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the Relentless Storm

Volibear Top build & stats

FighterTank B 358 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
52.5%
Pick rate
1.6%
Ban rate
0.4%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Built from single items

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
75.0% 12 games

Best three items so far

Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
2,700 gold
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
3,100 gold
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade
2,650 gold
8,450 gold
81.8% WR each item separately

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
60.0% 50 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
59.1% WR
22 games · 6% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
70.8% 24 games

Max order

Frenzied Maul W Thundering Smash Q Sky Splitter E
71.4% 14 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Volibear

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Volibear wins 52.5% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (358 games).
  • Most common core: Unending Despair → Dusk and Dawn → Spirit Visage — 57% win rate over 21 games.
  • Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 49% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Renekton (82% over 11 games). Hardest: Ambessa (31% over 13 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade
40.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Thornmail
Thornmail
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade
100.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
100.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
75.0% WR
12 games · 3% pick
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
60.0% WR
50 games · 14% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
51.6% WR
31 games · 9% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
51.6% WR
31 games · 9% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
90.9% 3% (11)
78.6% 4% (14)
75.0% 2% (8)
71.4% 2% (7)
64.7% 5% (17)
64.3% 12% (42)
62.9% 10% (35)
60.4% 25% (91)
50.0% 4% (16)
50.0% 2% (8)
50.0% 2% (6)
46.4% 8% (28)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
59.1% WR
22 games · 6% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Lethal Tempo Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
100.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Press the Attack Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 51.6%18% pick
  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 62.5%11% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 50.0%9% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 55.6%15% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 51.6%9% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 42.3%7% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Frenzied Maul W Thundering Smash Q Sky Splitter E 71.4%14 games
Thundering Smash Q Frenzied Maul W Sky Splitter E 100.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (70%), W → Q → E (60%), Q → E → W (50%).

  • PThe Relentless Storm

    Volibear's Attacks and abilities grant Attack Speed, and eventually cause his Attacks to deal bonus magic damage to nearby enemies.

  • QThundering Smash

    Volibear gains speed towards enemies, Stunning and damaging the first one he Attacks.

  • WFrenzied Maul

    Volibear damages an enemy, applying on-hit effects and marking them. Casting this ability again on the same target deals bonus damage and Heals Volibear.

  • ESky Splitter

    Volibear summons a lightning bolt at a location, dealing damage and Slowing enemies while granting Volibear a Shield if he's inside the blast radius.

  • RStormbringer

    Volibear leaps to a target location, Slowing and damaging enemies beneath him while gaining bonus Health. Enemy towers near his landing location become temporarily disabled.