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Champion icon Gameplay

Volibear is a champion in League of Legends.[1]

Abilities

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The Relentless Storm

The Relentless Storm

Innate: Whenever Volibear damages at least one enemy with a basic attack or ability, he generates a stack of The Relentless Storm for 6 seconds, refreshing on subsequent damage and stacking up to 5 times. At 5 stacks, Volibear gains Lightning Claws.

The Relentless Storm: For each stack, Volibear gains Attack speed icon 5% (+ 4% per 100 AP) bonus attack speed, up to 25% (+ 20% per 100 AP).

Lightning Claws: Volibear's claws ignite with lightning, empowering his basic attacks On-hit icon on-hit to deal 11 − 60 (based on level) (+ 50% AP) bonus magic damage to the target and the nearest Sight icon visible enemy within 450 units of the target, chaining up to 4 subsequent targets.

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  • Volibear's spikes visually grow as The Relentless Storm stacks.
  • Stacks of The Relentless Storm are also granted On-hit icon on-hit, but will specifically not be if the target is Cosmic Radiance invulnerable.
  • While at four stacks, the next attack or ability on-hit reaching the fifth stack will be empowered by Lightning Claws.
  • A stack of The Relentless Storm is not gained if the attack is Jax Counter Strike old dodged and/or missed if Volibear is Blind icon blinded. A stack is granted even if the attack is Spirit's Refuge blocked. In all cases, Lightning Claws will not apply (on-hit damage is parried and the bounce is prevented).
    • Since Frenzied Maul Frenzied Maul cannot be missed while Volibear is Blind icon blinded, gaining stacks from The Relentless Storm and applying Lighting Claws from the ability will not be prevented from that parry effect.
  • Volibear has a hidden passive that grants him 1 armor for every enemy Zilean Zilean within 800 range of him.
    • Likewise, Zilean Zilean gains 1 ability power for every nearby Volibear.
    • Neither Volibear nor Zilean Zilean need Sight icon sight of one another to gain these bonuses.
  • The empowered attacks do not affect structures nor wards.

Map-Specific Differences
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • Lightning AP ratio changed to 40% AP.

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Thundering Smash

Thundering Smash

Active: Volibear drops on all fours, becoming Ghost ghosted and gaining Movement speed icon bonus movement speed for 4 seconds, doubled while facing a Sight icon visible enemy Champion icon champion within 2000 units.

Bonus Movement Speed:
12 / 16 / 20 / 24 / 28%
Increased Bonus Movement Speed:
24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56%

During this time, Volibear's next basic attack is empowered to have an Relentless Force 2 uncancellable windup, gain Range icon 25 bonus range, and Dash pounce on the target, dealing bonus physical damage and Stun icon stunning them for 1 second. This damage applies Life steal icon life steal at 100% effectiveness.

Bonus Physical Damage:
10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 (+ 120% bonus AD)

If Volibear becomes Stun icon immobilized or Silence icon polymorphed by an enemy during Thundering Smash, the effect ends prematurely and the Cooldown icon cooldown is reset.

Thundering Smash Bladework resets Volibear's basic attack timer.

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  • Thundering Smash's empowered attack scales with Volibear's Attack speed icon attack speed.
  • Thundering Smash deals Basic Attack basic damage, but also triggers spell effects by dealing an additional 0 Disintegrate spell damage.
  • Thundering Smash will still apply its effects to the target even if the Dash dash is Silence icon interrupted, but not if he goes into Revival icon resurrection.
  • Thundering Smash can Dash dash over walls provided Volibear is in attack range of his target on the other side.
  • Thundering Smash's attack triggers against Turret icon structures and Ward icon wards, consuming the effect but dealing its bonus damage, if applicable.
  • The windup for the attack completes even if the target becomes Untargetable icon untargetable but the Stun icon stun and damage do not apply.
  • Thundering Smash's reset does not trigger from Drowsy icon drowsy and is only granted after falling Sleep icon asleep.
  • The player's screen will flash red briefly and cue a sound effect when Volibear becomes Stun icon immobilized while Thundering Smash is active.
  • Thundering Smash's attack does not put Volibear's basic attack on cooldown.
  • If Thundering Smash's buff appears as the first on the buff bar, the empowered attack will fail against Turret icon structures.(bug)

Map-Specific Differences
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • Bonus AD ratio changed to 60% bonus AD.
  • Cooldown changed to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds.

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Frenzied Maul

Frenzied Maul

Active: Volibear strikes the target enemy to deal physical damage, apply On-hit icon on-hit and on-attack effects at 100% effectiveness, and mark them Wounded for 8 seconds.

Physical Damage:
5 / 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 (+ 100% AD) (+ 6% of his bonus health)
Increased Damage:
7.5 / 45 / 82.5 / 120 / 157.5 (+ 150% AD) (+ 9% of his bonus health)

Wounded Bonus: Frenzied Maul deals Critical strike physical icon 50% increased damage and Heal power icon heals Volibear. The heal is halved against Minion icon minions.

Heal:
20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20% of his missing health)
Minion Heal:
10 / 17.5 / 25 / 32.5 / 40 (+ 4 / 5.5 / 7 / 8.5 / 10% of his missing health)

Frenzied Maul applies Life steal icon life steal at 100% effectiveness.

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  • Volibear will be ordered to basic attack the target after casting Frenzied Maul.
  • Frenzied Maul deals Basic Attack basic damage, but also triggers spell effects by dealing an additional 0 Disintegrate spell damage.
  • Frenzied Maul's bite Heal power icon heals even if it is blocked by Spell Shield spell shield.
  • Frenzied Maul's strike can be Jax Counter Strike old dodged and Spirit's Refuge blocked, but it cannot miss if Volibear is Blind icon blinded. The Wound mark does not apply if Jax Counter Strike old dodged, but will otherwise do so regardless.
    • The bite can be Spirit's Refuge blocked but Volibear still heals. It does not heal nor deal damage if the bite is Jax Counter Strike old dodged. The bite cannot miss if Volibear is Blind icon blinded.
  • Frenzied Maul deals bonus damage and heals if the target is still Wounded after the cast time. If the mark wares off before the cast time completes, the ability's animation will appear as if the bite was applied but there is no bonus damage or heal.
  • If the target becomes Untargetable icon untargetable, Death dies, or is too far away or no longer in Sight icon sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on Cooldown icon cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).

Map-Specific Differences
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • Base heal changed to 10 / 25 / 40 / 55 / 70.
  • Heal health ratio changed to 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 18% of his missing health.

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Sky Splitter

Sky Splitter

Active: Volibear summons a lightning bolt to strike at the target location after a 2-second delay, granting Sight icon sight of the area for 1 second after the first second of the delay. If Volibear is within the strike, he gains a Hybrid resistances icon shield equal to 14% of his maximum health (+ 75% AP) for 3 seconds.

Sky Splitter 2

The bolt deals magic damage to enemies hit, capped at 650 against non-Champion icon champions, and Slow icon slows them by 40% for 2 seconds.

Magic Damage:
80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+ 80% AP) (+ 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15% of target's maximum health)

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  • Enemies cannot see the location of the cast for the first second, but they can already tell that the spell is underway by noticing Volibear's cast animation.
    • Volibear can cast Sky Splitter during the movement speed boost from Thundering Smash to prevent the animation from playing.
  • Volibear will receive the Hybrid resistances icon shield even if he is Untargetable icon untargetable.

Map-Specific Differences
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • Base damage changed to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160.
  • Damage AP ratio changed to 70% AP.
  • Damage health ratio changed to 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13% of target's maximum health.
  • Shield AP ratio changed to 65% AP.
  • Shield health ratio changed to 11% of maximum health.

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Stormbringer

Stormbringer

Active: Volibear gains Stormbringer for 12 seconds and Dash leaps to the target location with Unstoppable icon displacement immunity, granting Sight icon sight of the area in a 500 radius during the travel.

Stormbringer: Volibear gains Ghost ghosting, Health icon bonus health, Range icon 50 bonus attack range, 25 increased range on Frenzied Maul Frenzied Maul, and 35% increased size.

Bonus Health:
175 / 350 / 525

Volibear impacts after 1 second, Slow icon slowing nearby enemies by 50% decaying over 1 second. Enemies within the epicenter are also dealt Critical strike physical icon physical damage.

Physical Damage:
300 / 500 / 700 (+ 250% bonus AD) (+ 125% AP)

Volibear also disables enemy Turret icon turrets in an area for a duration, rendering them unable to attack, as well as dealing them the Critical strike physical icon same damage.

Turret Disable Duration:
2 / 3 / 4

Stormbringer will cast at max range if cast beyond that. Thundering Smash's Thundering Smash's duration will be paused for the Dash leap.

▶️   I am the storm!

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  • Stormbringer will disable any turret that is not the Nexus Obelisk Nexus Obelisk, even if it is Untargetable icon untargetable.
    • Stormbringer will not deal damage to untargetable turrets.
  • Volibear grows to his new size over 1.25 seconds, starting 0.25 seconds after landing, and shrinks back to his normal size over 0.5 seconds after Stormbinger's status ends, respectively.
  • Volibear Dash leaps over 1 second regardless of distance or Movement speed icon movement speed.
    • Volibear impacts immediately at his current location if Stormbringer is cast over terrain he cannot pass through (due to not being able to cover the distance required).(bug)
  • The additional bonuses are granted on-cast.
  • The turret disable debuff is named Ohmwrecker.
  • Disabling a Turret icon turret does not prevent aggro of the current target it is locked onto. The increased turret shot damage from Ohmwrecker Ohmwrecker is also reset.
    • Turrets maintain the same targeting behavior even when disabled; damaging an enemy champion will still draw turret aggro. However, if the turret's desired target leaves range or has become an invalid target, it will lock onto the most previous target it was going to attack prior to becoming disabled, or instead, find a new one if that condition is not applicable.
  • The following table refers for interactions while Volibear is dashing:
Attacking Disabled
Abilities Disabled
Movement Disabled
Items Usable N/A
Disabled All items are disabled
Interrupted by N/A
Consumables Disabled
Spells Usable Barrier Barrier Clarity Clarity Cleanse Cleanse Exhaust Exhaust Ghost Ghost Heal Heal Ignite Ignite Smite Smite
Disabled Flash Flash Teleport Teleport Recall Recall Hexflash Hexflash
Interrupted by N/A
Interrupted by
  • Death
  • Champion skins

    This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Volibear (Collection).
    Volibear OriginalSkin
    Original
    RP 880
    29.11.2011
    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.
    Separator
    ActorDavid Sobolov
    ArtistAlex 'alexplank' Flores
    Loot eligible Loot eligible

    Patch history

    For the expanded patch notes, see here.
    V14.7
    V14.6
    V14.5
    V14.4
    V14.2
    V13.14
    V13.9
    V12.13
    V12.10
    V12.2
    V11.23
    V11.12
    V11.6
    V10.24
    V10.23
    V10.16
    V10.14
    V10.12
    V10.11 - June 2nd Hotfix
    V10.11 - June 1st Hotfix
    V10.11 - Full Relaunch


    Trivia


    See also

    References

    1. Volibear's profile page at LeagueOfLegends.com
    2. IronStylus on champion names
    3. Trask, R. L. Etyologogical Dictionary of Basque, p. 146, 217
    4. hyrr in Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
    5. Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic p. 258