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Volibear Guide
Patch 26.19 Diamond+·Difficulty:
Volibear on 16.18 is an on-hit bruiser. Lethal Tempo, Dusk and Dawn and Navori Flickerblade turn every ability into more lightning from your passive and more W, so you win any fight that lasts longer than a few seconds. You gank with Q into E, you duel anyone who stays in range, and once the two item core is done you stop buying damage and build health and resists so you live long enough to use it. Play fights in short bursts around your cooldowns: with Q, W and R up you go in, with nothing up you wait.
Runes
Quick Tips
All phases
- •R is a gap closer too: land it on the target you could not otherwise reach.
- •Do not buy Ionian Boots of Lucidity or Boots of Swiftness. They delay your tenth Jack Of All Trades stack.
- •Dark Seal is a strong early buy. If it reaches eight stacks and you are winning, finish it into Mejai's Soulstealer for the move speed to stick to targets.
- •Once Dusk and Dawn and Navori Flickerblade are done you have enough damage. Every item after that keeps you alive long enough to use it.
- •From Emerald up, Press the Attack is the stronger keystone into squishy, mobile teams; in Gold, stay on Lethal Tempo.
- •In Gold, Statikk Shiv first holds up; from Emerald up, stay on Dusk and Dawn first.
- •Against Blitzcrank, check bushes with E instead of walking into them.
Skill Priority
Q
›W
›E
Q
·
·
3
4
5
W
·
2
·
·
·
E
1
·
·
·
·
Early Game
Before 1st item
- •Get your first full clear before you gank or interact with your laners.
- •Your first clear should have you level 4 by 2:58, and by 2:54 once you are Master.
- •Clear top to bot, then take the scuttle.
- •Your passive stacks carry your clear, so never let them drop: leash each camp as far toward the next one as you can, and save E to pull the next camp from range.
- •E does a lot of your clear damage, so aim it to hit two camps at once; leash blue and gromp together so E finishes one and damages the other.
- •When you gank, lead with Q so the target is stunned under your E. If E does not land, the gank usually does not work.
- •Stack dragons with your winning bot lane; you sustain well on the drake.
First Back
Regular full clear & crab
Core Build Examples
Default
Snowballing
vs heavy AP
vs heavy AD
Mid Game
1-3 items
- •At level 6, be willing to dive, but pick top or bot: flank the laner, Q into E, then R on top of them and the tower.
- •R does not clear the tower's damage ramp. If the tower has already hit you twice, it keeps hitting hard when it comes back online, so do not stay under it.
- •R is also a stat boost that wins 1v1s against anyone who over-commits into you. Do not force a dive just because R is up.
- •You spike when you max Q or W. With Q maxed your ganks reach from far away; with W maxed you win any duel where you can keep hitting W, so take the fight.
- •Fight in quick bursts and do not overcommit. Look for angles to chunk the backline, then step back.
- •Play around your teammates. You create the fight for your carries rather than winning it alone, so take 2v2s and 3v3s and be intentional with your W marks.
Situational
vs Healing
Good Vs
vs Hard engage
Good Vs
vs Crit carries
Good Vs
vs Auto attackers
Good Vs
vs Range and kiting
Good Vs
vs Melee brawlers
Good Vs
vs Burst mages
Good Vs
Late Game
4+ items
- •Use fog of war to chunk enemies and win the position before the fight starts.
- •Do not over-commit to chasing. Play around your fed carries at almost all times.
- •When your team needs a frontline, build tank and stand in front of the carry who is winning the game.
- •Stop over-farming. Put yourself where you can chunk the enemy, because that is where your items do their work.
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Volibear Guide
Patch 26.19 Diamond+·Difficulty:
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Runes
Skill Priority
Q
›W
›E
Q
·
·
3
4
5
W
·
2
·
·
·
E
1
·
·
·
·
Core Build Examples
Default
Snowballing
vs heavy AP
vs heavy AD
First Back
Regular full clear & crab
Situational
vs Healing
Good Vs
vs Hard engage
Good Vs
vs Crit carries
Good Vs
vs Auto attackers
Good Vs
vs Range and kiting
Good Vs
vs Melee brawlers
Good Vs
vs Burst mages
Good Vs
Quick Tips
All phases
- •R is a gap closer too: land it on the target you could not otherwise reach.
- •Do not buy Ionian Boots of Lucidity or Boots of Swiftness. They delay your tenth Jack Of All Trades stack.
- •Dark Seal is a strong early buy. If it reaches eight stacks and you are winning, finish it into Mejai's Soulstealer for the move speed to stick to targets.
- •Once Dusk and Dawn and Navori Flickerblade are done you have enough damage. Every item after that keeps you alive long enough to use it.
- •From Emerald up, Press the Attack is the stronger keystone into squishy, mobile teams; in Gold, stay on Lethal Tempo.
- •In Gold, Statikk Shiv first holds up; from Emerald up, stay on Dusk and Dawn first.
- •Against Blitzcrank, check bushes with E instead of walking into them.
Early Game
Before 1st item
- •Get your first full clear before you gank or interact with your laners.
- •Your first clear should have you level 4 by 2:58, and by 2:54 once you are Master.
- •Clear top to bot, then take the scuttle.
- •Your passive stacks carry your clear, so never let them drop: leash each camp as far toward the next one as you can, and save E to pull the next camp from range.
- •E does a lot of your clear damage, so aim it to hit two camps at once; leash blue and gromp together so E finishes one and damages the other.
- •When you gank, lead with Q so the target is stunned under your E. If E does not land, the gank usually does not work.
- •Stack dragons with your winning bot lane; you sustain well on the drake.
Mid Game
1-3 items
- •At level 6, be willing to dive, but pick top or bot: flank the laner, Q into E, then R on top of them and the tower.
- •R does not clear the tower's damage ramp. If the tower has already hit you twice, it keeps hitting hard when it comes back online, so do not stay under it.
- •R is also a stat boost that wins 1v1s against anyone who over-commits into you. Do not force a dive just because R is up.
- •You spike when you max Q or W. With Q maxed your ganks reach from far away; with W maxed you win any duel where you can keep hitting W, so take the fight.
- •Fight in quick bursts and do not overcommit. Look for angles to chunk the backline, then step back.
- •Play around your teammates. You create the fight for your carries rather than winning it alone, so take 2v2s and 3v3s and be intentional with your W marks.
Late Game
4+ items
- •Use fog of war to chunk enemies and win the position before the fight starts.
- •Do not over-commit to chasing. Play around your fed carries at almost all times.
- •When your team needs a frontline, build tank and stand in front of the carry who is winning the game.
- •Stop over-farming. Put yourself where you can chunk the enemy, because that is where your items do their work.