Volibear Update: Pros, Cons, and Ideas.
Volibear is currently my only champion I have at mastery 7, yet, I feel he is currently in a terrible spot in the game right now. His design is amazing, and with the little tidbits of his lore updated with Ornn being released I feel he could be getting some attention in the game. This would be after Swain, Aatrox, and Irelia of course. Much like Aatrox, Voli's design is awesome, I'm more concerned on his gameplay.
I'll give my praise on what he's good at, then his abundant issues. Pros:
- His passive is great for 1v1s and 2v1s - the latter often coming down to surviving a gank.
- His bite is a great execute in the early game, especially with the health scaling.
- He's got a relatively good jungle clear.
Cons:
- Can get kited easily (standard juggernaut weakness I know)
- Not enough CC to be a reliable tank, or much peel for that matter.
- Not enough upfront damage, leaving him outclassed by other champs like him (Nasus, Darius, Illaoi, Urgot etc)
- You absolutely NEED a few early kills to be viable in even the mid-game. -Poor scaling into late game, you do zero damage to anything that isn't a glass cannon. -As a jungler, is outclassed much more by other, similar champs, such as Warwick.
I feel most of his problems come from that he's a strange mess of an on-hit juggernaut, with strange stat scaling. Riot has mentioned giving him some touch-ups, and I understand a few more champs are more outdated than him so I'll be patient.
What would you all propose for an idea on how you'd like him to be reworked?