Warwick: repeated damage and protected stat growth
Warwick · from r/LegendsOfRuneterra · 2026-10-14
Deal many separate damage instances, grow allies and preserve the board with team
Spellshield.
Build
Overview
Warwick has two plans: team-focused growth, or a champion-centered damage package. This build runs
Black Shield,
The Beast Within and
Stacked Deck. It protects the first board and gives it Nexus reach while separate damage instances increase Attack Power; the six-star kills add the Health and healing the board otherwise lacks.
The build
The Beast Within
Power: Allies have
Overwhelm, and if they have a subtype, +1|+1.
Team
Overwhelm converts large units into Nexus damage through smaller blockers. Units with a subtype also receive the stated stat bonus.
Stacked Deck
+200 Starting Gold.
Power: Allies have +1|+1 for every 12 cards in your deck past 18 at game start.
The board gains stats from the number of cards in your starting deck. Drafting more useful cards strengthens later fights; cards added after game start are not automatically included in that count.
Black Shield
Power: When you summon an ally, grant it
Spellshield.
Team
Spellshield protects the board from one hostile spell or
Skill each. It gives setup time but must not be treated as permanent immunity after the shield is consumed.
How to play
Use cheap damage and the champion’s strike access to accumulate damage events. The star power grows allies according to the number of times damage has been dealt; a single large hit is not automatically many events. At six stars allied kills also heal and add health and
Impact.
Develop the buffed units, use removal to weaken a target that your ally can actually kill, then attack through blockers with team
Overwhelm. Team
Spellshield protects the early board, but remember it is consumed by an eligible hostile effect.
Drafting and alternatives
Keep inexpensive damage and units that contribute before the champion arrives.
Used Cask Salesman provides small bodies and extra damage events; disposable allies can still matter even when their printed Attack Power is zero. Make useful purchases for starting-deck stats without crowding out the playable opener.
The detailed alternative uses
Cruel Experiments with
Corrupted Star Fragment. The relic's damage helps the damage counter; consuming a sufficiently strong ally consolidates stats on
Warwick and can interact with his six-star kill payoff. This shifts value from keeping a wide protected board toward building the champion.
Echoing Spirit improves access to another champion copy.
Stalker's Blade adds another entry Strike. Be careful with
Disciple of Shadows: its Play damage can destroy small attackers that already got useful star-power scaling.
A unit summoned already attacking doesn't count as declaring another attack for every relic. Do not add a guaranteed trigger solely because a small unit appeared mid-attack.
Star-power checkpoint
Allies Have +1|+0 for every 3 times you've dealt damage this game. When an ally kills a unit, heal it fully and grant it +0|+3 and
Impact
Sources
- Fun Warwick build by u/cousineye, 2024-12-09, 12 points (observed 13 Oct 2026).
- Relic advice for Warwick? by u/SF417, 2025-06-02, 9 points (observed 13 Oct 2026).
- Player-submitted builds, collected 13 Oct 2026.
- Supporting champion guide, collected 13 Oct 2026.
- Champion mechanics, LoL Wiki, checked 13 Oct 2026.
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