Guide · Jungle

Warwick Guide

the Uncaged Wrath of Zaun

Fighter

Tank

Tier B Jungle

Warwick, the Uncaged Wrath of Zaun, is a fighter and tank champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 420 analysed ranked games, Warwick is mostly played in the Jungle (57% of its games), and more rarely in Top (43%), with a 50.6% win rate in that role: tier B among Jungle champions (#31 of 48, ranked by win rate). Warwick's damage is mixed (48% physical, 47% magic): stacking a single type of resistance is less efficient against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (48.8% to 51.6%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Average KDA

8.3 / 7.1 / 8.1

ratio 2.3

Damage / min

637

CS / min

6.1

Gold / min

443

Kill participation

50%

Vision / min

0.85

Averages measured over 239 Jungle games played with Warwick, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Warwick is a hunting jungler: his attacks deal bonus magic damage, and below 50% health they heal him (tripled below 25%). Blood Hunt gives him speed against enemies below 50% health, Jaws of the Beast bites based on max health, Primal Howl makes enemies flee, and Infinite Duress suppresses a champion.

The trade

Q AA AA AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Jaws of the Beast leaps you onto the target while healing you, your attacks deal bonus magic damage, Primal Howl reduces the damage you take then makes enemies flee.

The capture

Q AA AA

When: A carry is isolated.

Infinite Duress leaps in a direction (farther with bonus speed) and suppresses the first champion hit for 1.5 seconds.

See all 3 Warwick combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Jaws of the Beast deals damage based on the target's max health and heals you. Blood Hunt flags enemies below 50% health and gives you speed against them.

Common mistakes

Forgetting your passive at low health: it is your heal.
Casting the ultimate without having adjusted your bonus movement speed.
Using Primal Howl when you do not need to flee.

Riot's official tips for playing Warwick

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Spirit Visage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Stridebreaker (29 games, 55.2% win rate).

Spirit Visage

Blade of The Ruined King

Stridebreaker

29 games · 55.2%

Blade of The Ruined King

Death's Dance

Stridebreaker

24 games · 58.3%

Thornmail

Blade of The Ruined King

Stridebreaker

23 games · 43.5%

Skill order

Max order : W > Q > E56.5% · 23 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●							●		●		●	●
W		●		●	●		●		●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 46 games).

Starting items

Gustwalker Hatchling

Health Potion60.0% · 15 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3897 gold, 59 CS, 3483 XP. At 15 min: 6126 gold, 91 CS, 6195 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite50.2% · 227 games

Most-played runes

Lethal Tempo + Sorcery

53.2% · 141 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph99%

Legend: Alacrity98%

Last Stand98%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Celerity99%

Waterwalking94%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling92%

Press the Attack + Sorcery

45.7% · 35 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph97%

Legend: Alacrity97%

Last Stand89%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Celerity94%

Waterwalking83%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force91%

Health scaling86%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Warwick's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.3% · 76 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Blade of The Ruined King 54.4%

Stridebreaker 53.1%

Spirit Visage 56.0%

Kraken Slayer 60.0%

Titanic Hydra 52.9%

Sterak's Gage 50.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team41.7% · 60 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Blade of The Ruined King 45.0% ▼

Stridebreaker 48.4% ▼

Death's Dance 52.6%

Thornmail 41.7%

Kraken Slayer 54.5%

Spirit Visage 60.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team55.3% · 103 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Blade of The Ruined King 53.9%

Stridebreaker 57.6% ▲

Death's Dance 56.7%

Spirit Visage 56.7%

Thornmail 39.1%

Kraken Slayer 75.0%

The item that stands out most is Stridebreaker: 57.6% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Warwick in the Jungle

Lee Sin Warwick: 20.0%15 games

Lee Sin has the edge in 80% of the 15 Jungle duels against Warwick. See the Lee Sin guide.

Who Warwick is strong against

Lee Sin20.0% · 15 games

How to play against Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Warwick's matchups.

Warwick Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Warwick	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3897	4023	−126
CS at 10 min	59	69	−10
XP at 10 min	3483	3898	−415
Gold at 15 min	6126	6322	−197
CS at 15 min	91	106	−15
XP at 15 min	6195	6602	−407

Measured over 46 Warwick games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min51.6 %62 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min50.7 %134 games

long over 35 min48.8 %43 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Warwick in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Top	181	53.6 %	6.9	415

Roles where we have at least 40 Warwick games.

Abilities

PassiveEternal 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.