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Volibear
Patch 16.2.1
JungleDifficulty
Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Dominate the early game by securing objectives and forcing tower dives. You want to create a massive gold lead for your team before the enemy ADC gets enough items to kite you effectively in the late game.
Playstyle
Aggressive early-game diver and skirmisher who thrives on tower dives and extended brawls. You are the ultimate 'stat-checker' who wins by forcing fights the enemy isn't ready for.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Unmatched tower diving capability once you have
- +Extreme 1v1 sustain thanks to the healing from
- +Fast and healthy jungle clear with and
- +Strong gank setup with a point-and-click stun on
Weaknesses
- -Very vulnerable to being kited by slows and CC while is active
- -Highly reliant on hitting the second cast of for survivability
- - is telegraphed and easily dodged by mobile champions
- -Falls off in the late game compared to dedicated tanks or scaling carries
Abilities
Basic attacks and abilities build stacks. At 5 stacks, your claws light up and deal bonus magic damage to your target and nearby enemies. Keep this stacked on jungle camps to speed up your clear significantly.
Volibear drops to all fours and gains movement speed toward enemies. Your next attack stuns the target. Note: If you get immobilized while this is active, the cooldown resets immediately. Don't be afraid to run through minor CC.
Bite an enemy to mark them. If you bite a marked enemy, you deal massive bonus damage and heal based on your missing health. This is your most important skill—always focus the same target to get that second bite.
Call down lightning. It deals damage and slows enemies. If you are inside the circle when it lands, you get a shield. Cast this where you ARE GOING to be, not where you are standing right now.
Leap to a location, gaining health and size. You damage and slow enemies you land on. Most importantly, it disables nearby enemy towers. Use this to start dives or dodge critical enemy spells since you are Unstoppable during the leap.
Teamfight Role
Primary Diver and Disruptor
Your job is to jump into the backline with and sit on the enemy carries. Use to lock them down and to stay alive while your team follows up.
If your own carry is extremely fed, stay back and use to peel away assassins. A 1-second stun and a big shield from can save their life.
Combos
Standard Gank
-> -> -> Auto
Drop in the path the enemy is retreating. Use to stun them inside the lightning zone. This guarantees they take the damage and you get the shield.
The Sustain Duel
-> Auto -> -> ->
Start with immediately to start the mark cooldown. Use your CC to stall the fight until your second is ready to heal you.
The Flash Engage
-> Flash (mid-run) -> Auto -> ->
Use the movement speed from and Flash to close the gap instantly. The stun makes the rest of your kit impossible to miss.
Full Dive Execution
-> -> -> -> Auto
Leap onto the target with to disable the tower. While mid-air, you can buffer so it lands as you arrive. Follow up with the stun and bite.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 3 | You have access to your full basic kit. Your 1v1 potential and ganking effectiveness are both online. |
| Level 6 | is a massive spike. No lane is safe under tower, and the bonus health makes you nearly impossible to burst. |
| Level 9 | You usually have maxed here. The lower cooldown on the bite means you can cycle heals much faster in skirmishes. |
| Level 11 | Second point in reduces its long cooldown and increases the health gain, making you a mid-game monster. |
Tips & Tricks
- • makes you Unstoppable. Use it to ignore 'hooks' (Blitzcrank, Thresh) or even Morde's ultimate if timed perfectly.
- •You can cast while you are in the middle of your run or jump.
- • healing scales with your MISSING health. The lower you are, the more bait-potential you have with a second bite.
- •Keep active by hitting a plant or the scuttle crab before a gank to maximize your damage output.
- •If you are kited during , don't panic. If you get stunned or rooted, the cooldown resets, allowing you to try again immediately.
- •The center of deals massive damage. Aim the center directly on the enemy carry, not just near them.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using on multiple different targets in a teamfight.→You never get the second 'Mark' bite, which means you get no healing and die instantly.
- ✕Casting behind you while running away.→You miss the shield. Always cast it on yourself or slightly ahead of where you are running to get the protection.
- ✕Initiating with from too far away.→Enemies will just walk out of the impact zone. Use to get close or stun them first before using the ultimate.
- ✕Forgetting that pushes the lane.→If you gank a lane and start autoing minions, the chain lightning will shove the wave, potentially ruining your laner's freeze.
- ✕Overestimating your tankiness in the ultra-late game.→You aren't Ornn. If you run in a straight line at a 6-item ADC, you will be dead before you land your stun.
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