Warwick

Arena changes

• Blood Hunt: Cooldown is not reduced by Power Flowers.
• Primal Howl: Cooldown changed to 15 to 11 seconds.²

Cooldown changed to 13s-9s in patch 26.16 (was 15s-11s)³

• Warwick can be kited by lobbies with mages and marksmen. A bruiser build with an enchanter and a damage-carrying teammate can help him soak damage.⁴
• Reduce Q's cooldown, get an anvil, focus on Q and basic attacks, and save R until only one target remains. A good anvil hit is needed.⁵
• An on-hit Warwick build with Sword of Blossoming Dawn is recommended.⁶
• Twice Thrice and Reaper's Roll are recommended with on-hit Warwick.⁷
• Earthwake, Waltz, or Autocast support is recommended for Warwick.⁸
• A full healing build with Hemomancer's Helm, Hextech Gunblade, and Moonflair Spellblade is recommended.⁹
• Scopiest Weapons can help Warwick gapclose. Full lifesteal and attack speed with Hemomancer, and Gambler's Blade to seek defensive stats, are recommended.¹⁰
• Summoner's Revolution is strong for Warwick because of its low cooldown. Choose other augments that fit and strengthen the core build.¹¹
• Warwick has extreme sustain and ways to stay alive.¹²

• Warwick's Q can trigger multiple damage instances rapidly when it also triggers an on-hit effect.¹³
• Hold Q until an opponent is about to use Flash or a dash. Holding Q on a frontline opponent while preparing E can let Warwick control the backline by surprise.¹⁴
• Use E before opening with R to gain durability and continue the crowd-control chain when R ends.¹⁴
• Keep R until Warwick is low on health so it can heal him; use it earlier only when a kill is certain. In the late game, R can finish an opponent.¹⁴
• Warwick's R can leave him in a position where he may die.⁷
• With Mystic Punch, Reverb, and plenty of haste, Warwick's E can provide near-continuous crowd control, even when he deals little damage.¹⁵
• Warwick's Q can stack Earthwake multiple times for the same reason as its repeated Despoil stacks.¹⁶
• Warwick can track opponents who died in the previous round on the current map, gaining movement speed and attack speed; the cause is unknown.¹⁷
• Warwick's E applies one second of fear and his R applies about 1.5 seconds of layered crowd control, but he does not trigger Combo Breaker even under the 3.5-seconds-within-five-seconds condition.¹⁸

• Holding Q can trigger Earthwake about five times; whether this interaction has changed is uncertain.¹⁹

Earlier formats

• Dashing correctly reduces Warwick's Q cooldown since patch 14.12.²³ 8x2 duos
• Warwick is included in Arena's static free-to-play champion pool.²⁴ 8x2 duos
• Puppeteer with a build including Blade of the Ruined King and Reaper reduced Puppeteer's Berserk cooldown by five seconds through healing from basic attacks, allowing near-continuous Berserk.²⁵²⁶ 8x2 duos
• Earthwake triggered six or more times on Warwick's held Q.²⁷²⁸ 8x2 duos