Volibear is a versatile and aggressive jungle champion who excels at early skirmishes, tower dives, and punishing overextended enemies. With strong engage tools and the ability to disable turrets using his ultimate, Volibear can snowball leads and create pressure across the map. This guide covers the most popular and effective jungle build, with tips to help you maximize his impact in every phase of the game.
Summoner Spells
Volibear’s most effective jungle setup utilizes Flash and Smite. Flash allows you to reposition for better engages or disengages, while Smite is essential for objective control and securing camps.
Runes
Primary Tree – Precision
- Keystone: Lethal Tempo
- Triumph
- Legend: Haste
- Last Stand
Secondary Tree – Sorcery
- Celerity
- Waterwalking
Rune Shards
- Offense: Attack Speed
- Flex: Adaptive Force
- Defense: Health Scaling (can be swapped depending on matchup)
This setup enhances Volibear’s dueling strength, chase potential, and scaling presence in extended fights. With this build, Volibear currently holds a 54.7% winrate across 14,832 matches.
Core Item Build
- Cosmic Drive – Grants Ability Power, Ability Haste, and Movement Speed, ideal for skirmishes.
- Boots of Swiftness – Provides chase potential and mitigates slows.
- Navori Flickerblade – Increases damage output and cooldown efficiency.
Final Build
4. Spirit Visage – Amplifies healing and adds Magic Resist and Health.
5. Dead Man’s Plate – Improves burst mobility and durability.
6. Unending Despair – Offers sustain and tankiness during extended fights.
Skill Priority
Max Order:
- Q – Thundering Smash
- W – Frenzied Maul
- E – Sky Splitter
This order maximizes Volibear’s engage and sustained damage output in early skirmishes and ganks.
Combo and Execution
For optimal burst and engage:
- Use Q (Thundering Smash) to initiate and stun.
- While closing in, cast E (Sky Splitter) for damage and shield.
- Auto Attack immediately.
- As your Auto lands, use R (Stormbringer) to cancel Q’s backend animation and disable turrets if needed.
- Auto Attack and then use W (Frenzied Maul) for bonus damage and healing.
Note: Using R during the Q animation helps guarantee your E hits while maximizing burst potential.
Tips and Tricks
- Activate Q close to lane to avoid it timing out before you land your stun.
- Use R to dive towers safely, but ensure your teammates are in a position to follow up.
- Look for mid-game picks on isolated enemies using Q + R to start fights on your terms.
Strong Matchups
Volibear performs well into these junglers:
- Sejuani – 44.0% winrate
- Dr. Mundo – 44.7%
- Shyvana – 45.0%
- Karthus – 45.2%
- Poppy – 45.3%
Tough Matchups
These champions have favorable win rates against Volibear:
- Jax – 56.3%
- Ivern – 54.1%
- Elise – 52.7%
- Trundle – 52.0%
- Kha’Zix – 51.4%
Against these, avoid early fights and focus on efficient farming, counter-ganks, and playing around objectives.
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