Volibear change idea?
First off, I know that Volibear is in fact average to pretty strong right now (sitting at just shy of 54% win rate based on LoLKing). This change may in fact be a buff for him, but the main goal is to make him feel better as a champ. As Stonewall008 says in this video, Volibear was a juggernaut before they were a thing, and is in fact in a fine spot right now. However, that doesn't change that certain parts of his kit feel a little dull. Personally, I love playing volibear, but Stonewall suggested one really cool idea in the comments on that youtube video that I thought was worth sharing/reinterpreting.
NOTE: This idea is pretty much totally inspired by Stonewall's comment, and I'm not trying to plagiarize him in any way.
R, Thunder claws:
- LESS "MAGIC BEAR": Base damage lowered to 50/75/100 from 75/115/155. AP Ratio lowered to 20% from 30%
- MORE "ANGRY BEAR": New: Volbear now deals 4% of his max health as additional magic damage to all enemies hit by thunder claws, consuming 2% of his max health with every attack.
- HIGH VOLTAGE JUMP START: New: If Volibear drops below 30% health while Thunder claws is active his passive will activate regardless of cooldown. However, this effect cannot occur within 12 seconds (the duration of Thunder claws) of proccing his passive previously
The reasoning behind this change is that right now, Volibear is just a big fat tank who doesn't die (right up there with Mundo and Tahm Kench), while being relatively useless in a team fight. His ult is particularly bland since it is just a straight steroid. Garen received a nice bit of true damage, Darius received a huge AD steroid and self heal, and Voli needs something unique and flavorful of his own. Granted, Volibear is already pretty well off right now with a decent pick and win rate, so this might not be the best time to implement this change, and it might be too strong in general (but that's a live balance type of thing), but this is the kind of change that would help change Volibear from a relatively bland meat shield into a more aggressive teamfight threat.
If you love Volibear and think this change is good, bad, or downright ugly, please comment and upvote so we can get a discussion going :D
being one of my favorite champs to play, I don't really see a part of him that doesn't have any synergia or needs to be tweaked. I like his ult as it is because of 
it gives him a huge boost, and it actually does do some damage to the people around his target. He isn't as nearly single target as 
and being a frustrating BEARRICADE is part of his teamfight strength. 
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