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Warwick Top build & stats

FighterTank A 268 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
53.7%
Pick rate
1.5%
Ban rate
0.5%

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Bow
Doran's Bow
400 g
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 g
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 g
71.4% 14 games

Build in this order

Kraken Slayer 1
Kraken Slayer
3,000 g
Experimental Hexplate 2
Experimental Hexplate
3,000 g
Death's Dance 3
Death's Dance
3,300 g
9,300 g
75.0% WR 8 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 g
62.7% 51 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
75.0% WR
8 games · 3% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Presence of Mind Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity Legend: Alacrity
Last Stand Last Stand
Revitalize Revitalize
Second Wind Second Wind
Shards AS AF HP

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier 53.1% 224 games

Max order

Blood Hunt W Jaws of the Beast Q Primal Howl E 61.1% 18 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Warwick

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Warwick wins 53.7% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (268 games).
  • Most common core: Blade of The Ruined King → Death's Dance → Stridebreaker — 67% win rate over 9 games.
  • Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 97% of games with a 54% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Ambessa (58% over 12 games). Hardest: Fiora (33% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Kraken Slayer 1
Kraken Slayer
Experimental Hexplate 2
Experimental Hexplate
Sterak's Gage 3
Sterak's Gage
0.0% WR
3 games · 1% pick
Kraken Slayer 1
Kraken Slayer
Death's Dance 2
Death's Dance
Experimental Hexplate 3
Experimental Hexplate
66.7% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
52.5% WR
40 games · 15% pick
Doran's Bow
Doran's Bow
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
71.4% WR
14 games · 5% pick
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
60.0% WR
10 games · 4% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
48.6% WR
105 games · 39% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
61.5% WR
65 games · 24% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
62.7% WR
51 games · 19% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
85.7% 3% (7)
59.7% 23% (62)
56.9% 24% (65)
56.0% 9% (25)
55.8% 35% (95)
55.6% 44% (117)
55.0% 7% (20)
54.5% 4% (11)
53.8% 5% (13)
53.1% 12% (32)
52.3% 41% (109)
41.7% 4% (12)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
48.4% WR
64 games · 24% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Presence of Mind Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity Legend: Alacrity
Last Stand Last Stand
Revitalize Revitalize
Second Wind Second Wind
Shards AF AF HP
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
60.5% WR
38 games · 14% pick
Lethal Tempo Presence of Mind Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Second Wind Revitalize
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
50.0% WR
34 games · 13% pick
Lethal Tempo Presence of Mind Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Revitalize Second Wind

Keystones

  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 54.2%97% pick
  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 25.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 53.1%84% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 51.6%12% pick
  • Exhaust Barrier Exhaust + Barrier 75.0%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Jaws of the Beast Q Blood Hunt W Primal Howl E 52.9%34 games
Blood Hunt W Jaws of the Beast Q Primal Howl E 61.1%18 games
Blood Hunt W Primal Howl E Jaws of the Beast Q 60.0%15 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (56%), Q → E → W (36%), Q → W → W (100%).

  • PEternal Hunger

    Warwick's basic attacks deal bonus magic damage. If Warwick is below 50% health, he heals the same amount. If Warwick is below 25% health, this healing triples.

  • QJaws of the Beast

    Warwick lunges forward and bites his target, dealing damage based on their maximum health and healing for damage dealt.

  • WBlood Hunt

    Warwick senses enemies below 50% health, gaining Move Speed toward and attack speed against them. When they fall below 25% health, he frenzies and these bonuses triple.

  • EPrimal Howl

    Warwick gains damage reduction for 2.5 seconds. At the end, or if re-activated, he howls, causing nearby enemies to flee for 1 second.

  • RInfinite Duress

    Warwick leaps in a direction (scaling with his bonus Move Speed), suppressing the first champion he collides with for 1.5 seconds.