Skins Edit

• Classic Skin
  29-Nov-2011
• Thunder Lord Volibear
  520  / 29-Nov-2011
• Northern Storm Volibear
  750  / 29-Nov-2011
• Classic Skin
  Unavailable

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Trivia Edit

• Volibear was designed by Volty.
• Volibear was the first champion to be released in Season Two.
• Volibear, the Thunder's Roar, is a response to the ongoing joke on the League of Legends forums regarding armored bears.^[1][2][3][4]
  • The champion led to the creation of pro-armored bear and anti-armored bear factions, with leaders being the designers of the Riot Team, which eventually escalated to the Riot Wars.^[5][6][7]
  • His name is derived from Travis 'Volibar' George, the Riot producer who first put forth the idea of an armored bear champion.
• Volibear is possibly inspired from the armored bears (most prominently Iorek Byrnison) that appear through out Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, known as Panserbjørne (lit. 'armored bears', Danish/Norwegian origin). Atlantica's Druid Mercenary, Hero Naruk, also seems to be related.
• When there is an enemy Zilean present in game, Volibear will gain the Chronokeeper Hater icon with the text: "Not even Zilean could keep an armored bear out of the League of Legends".
  • The enemy Zilean also gains the Armored Bear Hater icon with the text: "In my day, we would never have allowed an armored bear into the League of Legends." The allied Zilean is unaffected.
• Volibear's dance is a reference to Sam B's dance from America's Got Talent. A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
• In Volibear's Champion Spotlight, his skin names were on the opposite skins. The name "Thunder Lord" was on the Northern Storm skin and vice versa.
• Volibear's skill Rolling Thunder is the same name as Henry Fillmore's famous band piece, Rolling Thunder, featuring the low brass.

Quotes Edit

• Volibear has special quotes when slaying Zilean. Whenever Volibear slays Zilean, he will remark: "Your time has run out, Chronokeeper" or "I got a special claw for you, Zilean."
  • This is the first time a champion kill triggers a quote.
  • Volibear, Renekton, and Vi are the only champions to reference another champion in their in-game speech.
• Volibear's quote "A fool and his head are easily parted." Is most likely a reference to the Klingon Proverb "A fool and his head are soon parted.", which was first used in the 1984 novel "The Final Reflection". It is also a reference to "A fool and his money are easily parted"

Skins Edit

• Northern Storm Volibear is a likely a reference to the Soviet Northern Front, a major military organization created during the Second World War.
• Thunder Lord Volibear is a more direct reference to Iorek Byrnison, the king of the Panserbjørne from the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Relations Edit

• Volibear forged an alliance with Sejuani  to battle the coming evil.
• Due to the fact that the Riot design director, Zileas, was adamantly against the implementation of armored bears, Volibear and Zilean dislike each other.

References Edit