it's not often that has the luxury to pick low health targets. is pointless since, in almost every style of , you’ll be building some health.

For offensive shards, run attack speed and adaptive force. For defensive shards, run armor.

Some may argue that scaling health is better, but in the jungle, monsters do primarily physical damage so it reduces the damage you take from monsters, plus during the early game, mages tend to auto a lot so the armor shard doesn’t lose its use against mages.

Secondary Runes

Secondary runes don’t affect much. Most people pick them to complement their playstyle or itemization so it’s a matter of preference. Hence, the secondary runes I recommend are entirely based on my opinions and experience. It’s better to find your own playstyle and experiment with secondary runes in your own time.

SORCERY




water walking

water walking

always has been the most reliable choice for since it provides constant bonuses and works with whatever playstyle of .

and are the most reliable choices in the tree. helps cover ’s innate low base movement speed and synergizes well with his . has extremely good synergy with smite upgrades and can make for easier ganking. It is worth mentioning that ’s bonus ms applies to too.

is unnecessary as jungle items cover ’s high mana cost and is only useful if the enemy team has a high magic damage composition.

The choice between and is entirely based on preference. If you're willing to forego reliable movement speed for CDR, go for . hardly has any CDR in the item he builds, and 40% CDR feels amazing regardless of the scenario, so my personal preference is .

helps you clear camps at an insane speed, but its use in fights is limited due to its restriction of having to be above 70% of your HP which is unlikely when you’re a frontliner/bruiser.

’s damage is lackluster compared to other runes and is more suited to laning than jungling. is a rune meant for champions who come online late into the game, which is bad on since your goal is to end the game before you fall off.

RESOLVE

is a situational tree, more suited to a build high in resistances and sustain.

increases your resistances by a base amount and by a percentage, giving more value to ’s innate sustain. plays a similar role by increasing ’s sustain, especially when he’s low.

and are runes more suited to laning than jungling since you’ll rarely ever get the chance to use them well. is useless since has no innate shields and is more support oriented, not ideal for ’s bruiser playstyle.

requires heavy farming and is suited more to junglers who farm a lot like but is a champion who’s not farm reliant. It’s much better to spend your time mixing ganking and farming rather than just power farming. is similar to in the sense that it can be picked when you’re against high CC comps.

DOMINATION

is a niche tree in the sense that it requires you to snowball or at least actively participate in a lot of fights to come online. 2 of the 3 slots in utilize a stacking mechanic based on kill participation, so the tree is suited for more experienced players who know how to snowball and abuse early mistakes.

is the most reliable of the triplet because it procs on your and you benefit greatly from hybrid penetration. is a great alternative because you proc it on both your and . It’s especially good if your team has a lot of hard CC. doesn’t do well since doesn’t build much AD.

For the second slot, all 3 runes are viable. Both and are oriented around vision control, where emphasizes vision denial and encourages deep warding. rewards you for active kill participation and ganking. is more suited to low elos where vision doesn’t matter as much where and are better in higher elos where vision matters greatly.

For hunter runes, and are the best. gives you more roaming ability and map dominance. allows you to use more generously. doesn’t contribute much since the only active item you’ll ever build is . doesn't suit since most of his damage comes from basic attacks and he hardly builds AD which makes the healing weak.

Summoner Spells

FLASH: is an extremely important and useful spell. It can be used for engages, escapes, securing kills and even stealing neutral objectives. This spell is irreplaceable on .

SMITE: Similar to , is an irreplaceable spell on junglers. If you don’t take when playing the jungle role you’re not really taking the game seriously, so not much can be done there.

Items

Core Items

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Skirmisher’s Sabre - Cinderhulk > Scaling Health
The tank option. The scaling health synergizes well with ’s on-hit passive and makes you very hard to kill in the late game when you’ve bought a lot of health items. I recommend going this enchantment if you have little experience on or when your team doesn’t have a frontline/engage.

Skirmisher’s Sabre - Warrior > Damage/CDR
The damage option. ’s has high AD ratios and does well with CDR. This make Warrior a good snowball enchantment and can help you carry the game if you know what you’re doing. I recommend this if you have a hundred or so games on and a thorough understanding of his limits and potential.

Skirmisher’s Sabre - Bloodrazor > Anti-Tank/On-Hit
The niche on-hit option. ’s low movement speed means he’s not very good at orbwalking, so attacks speed items synergize well with him in theory, but in practice you won’t be able to keep up with your enemies enough to continuously auto-attack them. However, it is still good under certain circumstances. It’s incredibly effective against teams with 3 or more tanks and it allows you to shred objectives as fast as an ADC. Its couples well with ’s and ’s on-hit.

Titanic Hydra
is one of the most built items on ’s in general. It’s the most viable path for , an item necessary on jungle, the on-hit passive synergizes well with ’s on-hit centered kit and he naturally builds HP, amping ’s damage. However, sometimes its better to delay the completion of the item in favor of more defensive items like or

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Ninja Tabi > Anti-Auto/Armor
Useful against comps which are mostly auto-attack reliant. The go-to boots upgrade since there will always be at least one auto attack reliant champion.

Mercury's Treads > Tenacity/Magic Resist
Useful against comps with high CC. Good in games where there’s a lot of hard CC champions like or .

Offensive Items

Trinity Force
is the most expensive item, making it very punishing to build and delaying you power spike. However, if you do complete the item, you’ll be rewarded with insanely high burst damage and DPS plus the rage passive help you deal with ranged champions who can kite you. I only recommend building this item if you’re ahead by approximately 1.5k-2k gold and have no need for defensive items due to its extremely high risk, high reward nature. If you do build this item, finish your build with defensive items since ’s damage is more than enough.

Sterak's Gage
scales well with bonus health, synergizing well with builds. Ever since the AD given by was changed from base to bonus, its been a lot better on since scales off bonus AD. Since the stats provides increases with level and items, it's better to build it as a 5th or 6th item to maximize gold efficiency. I’d recommend building this item when the enemy comp has a lot of burst damage and/or CC.

Blade of the Ruined King
has become extremely viable on ever since it’s buff, making it a superior alternative to . Its active helps combat kiting and its passive shreds tanks with ease, making it a good buy when you’re ahead.

Armor Items

Dead Man’s Plate
is considered the staple defensive armor option. If you feel like you’re fed but still kinda squishy and don’t need any defensive passives like or , is your go-to option. It gives you increased map dominance with its flat movement speed bonus and provides additional utility with the on-hit slow.

Thornmail
The damage reflection, high armor, grievous wounds application and the attack speed reduction makes an extremely effective counter to champions like or . This item is good when the enemy team has lot of auto reliant champion with healing capabilities.

Randuin’s Omen
The damage reduction from the passive and the high amount of armor the item provides can make it a pain to deal with for crit based champions. In tandem with , crit users will find you a nightmare to deal with. The active slow is unexpectedly strong and has a huge AOE, so utilize it to prevent ranged champions from kiting you. This item is good against crit based champions like and as well as marksmen who build crit like and .

Guardian Angel
The revive passive makes it less punishing to go for aggressive plays or dives and allows you to engage for your team without the risk of dying in the process. This item is useful when you’re already ahead and trying to carry or when you’re the only reliable engage on your team and there’s a high risking of dying during said engage. When building into the item, try to utilize the active whenever possible to ensure cost-efficiency.

Magic Resist Items

Spirit Visage
The primary magic resist option on . The passive synergizes well with ’s inbuilt healing and and makes you near unkillable if taken with . Always useful if there are mages or AP bruisers on the enemy team.

Wit's End
Ever since its rework, has been an amazing magic resist option on . It’s passive is basically an upgraded version of ’s and synergizes very well with ’s kit. The on-hit passive is applied by both your and , so it’s extremely efficient. The passive deals magic damage, so in tandem with your own passive, it’s very hard for enemies to itemize against you. I recommend this item as an offensive alternative to or an addition to it since they synergize well with each other.

Adaptive Helm
The damage reduction on the same consecutive spells casts allows you to negate some damage from spammy abilities like and . It’s a suitable addition if isn’t enough and they have DPS mages like or .

Situational Items

Frozen Heart
High armor and a lot of CDR. The attack speed debuff stack multiplicatively with cold steel passive and its upgrades, and for a total of 27.5 attack speed reduction. This item is useful in addition to the other upgrades if there are a lot of auto-reliant champions on the enemy team.

Righteous Glory
Sometimes ’s into a held and isn’t a strong enough engage and you need to save to peel for your carries. provides a strong movement speed bonus and an AOE slow, allowing you to save your other abilities for additional utility and relevance in teamfights. I suggest taking this item when you’re the only champion able to engage on your team or if you’re up against a ranged comp to help you deal with kiting.

Iceborn Gauntlet
High armor, a lot of CDR and most importantly, a spellblade passive. The AOE slow help deals with ranged champions who can kite you or champions which have movement speed steroids (eg. ). Since both your and proc and apply spellblade, you get full use of the passive. Build this item against heavy AD threats and ranged champions.

Gargoyle Stoneplate
A tank oriented late-game item. The stone skin passive alone makes the item extremely cost-efficient, especially during late game teamfights when you’ll be the focus of ADCs and DPS mages. The metallicize active, if timed correctly, can allow you to survive through the brunt of the enemy comp’s damage, forcing them to burn ultimates and ignites to kill you, allowing your team to clean them up. I recommend this as a 5th or 6th item when you are the primary frontline for your team and you need both resistances.

Abyssal Mask
The unique aura of makes it a good team-oriented item on . Although the stats aren’t as good as other magic resist items and the eternity passive is somewhat useless, the 15% damage increased damage to nearby enemy champion makes it well worthwhile. I recommend this when you have an AP heavy comp with a lot of AOE abilities like ’s and ’s .

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[Patch 10.10] | In-Depth Warwick Jungle Guide

Ability Rundown

Pros & Cons

Runes

Summoner Spells

Items

[Patch 10.10] | In-Depth Warwick Jungle Guide

[Patch 10.10] | In-Depth Warwick Jungle Guide

Recommended Items

Runes: PTA/Sorcery

Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Ability Order W max

Eternal Hunger (PASSIVE)

Jaws of the Beast (Q)

Blood Hunt (W)

Primal Howl (E)

Infinite Duress (R)

Eternal Hunger (PASSIVE)

Jaws of the Beast (Q)

Blood Hunt (W)

Primal Howl (E)

Infinite Duress (R)

Eternal Hunger (PASSIVE)

Jaws of the Beast (Q)

Blood Hunt (W)

Primal Howl (E)

Infinite Duress (R)

Threats & Synergies

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Master Yi

Kindred

Graves

Olaf

Ekko

Shaco

Nocturne

Elise

Amumu

Hecarim

Evelynn

Ivern

Jarvan IV

Kayn

Kha'Zix

Lee Sin

Nunu & Willump

Nidalee

Shyvana

Twitch

Trundle

Vi

Udyr

Zac

Xin Zhao

Champion Build Guide

[Patch 10.10] | In-Depth Warwick Jungle Guide

Passive: Eternal Hunger

Q: Jaws of the Beast|COST: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 MANA|COOLDOWN: 6

W: Blood Hunt|COST: 70 MANA|COOLDOWN: 120 / 105 / 90 / 75 / 60

E: Primal Howl|COST: 40 MANA|COOLDOWN: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11

R: Infinite Duress|COST: 100 MANA|COOLDOWN: 110 / 90 / 70

Primary Runes

Secondary Runes

Core Items

Offensive Items

Armor Items

Magic Resist Items

Situational Items

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