League of Legends - Volibear Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

This page contains a champion character strategy guide for Volibear – The Thunder's Roar in League of Legends (LoL), including stats, skills and...

 

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Basic Information

Volibear – The Thunder’s Roar
Class Fighter Role Juggernaut
Secondary Bar Mana IP/RP 4800 / 880

Champion Stats

Lv1 Per Lv Lv18
Health  584.48 +86 2046
Health Regen 8.09 +0.65 19.1
Mana 270.4 +30 780
Mana Regen 8.09 +0.65 19.1
Attack Damage 59.544 +3.3 116
Armor 26.38 +3.5 85.9
Attack Speed 0.658 +2.67% 0.658
Magic Resist 32.1 +1.25 53.4
Movement Speed 345 345
Melee 125 125

Lore

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Skills

Icon Description
 Chosen of the storm icon Chosen of the Storm
(Static Cooldown: 120)

  • Volibear periodically regenerates 30% maximum health over 6 seconds when below 30% maximum health.
Rolling Thunder icon Rolling Thunder
(Cost: 40 Mana, Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8, Bonus Movement Speed: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%, Bonus Physical Damage: 30/60/90/120/150)ACTIVE: Volibear gains bonus movement speed for the next 4 seconds, doubled when moving towards a nearby visible enemy champion within 1800 units of him. For the duration, Volibear’s next basic attack deals bonus physical damage and flings his target over and behind himself.Rolling Thunder resets Volibear’s autoattack timer.
Frenzy Icon Frenzy
(Target Range: 400, Cost: 35 Mana, Cooldown: 18, Bonus Attack Speed Per Stack: 4/8/12/16/20%, Minimum Physical Damage: 60/110/160/210/160 [+15% bonus health])PASSIVE: Volibear’s basic attacks grant bonus attack speed for 4 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. At 3 stacks, Volibear gains the ability to cast Frenzy.ACTIVE: Volibear bites the target enemy, dealing physical damage, increasing by 0% – 100% (based on target’s missing health).Frenzy’s cooldown is halved if it is used on a monster.
Majestic Roar icon Majestic Roar
(Effect Radius: 425, Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 Mana, Cooldown: 11, Magic Damage: 60/105/150/195/240 [+60% AP], Slow: 30/35/40/45/50%)ACTIVE: Volibear deals 60/105/150/195/240 (+60% Ability Power) magic damage to nearby enemies and slows them by 30/35/40/45/50% for 3 seconds.Minions and monsters are feared as well.
Thunder Claws icon Thunder Claws
(Effect Radius: 500, Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 100/90/80, Magic Damage: 75/115/155 [+30% AP])ACTIVE: Volibear erupts with chain lightning, striking up to 4 nearby enemies with 75/115/155 (+30% Ability Power) magic damage.For the next 12 seconds, the storm empowers Volibear, causing his basic attacks to deal 75/115/155 (+30% Ability Power) bonus magic damage that chains to 4 nearby enemies.

Strategy

Top Lane

  • Bait your enemies by engaging when your health is low because your passive Chosen of the Storm will massively heal you when your low on health.
  • (Q) Rolling Thunder is one of the staple Volibear abilities you need to master. For example, offensively, you can use this skill along with Flash to catch your opponent off-guard. Defensively, you can use (Q) Rolling Thunder to get away from fights you don’t need to engage.
  •  (W) Frenzy is more effective the lower the enemy’s health is. As such, keep this in mind when you’re ganking a lane.
  • When the enemy is far away, try activating (R) Thunder Claws and hit the minion closest to that enemy because it might reach him for the same damage.

Jungle

  • (E) Majestic Roar is good for kiting neutral monsters as it can fear multiple enemies in an AoE.
  • (W) Frenzy is also a good skill in the jungle lane as it can quickly kill large monsters and its cooldown is halved against enemy monsters.
  • Sometimes it’s best to save your (R) Thunder Claws when the enemy is escaping or has flashed. The mere fact that the enemy used a summoner means that the gank was a success.

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells

Top Lane Jungle
Flash Icon Teleport icon Smite icon Teleport icon
Flash Teleport Smite Teleport

Item Builds

Top Lane

Starter Items
Dorans shield icon Health potion icon Warding totem icon
Doran’s Shield Health Potion Warding Totem

 

Core Items
Dead mans plate icon Spirit visage icon Mercurys treads icon
Dead Man’s Plate Spirit Visage Mercury’s Treads

Dead Man’s Plate – Dead Man’s Plate increases the armor and health of Volibear while granting him a passive that increases his movement speed and increases his first auto attack in full stacks. This passive goes really well with (Q) Rolling Thunder, as it stacks well with the additional movement speed Dead Man’s Plate provides.

Spirit Visage – Aside from the health increase and magic resistance, Spirit visage grants Volibear increased healing from his items and his passive Chosen of the Storm. This item is a good pickup for Volibear as it will make him a very tanky frontliner in team fights.

Mercury’s Treads – Mercury’s Treads helps Volibear overcome slows and other forms of crowd controls as it lessens its duration. This helps a lot especially if you are trying to set a fight with (Q) Rolling Thunder.

Full Build
Dead mans plate icon Spirit visage icon Thornmail icon
Dead Man’s Plate Spirit Visage Thornmail
Mercurys treads icon Warmogs armor icon Titanic hydra icon
Mercury’s Treads Warmog’s Armor  Titanic Hydra

Thornmail – Thornmail is a very strong item on Volibear as he is a very tanky champion that might receive a lot of pokes from ranged enemy champions. Moreover, Thornmail also gives off Grievous Wounds to those who attack you, making them more vulnerable to your team.

Warmog’s Armor – Warmog’s Armor increases the overall health and regeneration of Volibear. This fits really nicely with his passive, allowing him to regain a lot of health without returning to base.

Titanic Hydra – Titanic Hydra is a great offensive item for Volibear as the item gets stronger the more health you have.

Situational Items
Steraks gage icon Adaptive Helm Icon Righteous Glory Icon
Sterak’s Gage Adaptive Helm Righteous Glory
Trinity force icon
Trinity Force

Sterak’s Gage – Sterak’s Gage is also a good option for Volibear if you want to be an offensive juggernaut in team fights. The passive on this item gives him a shield and extra attack damage, which are stats he needs in skirmishes where is in front of a fight.

Adaptive Helm – Adaptive Helm is a good item if the enemy has a lot of AP low cooldown casters that are far ahead in the game. Otherwise, this item has no use aside from the extra defensive stats it provides.

Righteous Glory – Righteous Glory is a great initiation tool as the active grants him and his nearby teammates’ movement while slowing enemies after the duration. This item is great if you have an aggressive team composition that has an advantage in large team fights.

Trinity Force – Trinity Force is very situational and must only be built if you want to center your item build on the offensive side. However, if used correctly, you can deal a lot of damage especially when (R) Thunder Claws is active.

Jungle

Starter Items
Hunters Machete icon Refillable potion icon Warding totem icon
Hunter’s Machete Refillable Potion Warding Totem

 

Core Items
Stalker Blade - Cinderhulk icon Dead mans plate icon Titanic hydra icon
Stalker’s Blade – Cinderhulk Dead Man’s Plate Titanic Hydra
Mercurys treads icon
Mercury’s Treads

Stalker’s Blade: Cinderhulk – Cinderhulk is the better jungle enchantment for Volibear as it gives him more health. The Immolate aura also works well with Volibear in the jungle because he doesn’t have a fast jungle clear compared to the other top tier jungle and this item fixes that problem.

Full Build
Stalker Blade - Cinderhulk icon Dead mans plate icon Titanic hydra icon
Stalker’s Blade – Cinderhulk Dead Man’s Plate Titanic Hydra
Warmogs armor icon Thornmail icon Mercurys treads icon
Warmog’s Armor Thornmail Mercury’s Treads

 

Situational Items
Righteous Glory Icon Trinity force icon Randuins omen icon
Righteous Glory Trinity Force Randuin’s Omen
Adaptive Helm Icon Steraks gage icon
Adaptive Helm Sterak’s Gage

Playing Against

  • Poke and harass him in the laning phase until you activate his passive Chosen of the Storm. A Volibear with a cooldown on his passive is more vulnerable since he has no sustain if he engages.
  • Stay away from your minions and allies when Volibear is attacking with (R) Thunder Claws as it bounces to the nearest 4 enemies.
  • Never engage him with low health, as his (W) Frenzy deals more damage the lower your health is.
  • Igniting him during his Chosen of the Storm (passive) will greatly reduce the healing of his passive.
  • He will have a blue icon below his character box when his passive is on cooldown.

Hard Counter

  • Darius – Darius is a great counter against Volibear because Hemorrhage can negate the healing passive of Chosen of the Storm. Darius can even out-sustain Darius with Decimate. Furthermore, Darius also has the ability to execute Volibear without having to activate Chosen of the Storm with Noxian Guillotine.
  • Teemo – Teemo is a very agile champion that has the ability to outrun and harass Volibear in the laning phase. For example, well-placed shrooms will give Volibear a hard time as he needs to be close to his enemies to deal damage. Moreover, Teemo can also run away when Volibear uses Rolling Thunder with Move Quick. 
  • Jayce – Jayce can easily harass Volibear in Cannon Stance. For example, when Volibear gets close, he can just switch to Hammer Stance and use Thundering Blow to create space and eventually escape Volibear if needed.

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