PASSIVE THE RELENTLESS STORM
Volibear's Attacks and abilities grant Attack Speed, and eventually cause his Attacks to deal bonus magic damage to nearby enemies.
Volibear Wild Rift champion guide
Champion guide
What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.
- In-game title
- The Relentless Storm
- Official role
- FIGHTER, TANK
- Lane
- Baron / Top
- Difficulty
- Low
- Source tier
- S
Abilities
Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.
1 THUNDERING SMASH
Volibear gains speed towards enemies, Stunning and damaging the first one he Attacks.
2 FRENZIED MAUL
Volibear damages an enemy, applying on-hit effects and gaining a mark. Casting this ability again on the same target consumes the mark to deal bonus damage and heal Volibear.
3 SKY 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.
ULTIMATE STORMBRINGER
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.
Reviewed build
The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.
Core build order
Runes
- Lethal Tempo
- Brutal
- Last Stand
- Legend: Bloodline
- Nimbus Cloak
Situational answers
One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.
- Enemy crowd controlMercury's Treads
Matchups
- 5reviewed counter links
- 5reviewed synergy links
Harder matchups
Useful alongside this pick
Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.
Quick answers
Who counters Volibear in Wild Rift?
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Volibear: Vayne (Dragon / ADC), Gwen (Baron / Top), Fiora (Baron / Top), Kennen (Baron / Top), Jayce (Baron / Top). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
How do you play against Volibear in Wild Rift?
Riot's ability text for Volibear describes crowd control (a stun, root, knock-up, pull or similar) in THUNDERING SMASH (ability 1); a dash, leap or blink in STORMBRINGER (ultimate); a shield in SKY SPLITTER (ability 3); healing or regeneration in FRENZIED MAUL (ability 2). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Volibear is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
What is the best build for Volibear in Wild Rift?
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Volibear, in purchase order: Dusk and Dawn then Hullbreaker then Riftmaker then Plated Steelcaps. Runes: Lethal Tempo, Brutal, Last Stand, Legend: Bloodline, Nimbus Cloak. Situational swaps: against enemy crowd control: Mercury's Treads. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Which lane and role does Volibear play in Wild Rift?
Volibear is a Fighter and Tank by Riot's classification and is played in Baron / Top. Riot rates the difficulty Low. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows S tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.