Availability | Not Available In Store |
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Price | Available In Honour Capsules |
Concept | Warwick as an older, gray wolf |
Model | Same model but recoloured |
Particles | No new particles |
Animations | No new animations |
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Sounds | No new sounds |
Rarity | semi-rare |
Release date | 08/07/2010 |
Grey Warwick was originally only available to players who referred a certain number of friends.
In the first version of the referral system, it meant that 50 people had to create their League of Legends accounts using your link and then achieve level 5 on them. In version 2.0 Riot decided to reduce the number to 25. In Version 3.0 of the referral system, it required only 3 players to reach level 10 after using your link to register – that's all changed now though.
These days, it is delivered instantly to anyone who reaches honor level 5, which has understandably upset many players. Of course, newer players are over the moon, since they're able to get a rare skin by doing no work (or at least much less than was required back in the day).
The issue is that it's no longer a rare skin (at least not the rarest of Warwick Skins), despite the fact that it still isn't obtainable via the League of Legends store.
If Riot freely gives it away, then it loses any value it might have had – which is why we have to agree with the players who are angered by this, the ones who put in many hours trying to get it. The fact that Grey Warwick chromas for this skin are available in the regular store, does not help the whole riot (pun not intended).
As for the skin itself, it features Warwick as an elderly wolf. However, as the splash art lets us see, this is not just a regular elderly wolf. This one doesn't go into the forest to quietly wait for death. Just like an old god, he seems to be there to witness the very end of days. Until this happens he will still be there, in the spectral moonlight, and hunt.
Although the skin boasts no new animations or sound effects, its novelty definitely makes it desirable. Plus, the sword jutting out of Warwick's back makes him seem pretty badass – it's like he doesn't even notice it's there!
With all that said, Riot might not keep it around forever! With plenty of angry players complaining about how they had to work hard for it, it may soon disappear.
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Grey Warwick is currently available as a honor 5 reward, so it's not rare, but quite uncommon.
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