Volibear Build Guide for Wild Rift

How to play Volibear

Volibear is a fighter that is a powerhouse in the jungle. Volibear has one of the fastest jungle clear speeds in the game thanks to his Frenzied Maul being able to reset on jungle monster. On top of this, his passive allows him to spread damage when auto-attacking jungle camps. These enable Volibear to reach Level 5 sooner than any other champion. Once Volibear reaches Level 5, he can use Stormbringer when ganking a lane to deal a lot of damage and disable the tower making it easy to get a few kills.

Volibear can also be played in the Baron Lane; check the alternative build at the top of the page! The build with Volibear Baron Lane is very similar to the jungle build; not much else is different regarding playstyles.

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Volibear's Abilities

The Relentless Storm

(Passive)

Volibear gains attack speed for a few seconds whenever he deals damage with an ability or attacks stacking up to five times. The yellow bars underneath his mana bar indicate the number of stacks.

At five stacks, Volibear's claws ignite with lightning, causing his attacks to deal additional damage to the target and four closest enemies. This works on jungle monsters and minions in the lane, making it very powerful.

Thundering Smash

(1)

Volibear gains movement speed; this is increased when moving towards enemy champions for a few seconds. This makes Thundering Smash the core ability when ganking lanes.

While active, Volibear's next attack deals damage and stuns the target for a second. Thundering Smash can be combo'd with Sky Splitter to guarantee the damage with the stun.

Frenzied Maul

(2)

Volibear mauls an enemy dealing damage. If Volibear mauls a champion or Large Monster, he goes into a Frenzy for a few seconds. If this ability is used again when Volibear is Frenzied, its damage is increased, and Volibear restores health.

While Frenzied, Volibear can use the ability again on another enemy and still get the increased damage, this is super effective when taking jungle monsters and making his jungle clear much faster than other champions.

Sky Splitter

(3)

Volibear summons a thundercloud that fires a lightning bolt, dealing damage and slowing for a few seconds. Sky Splitter can be guaranteed to hit an enemy champion when hitting the stun from Thundering Smash.

Volibear gains a shield for a few seconds if he is inside the blast zone. With Sky Splitter, you want to try and predict the enemy movement and manually aim Sky Splitter since auto-casting will just cast this ability in the middle of an enemy champion which isn't the most beneficial.

Stormbringer

(Ultimate)

Volibear transforms and leaps, gaining Health and Attack Range for over 10 seconds. Upon landing, Volibear cracks the earth, Disabling nearby towers for a few seconds and dealing damage to them. This is extremely powerful when playing Volibear Jungle.

When looking for a gank, you don't need to worry about the tower since you can use ultimate and disable it, giving you more time to get kills. Enemies in the centre of the Ultimate will take additional damage. Nearby enemies will also be slowed for a second.

Volibear Build Breakdown

Dusk and Dawn

Plated Steelcaps

Heartsteel

Riftmaker

Amaranth's Twinguard

Thornmail

Volibear uses a mixture of AP and Attack Speed that synergises well with his abilities. Dusk and Dawn gives both Ability Power and Health to help with his survivability, and Dusk & Dawn's passive helps Volibear's passive deal more damage

For runes, we have the following:

Lethal Tempo

Lethal Tempo stacks Volibear's attack speed, which synergises well with the build, allowing your auto attack to deal insane magic damage.

Triumph

Triumph restores some missing health after a takedown, helping you stay alive in fights and keep going for more kills.

Last Stand

Last Stand increases Volibear's damage when he is low on health. This allows Frenzied Maul to deal a lot of damage but also heal a lot when you use it every few seconds.

Legend: Haste

Legend: Haste gives Volibear Ability Haste so you can use his abilities more often. This helps you clear the jungle faster and helps with damage and survivability in teamfights.

Overgrowth

Overgrowth lets Volibear gain health throughout the game by killing jungle camps. This will help his survivability and synergises well with Riftmaker and Heartsteel.

Flash

Smite

For summoner spells, Flash is a must on most champions. It's a great spell to get out of a situation or if you are trying to go in for that killing blow. Flash can also help Volibear get closer to enemies to hit his stun from Thundering Smash. Smite is a must for when you are playing jungle. Help's you out a lot when clearing the jungle and securing the epic monsters.

Jungle Path

With Volibear, he has a very fast early jungle clear. You want to full clear on your first jungle rotation to get Level 5 as soon as possible. Once you hit Level 5, you can look for ganks and use your ultimate Stormbringer for tower dives.

This is what the jungle patch would look like:

1. Blue Sentinel
2. Gromp
3. Wolves
4. Raptors
5. Red Brambleback
6. Krugs
7. Scuttle Crab

Below is a beginner's guide for Jungle in Wild Rift. It goes in-depth about Jungle clearing, epic monsters, ganking and more!

End Game

Volibear is a great team fight champion in the late game. He wants to stay with his team at all times and try not to get caught out by himself to be impactful during team fights. As a jungler, your main objective is to keep track of when Dragon's, Rift Herald, and Barons spawn. Taking these epic monsters will give you and your team an advantage in the game. When a team fight happens with Volibear, you always want to look to try and get into the backline and lock down their primary carries.

Conclusion

Overall, Volibear is an entertaining and enjoyable champion to play. His abilities are not hard to understand, and disabling towers is a fun and unique mechanic that you can use to your advantage.

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