Volibear is a flexible pick that is most often seen in the top lane, however, he can perform just as well in the jungle or playing the supporting role. He is a high mobility bruiser, which can dish out tons of damage, and delete squishy enemies. In this guide, we are gonna take a look at the best item combinations run by the highest-ranked Volibear players of the EUW and Korean servers.
Best Volibear Items
Rod of Ages
The first item we will cop is none other than Rod of Ages. It’s a great early buy that stacks and scales well into the late game. It gives us all the necessary stats to survive and win the lane, such as HP, mana, and some AP.
Rod of Ages also has a passive “Eternity” which works really well for Volibear. It restores mana each time you get damaged by an enemy, and it heals you for the percentage of mana you used after you cast an ability.
Navori Flickerblade
Volibear is a champion that should be played around cooldowns. You get all the basic abilities up, you go in and chunk the enemy, and then you retreat until your cooldowns refresh. This kind of playstyle encourages Navori’s purchase, as the item will reduce our ability cooldowns and enable us to trade more frequently.
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage is an item that is usually bought against heavy AP enemies but it can be bought more frequently on Volibear. The reason for this is that the item gives a 25% healing increase from all sources, and Volibear is a champion that can heal quite a lot. Spirit Visage can be substituted for other items in some cases, but it is never a huge necessity.
Jak’Sho the Protean
Jak’Sho is quite a powerful spike in the build. It will increase your resistance from both AD and AP sources, due to its generous HP, armor and magic resistance stacks. The item will also increase your resistances the longer you are in combat.
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart is another common item you will often see on Volibear. It gives armor, HP, and some much-needed ability haste. Additionally, it has a really significant passive that reduces the nearby enemy attack speed by 20%.
Boots
The boots we will want to run are Ionian boots of lucidity. They do the best job of maximizing our damage and in-game pressure.
Best Build Runes
- Precision
- Presence of Mind
- Legend: Haste
- Last Stand
- Triple Tonic
- Jack of all Trades
When it comes to rune choices, precision stands as the best keystone. It’s really easy to proc and it greatly enhances your damage output. Presence of mind is great as it will increase your mana, which is the most valuable Volibear resource.
Next up on the list is Legend: Haste, as previously highlighted, Volibear does really enjoy ability haste, which justifies this rune choice. Triple tonic will give us 3 potions, at levels 3, 6, and 9. These are great for increasing our early-game strength. The last rune, jack of all trades, is a rune that stacks a really generous amount of adaptive damage.
In conclusion
Volibear is a really solid pick that can be flexed in many roles. He thrives on playing around his cooldowns and that is exactly what we want to tap into with our build. Therefore, we will go for a build that offers solid bruiser stats, as well as some AP, ability haste and other discussed stats.