I've always wondered why Volibear is never played in the LCS. He's great in this meta and a safe pick and they never expect the flash q, decent engage, can do pretty good damage with your W even when you're full tank, one of the most godlike passives - good dives and it helps you live when you go in too deep in certain situations.
He gets easily kited by the majority of propick's and usually is lacking compared to other champions who can pretty much do the same thing as him but also have more utility on top of that
Volibear is, in a lot of ways, Udyr lite.
He has his obvious strengths, like his execute and his flip.
But they have the same weaknesses. No ranged attacks, very kitable, no gap closers other than MS buffs and looooooots of damage if they catch you.
For that reason, if someone is going to play a kitable powerhouse, they'd generally go with Udyr.
That said, I love Volibear. He is one of my favorite junglers.
He's kited to death by people who are good at this game
He's actually way too binary. His only Hard CC is his Q, which only works with a team that revolves around picking off a single target, and relies on him actually being able to get in range of said target in the first place.
Fact of the matter is that Blitz/Naut/Thresh etc can all do that without taking up the slot of a Jungler/Top Laner like Sej/Amumu/Maokai/Gragas which are far more valuable tanks to have on your team.
Outside of Voli's Q, his whole kit is nothing but damage. Even if he builds full tank, he's not a very good tank for your team in terms of CC or Utility.
