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Volibear
the Relentless Storm

Volibear

Passive · The Relentless Storm

Stacking attacks grant Volibear bonus attack speed; at max stacks his attacks chain-lightning to nearby enemies.

DamageDurabilityMagicDifficultyMobilityCC
Champion profile (Riot)
  • Damage7
  • Durability7
  • Magic4
  • Difficulty3
  • Mobility8
  • CC8
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top
Primary

How to play as Volibear

Top: hold CS, run TP or Ghost depending on the matchup.

How to beat Volibear

Top: punish wave-states and ward river/jungle to dodge ganks.

Jungle
Primary

How to play as Volibear

Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.

How to beat Volibear

Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.

Mid

How to play as Volibear

Mid: shove wave fast and roam to side lanes.

How to beat Volibear

Mid: watch for roams and save Flash for the next gank.

ADC

How to play as Volibear

ADC: kite the frontline, hit the closest tank then the carries.

How to beat Volibear

ADC: stay behind minions and focus the enemy ADC in fights.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Support

How to play as Volibear

Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.

How to beat Volibear

Support: dodge hooks/engages, buy Mikael's into heavy CC.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Abilities

The Relentless Storm

PC
Passive

Innate: Whenever Volibear damages at least one enemy with a basic attack or ability, he generates a stack of The Relentless Storm for 6 seconds, refreshing on subsequent damage and stacking up to 5 times. At 5 stacks, Volibear gains Lightning Claws.

The Relentless Storm: For each stack, Volibear gains 5% (+ 4% per 100 AP) bonus attack speed, up to 25% (+ 20% per 100 AP).

Lightning Claws: Volibear's claws ignite with lightning, empowering his basic attacks on-hit to deal 10+1*x for 3; then + 2*x for 3; then + 3*x for 7; then + 4*x% (+ 50% AP) bonus magic damage to the target and the nearest sight enemy within 450 units of the target, chaining up to 4 subsequent targets.

Thundering Smash

PC
Q

Active: Volibear drops on all fours, becoming ghosted and gaining bonus movement speed for 4 seconds, doubled while facing a sight enemy champion within 2000 units.

During this time, Volibear's next basic attack is empowered to have an uncancellable windup, gain 25 bonus range, and dash on the target, dealing bonus physical damage and stun them for 1 second. This damage applies life steal life steal at 100% effectiveness.

If Volibear becomes immobilize or polymorph by an enemy during Thundering Smash, the effect ends prematurely and the cooldown is reset.

Cooldown14 to 10

Frenzied Maul

PC
W

Active: Volibear slashes the target enemy with his claws to deal physical damage, apply on-hit and on-attack effects at 100% effectiveness, and mark them Wounded for 8 seconds.

Wounded Bonus: If the target is Wounded, Volibear takes a bite out of them, dealing 50% (+ 15% per 100 bonus AD) increased damage and heal himself. The heal is halved against minions.

Frenzied Maul applies life steal life steal at 100% effectiveness.

Cooldown5

Sky Splitter

PC
E

Active: Volibear summons a lightning bolt to strike at the target location after a 2-second delay, granting sight of the area for 1 second after the first second of the delay. If Volibear is within the strike, he gains a shield equal to 14% of his maximum health (+ 75% AP) for 3 seconds.

The bolt deals magic damage to enemies hit, capped at 650 against non-champions, and slow them by 40% for 2 seconds.

Cooldown12

Stormbringer

PC
Ultimate

Active: Volibear gains Stormbringer for 12 seconds and dash to the target location with displacement immunity, granting sight of the area in a 500 radius during the travel.

Stormbringer: Volibear gains ghosting, bonus health, 50 bonus attack range, 25 increased range on Frenzied Maul, and 35% increased size.

Volibear impacts after 1 second, slow nearby enemies by 50% decaying over 1 second. Enemies within the epicenter are also dealt physical damage.

Cooldown160 to 110