Warwick – The Uncaged Wrath of Zaun

Relentless Offense: Warwick has very strong offensive capabilities, boasting a mixture of strong stagger pressure options without Bloodlust, and a deceptively large bag of tricks to unleash when a full gauge is achieved. Tools such as ( + ) in Bloodlust can lead to unpredictable 50/50s, and spending extra Bloodlust gauge to cancel specials into specials can lead to ambiguous cross-ups from anywhere on screen.

Secondary Resource Management: Warwick’s unique Bloodlust gauge changes both combo structure and neutral, as his tools become more powerful and grant the ability to cancel into each other for a portion of the total gauge. Proper tracking and usage of this gauge can create varied gameplay from player to player.

Strong Anti-Zoning: Warwick has a good mixture of tools to avoid zoning as a whole, primarily found in his specials. Using a mixture of (Charged) and ( + (Charged) ), Warwick can use the projectile invulnerable run to simply ignore strong zoning. Keep in mind, you’re only invulnerable to projectiles; not assists.

Predictable Pressure: Until entering Bloodlust, Warwick can suffer from a very linear approach to pressure. Many offensive sequences have little to no mix-up potential, which can lead to difficulty opening an opponent up to generate the necessary Bloodlust gauge.

Staggering Buttons: A majority of Warwick’s pressure comes from varying timings between his Rekka attacks, ( + ) follow ups, and standard normal chaining. These standard Rekka timings and normal cancels can lead to many situations in which Warwick is parried, hit by a reversal, or outright avoided.

Big Bodies: Being a big body character, Warwick is prone to being clipped by many stray hits from both the point and assist character, as well as some unintuitive interactions surrounding mix-ups and hitboxes.