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Volibear

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Bans, presence and fearless: Volibear across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

4.6%#123 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.7%picked in 480 of 17,985 games
Ban: 1.9%324 bans over 17,053 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top43.5% between 39.4% and 47.6% over 398 gamesSoloQ 49.0%: clear gap

Median length28.7 minsoloQ 25.9 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Hextech Gunblade, Statikk Shiv, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 97% of top laners.DuelistPokeSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
43.5%
SoloQ
49.0%
43.5% win rate in amateur play over 398 games, against 49.0% in soloQ over 9,051 games.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.9%
SoloQ
0.8%
1.9% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 0.8% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.7 min
SoloQ
25.9 min
Median of 28.7 min in amateur play, against 25.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Hextech Gunblade, Statikk Shiv, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo52% · 4,685

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite53% · 4,785

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 81% · 29 games

Core (3 legendaries)17% · 542

17%of soloQ games

Hextech Gunblade
Statikk Shiv
Terminus

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 97% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop3%38% · top laners: 28%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist
Poke
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 38 in lane, 25 in mid game and 43 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

588-11 vs 599

820-48 vs 868

1,057-22 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Volibeartop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 68% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 38 of 100 among top laners588 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 25 of 100 among top laners820 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 43 of 100 among top laners1,057 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 75 of 100 among top laners+274 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 68 of 100 among top laners+281 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 71 of 100 among top laners1,150 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 4 of 100 among top laners46% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 97 of 100 among top laners38% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 57 of 100 among top lanersrank 57 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 61 of 100 among top laners0.9 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 63 of 100 among top laners22% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.