User blog comment:Wubmeister/Can we predict the cycle of FotM?/@comment-24420226-20140120224148

I remember being miffed when I saw Warwick being put top lane so often in the pro scene, because i felt like that was my personal cheese lane since S3, and suddenly it was no longer "underground". People would always be like "Dude, why would you play Warwick top? Fiora is going to melt you." 7 minutes and 2 instances of ulting her under my own tower later, the enemy would surrender.

I know the reason that people are looking at Warwick top now is because his sustain is not really a counter, but rather an equalizer to the current tank-top meta; you use his sustain to prevent being pushed out by big walls of meat like Mundo, and his ability to eat towers quickly in the midgame meant you couldn't just leave him alone in lane. His ult is also a great way to bypass those aforementioned meat-walls and keep squishier targets locked down.

But I don't think the big-bad wolf will become FotM. He is simply enjoying the limelight currently because the S4 changes are still very fresh, and people are trying to figure out the best way to handle allowing Mundo's and Nasus' into the game when they need to ban other champs. Warwick I feel has underapreciated strengths that are currently being exploited, and will likely fade away once either the tank-top meta changes, or someone discovers something else that works well.

Speaking of which, I'm still waiting for Executioner's Calling to become the next Blade of the Ruined King.