Volibear Update/Rework

Éthreal··3 votes·5,653 views

Hi guys! I'm bringing up some concerns with our beloved, furry friend, . I feel as if he needs an update to truly unleash his ferocity. Volibear is a powerful Ursine Warrior Chief, as well as a Mystic. He wields the power of the maelstrom. I feel as if his kit in game is a little TOO simplistic and honestly lack luster to who Volibear truly is as a champion of the League. I feel like Volibear falls off late game, especially in team fights. To the point where he becomes irrelevant due to being kited by nimble ADC'S like and , and long range, CC mages such as and . I went through and gave him an edge on as to how he can stay relevant constantly while scaling with the game. I kept his passive the same. I also change his Q and his R around while simultaneously tweaking them, just a bit. His W and E are very similar still, but they are not the same. Being an ursine warrior chief/mystic, I feel as if his damage was inconsistent. Bringing his damage to a nice, more AP heavy, hybrid boundary. I hope you read through all of this and can visualize it in your head just enough. I also hope Riot sees this and possibly takes this into consideration.

Chosen of the Storm (Unchanged) Old Passive: When Volibear's health drops below 30% of his maximum health, he will heal for 30% of his maximum health over the next 6 seconds.

Thunder Claws Updated Q: ACTIVE: Volibear's auto attacks arc lightning to upto 4 nearby enemy targets for the next 6 seconds. (Including towers) When a target is struck, they take increased magic damage over time. (10 second cooldown) BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE: 40/70/100

Mark of the Storm Updated W: PASSIVE: When Volibear is below 65% maximum health, he gains 15% increased, passive movement speed. ACTIVE: Volibear bites a target enemy, dealing physical damage that is increased by 1% for every 1% of the target's missing health. If the target is an enemy champion, they suffer from Grievous Wounds. (Reducing all healing they receive by 40%) (13 second cooldown)

Maelstrom Eruption Updated E: Volibear lets out a powerful roar that deals magic damage and silences nearby enemies for 2 seconds. Minions, monsters and pets are instead feared for the duration. MAGIC DAMAGE: 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+ 60% AP)

Ursine Strength Updated R: Volibear launches forward into the fray in a straight line, flinging the first enemy champion hit behind him. Wherever the enemy champion lands, they take a small portion of physical damage, while releasing a small shock wave of magic damage to nearby enemy champions. (Range: 550/700/850) (Shockwave: 50/75/100) PHYSICAL DAMAGE: 10% of the target's max health in bonus physical damage. (90/120/150) MAGIC DAMAGE: 125/250/375 ( + 40% AP)

14 Comments

A FLUFFY BUNNY 11 votes

I just think he's on break at the moment. He's still awesome and a beast in game. Just wait till a pro pick him up and he'll be a top play and ban again. He's still just so strong when played.

Éthreal1 votes

I know. I love Voli as much as anyone else, but I just feel like his kit/lore don't add up to his true potential. It just feels like you're playing a bear with lightning every 2 minutes. Not much depth to it.

Anags1 votes

He gets cc'd and kited pretty easy. The cc he offers is meh compared to someone like Warwick.

His damage isn't great and requires some time and him staying on a target to get autos in.

You are just better off picking any other champ because they all do the job better.

No pro is gonna pick him up, sorry.

SwiftKitten881 votes

not sure if serious.. adc kiting voli?

you cant even kite a voli with Nidalee unless you have a wall to jump over.

item 3009 item 3742 good luck ever escaping

Éthreal1 votes

Adc's like Vayne and Draven and Caitlyn, mages like Lux Lulu Zyra .

SwiftKitten881 votes

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Adc's like Vayne and Draven and Caitlyn, mages like Lux Lulu Zyra .

if u think Lux can kite voli... i am not going to waste my time explaining

Éthreal1 votes

Snare and slow? Without flash, its a decent enough kite. And thats only 1 out of 6 i suggested. The point is, volibear can be kited sort of easily.

Ghostedly1 votes

I can kite a voli with Jhin. ez and oh no summoner 4

Blithesome13041 votes

If Lux can land her Q and position herself then yes. You may want to try facing Morgana and Zilean and Karma also.

Anags1 votes

Uh, he q's at you....you bind him and walk the fuck away. How does he catch you exactly.

Seriously if you think Voli is hard to kite then you are just trolling. He is probably the easiest champ to kite in the game.

Which is probably why he's played so little there isn't enough data to get an accurate winrate.

Blithesome13041 votes

I can't agree with you.

  1. You want Q to become his wave clear ability but that is his only escape ability also. Which means that if you want to get a huge wave of minion you'll have no way out.
  2. That W is TOO MUCH buff to be true
  3. That R is Rammus 's dream, not Volibear.
FlameHalbrdOkido1 votes

u know I really wish that you would edit the post so the old versions of abilities were in the ~~Strikethrough ~~font so we can easily tell what ur uptdate kit is and what the old kit is. The 1st time I read this I was confused, at 1st I was like why does they have two versions of the abilities, and then I was thought why did you even include the old abilities at all

w - Riot has pretty much removed Grievous Wounds from the game except for a few special cases, I strongly doubt that they will give Volibear Grievous Wounds. They removed it cause it was unhealthy and only kept it on a champ/item if it was key the the theme, tho I can't remember what they kept it on. Also I fail to see how the ability matches its name: Mark of the Storm, all Volibear is doing is marking them.

R - this just doesnt feel right as his ult, A lot of peeps rely on it to gank and having it be on an Ult with a long CD means that they will only be able to gank as effectively as before every so often.

perhaps u could take a look at my concept to gain some ideas. I feel that as one of the demi-gods of the freljord Volibear has a domain to claim just like Ornn and Anivia, in Volibear's case it should be the weather and wrathful storms of the freljord https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/whh03AAU-volibear-update-concept

Éthreal1 votes

This rework is a year old. Lol It definitely needs changing.

FlameHalbrdOkido1 votes

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This rework is a year old. Lol It definitely needs changing.

up 2 u, if u think its 2 old just move on

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