By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Relentless Storm
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (1,132 games).
Volibear, the Relentless Storm, gains attack speed in fights until his attacks also strike nearby enemies, and Stormbringer slams him down, disabling the towers where he lands. Most of his counted Master+ games were top-lane games and a few were jungle games; Lethal Tempo led, and Dusk and Dawn came first in his usual build. Tryndamere and Jax beat him most often, on small samples. Jayce and Olaf he edged out.
FighterTank
Patch 26.18 · Top · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 1,132 games · Preview sample
1,132
Games
Moderate
Confidence
Win rate by lane
59.1%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite58.8%Win Rate
Flash
Exhaust
This exact page: taken in 5.7% of games·46.9% win rate over 64 games.
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Press the Attack28.4% taken · 46.6% win322 games
Grasp of the Undying22.3% taken · 43.5% win253 games
Stormraider's Surge2.2% taken · 52.0% win25 gamesPrecision + Sorcery26.1% taken · 47.0% win296 games
Precision + Inspiration24.8% taken · 54.1% win281 games
Precision + Resolve20.8% taken · 46.6% win236 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Volibear's most common path.
QVolibear gains speed towards enemies, Stunning and damaging the first one he Attacks.
Cooldown 12/11.5/11/10.5/10s · 50 Mana
WVolibear damages an enemy, applying on-hit effects and marking them.
Cooldown 5s · 20/25/30/35/40 Mana
EVolibear summons a lightning bolt at a location, dealing damage and Slowing enemies while granting Volibear a Shield if he's inside the blast radius.
Cooldown 16s · 50 Mana
RVolibear leaps to a target location, Slowing and damaging enemies beneath him while gaining bonus Health.
Cooldown 160/135/110s · 100 ManaMax W first, then Q, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QThundering Smash | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WFrenzied Maul | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| ESky Splitter | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RStormbringer | R | R | R |
How Volibear performs against enemy top laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks
Punish the cooldown — Volibear is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 3/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PThe Relentless Storm
Volibear's Attacks and abilities grant Attack Speed, and eventually cause his Attacks to deal bonus magic damage to nearby enemies.
Passive — never cast
QThundering Smash
Volibear gains speed towards enemies, Stunning and damaging the first one he Attacks.
Cost 50 ManaCooldown 12/11.5/11/10.5/10sRange 300
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.
Cost 20/25/30/35/40 ManaCooldown 5sRange 325
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.
Cost 50 ManaCooldown 16sRange 1200
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.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 160/135/110sRange 550
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Volibear in 9 patches. The latest is patch 26.19, published 2026-09-22.
PThe Relentless Storm
This year we've been carefully buffing up AD Volibear, but he remains on the weak side even with his very unique AP build. We're tuning him up to help him out across both the fringe AD build and his core AP build.
QThundering Smash
Since our direct and systemic adjustments, the bear has been hibernating from dusk till dawn for a couple patches… we’re giving him more chances to gap close, especially for laners, without raising his already thrilling ceiling of spell chaining.
QThundering Smash
WFrenzied Maul
ESky Splitter
Volibear's last set of nerfs were effective at hitting jungle harder than top, but ended up a bit over the line still. We're aiming to make laning a bit more satisfying for top Volibear with mana changes, and still trying to open up some bruiser builds so it's not always wizard bear.
QThundering Smash
ESky Splitter
We're happy that Volibear is seeing action at all levels with a new build as our signature garage sale enjoyer, but we want to make sure he's a little less overBearing, primarily in jungle. We're targeting his main build path's Q max burst without changing how it feels to get into combat, as well as his clear speed so that he has to work a little harder to show up to fights, and compensating with some AD ratio for anyone who's gotten a good deal on a Triforce or Gunblade recently.
Base Stats
Volibear's last patch succeeded in addressing his jungle-vs-top gap but left him a little weaker than we wanted across both roles. We're here to deliver him some more power to our favorite Zilean-hating demigod. We chose attack damage here to ensure that as a moderate-mobility melee champion, his attacks are appropriately threatening
Base Stats
QThundering Smash
ESky Splitter
As the dust has settled from Volibear’s recent changes, his AD and AP builds are much closer in power and we believe jungle Volibear to be appropriately strong. That said, top lane Volibear is currently quite weak. To help him out we’re delivering some changes that’re intended to keep jungle Voli at about the same power level but substantially buff up top lane.
PThe Relentless Storm
ESky Splitter
Volibear's been one of the strongest junglers in solo queue for a while now, so in this patch we're looking to bring his (ability) power down a notch. His ability to synergize with cooldown reduction has allowed him to sustain through most situations while still dealing a respectable amount of DPS. We're okay with his sustain, but to bring his DPS down just a tad we're hitting his AP ratios which should weaken some of his most popular builds while leaving his AD builds untouched.
PThe Relentless Storm
Volibear has clawed his way to the top of the ranks of junglers as the rest of them were brutally wounded by nerfs in the last hunt. While it's acceptable for this thunder god to be potent, his current strength is just a bit too thunderous. As such we're tapping down his AP Ratio on his passive, which should make his first item power spike less electrifying.
WFrenzied Maul
Volibear is cool, but building AD on him is clearly worse than AP or tank. Trying to bring AD builds up to match the others in a way that rewards sustained combat, not exclusively bursting people.
Riot's data lists 11 looks for Volibear with their own art, the base skin included and 26 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Volibear | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 650 | =26th | 620 |
| Health per level | 104 | =86th | 104 |
| Base armor | 35 | =31st | 30 |
| Armor per level | 5.2 | =3rd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 65 | =21st | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2% | =119th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 340 | =37th | 335 |
| Attack range | 150 | =115th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 650 | +104 | 2418 | =73rd of 173 |
| Mana | 350 | +70 | 1540 | 4th of 145 |
| Armor | 35 | +5.2 | 123.4 | =8th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 | =5th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Volibear, the Relentless Storm, is a Fighter and Tank champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 3/10 for difficulty, 7/10 for attack, 7/10 for defense and 4/10 for magic. Volibear spends Mana and has 11 skins with their own art.
To those who still revere him, the Volibear is the storm made manifest. Destructive, wild, and stubbornly resolute, he existed before mortals walked the Freljord's tundra, and is fiercely protective of the lands that he and his demi-god kin created. Cultivating a deep hatred of civilization and the weakness it brought with it, he now fights to return to the old ways—when the land was untamed, and blood spilled freely—and eagerly battles all who oppose him, with tooth, claw, and thundering domination.
