Prioritize Skill 2, which combines healing and damage, to maximize your brawling power.
Volibear Strengths
✓Ult that temporarily disables nearby turrets
✓Sustain and steady damage from Passive and Skill 2
✓Strong brawling in early skirmishes
Volibear Weaknesses
×Vulnerable to being kited from range
×Linear, predictable engage patterns
×Carry potential drops off in the late game
Volibear Early Game
Volibear's early brawling is among the strongest of any champion. Look for trades often and take control of the lane. Land Skill 3 on the enemy while standing inside its area so you gain the shield as well. With that setup you rarely lose a trade.
Volibear Mid Game
Use your strong wave clear to split push and take down towers. Skill 1's movement speed and stun make it easy to follow up on ally ganks. With the heal from Skill 2 you can fight confidently even in a 1v2.
Volibear Late Game
Once your tank items are complete you can hold the front line for a long time. Dive in with Ult to force open the enemy formation. The landing disables nearby turrets, so dives around objectives become easier.
Volibear Teamfights
Follow your team's engage by landing Ult in the middle of the enemy team. Stick to their carries, draw their attacks onto yourself, and hold on with your durability. Stay in front as the wall that lets your team deal damage freely.
⚠️ Common Mistakes
Casting Skill 3 (Sky Splitter) without standing in it for the shield
Volibear's Skill 3 is both offense and defense: if you stand in the strike zone you also gain a thick shield. Dropping it only at the enemy's feet gives damage alone, and you get burst down right after you dive with Skill 1. When engaging, place Skill 3 on the spot where Skill 1 will carry you. Gaining the shield as the stun lands lets you stay alive on the front line.
Volibear Combos
Engage Combo
Close in and stun using the speed from Skill 1, then drop Skill 3 at your feet for a shield.
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Volibear Skills
This skill table was checked against the in-game text on 2026-08-15. Changes from 7.3 have been applied from the official patch notes.
Passive
The Relentless Storm
Volibear gains 5% (5% + 4%AP) Attack Speed for 6 seconds whenever he deals damage with an Ability or Attack, stacking up to 5 times.
At 5 stacks, Volibear's claws ignite with lightning, causing his Attacks to deal an additional 12 (12 - 68(Lv) + 40%AP) magic damage to the target and 4 closest enemies.
Skill 1
Thundering Smash
⏳ 13s
Volibear gains 10% Movement Speed, increased to 20% towards enemy champions for the next 4 seconds. While active, Volibear's next Attack deals 15 (15 + 100% bonusAD) physical damage and Stuns the target for 1 second.
If Volibear becomes Immobilized before he Stuns a target, Thundering Smash's duration is paused.
Details
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3
LVL 4
Cooldown
13
12
11
10
Base Damage
15
40
65
90
MS
10
15
20
25
MS
20
30
40
50
Skill 2
Frenzied Maul
⏳ 5s
Volibear mauls an enemy, dealing 67 physical damage (5 + 100%AD + 6.5% bonusHP). If Volibear mauls a champion or large monster, he goes into a Frenzy for 8 seconds.
If this ability is used when in a Frenzy, its damage is increased to 108 physical damage (8 + 160%AD + 10.4% bonusHP), and Volibear heals himself for 20 HP (20 + 5% of missing HP).
Applies on-hit effects. Deals 80% damage to monsters.
Details
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3
LVL 4
Cost
35
40
45
50
Base Damage
5
30
55
80
Heal
20
30
40
50
Empowered Damage
8
48
88
128
Skill 3
Sky Splitter
⏳ 13s
Summons a thundercloud that fires a lightning bolt, dealing 80 magic damage (80 + 50%AP + 11% of the target's max HealthHP) and slowing them by 40% for 2 seconds.
If Volibear is inside the blast zone, he gains a shield that absorbs 97 damage (75%AP + 14% of his max HealthHP) for 2.5 seconds.
Damage against non-champions is capped at 150.
Details
LVL 1
LVL 2
LVL 3
LVL 4
Base Damage
80
110
140
170
Max Monster Damage
150
250
350
450
Ult
Stormbringer
⏳ 90s
Volibear transforms and leaps, gaining 175 HP and 50 Attack Range for the next 12 seconds.
Upon landing, Volibear cracks the earth, Disabling nearby towers for 3 seconds and dealing 300 (300 + 100%AP + 210% bonusAD) physical damage to them. Nearby enemies are Slowed by 50%, decaying over 1 second. Enemies directly underneath Volibear suffering 300 (300 + 100%AP + 210% bonusAD) physical damage.