Volibear rework ideas
I had a discussion with in the Volibear mains discord server at potential rework ideas and this is what came to my mind
So currently Volibear is a lightning bear and that is his whole thing right? the problem is in the current lore Volibear seems more like a war bear, i had an idea on how to make those ideas coexist
I present a form switch Volibear! imagine Gnar but instead of a transformation its like comparing shadow assassin Kayn to darkin Kayn his passive gives him a resource bar that as it fills changes him from a war bear to a lightning bear. the war bear would be a brown bear and as he gets closer to transforming his coat changes color to white. the lightning bear gets an area of effect chain lightning attack on his first attack on a target and the warrior bear gets a slow this does not work like miss fortune love tap as it has a cool down for each target so you cant just spam it in team fights
the q is a flip still as it is his most distinctive ability in warrior bear it grounds them after the flip the point of this is to mimic his current e which cancels dashes. in lightning bear you gain move speed when you activate it and the flip distance scales with move speed (think Warwick ult but the ratio is way lower) and you lose the move speed immediately after flipping them.
the w is another one of his distinctive abilities as the attack speed helps with his clear and the execute brings a lot of damage to team fights and duels the idea i had in mind was for the bite to heal you when in warrior bear form and to give you stacking Armour and magic resist each auto attack (think graves true grit) the point of gaining the resistances was so that you could duel effectively as him and the heal is to mimic his current passive. in lightning bear the w is virtually the same as his current one as it gives the stacking attack speed and the execute bite.
the e shields him and and gives him move speed in both forms and passively gives him out of combat move speed (the idea behind the move speed is to encourage him to be played as a jungler while still giving him room to be played as a top laner for roaming) in warrior bear his next attack after the ability activates fears the target instead of slowing them like the passive normally does, and in lightning bear the shield does area of effect damage when it is destroyed
the ultimate passively gives enhanced stats for each form (warrior gets tank stats lightning bear gets move speed and attack speed) and when activated it empowers Volibear giving him a enhanced move speed and on hit healing scaling with his maximum health as well as lowering his cool downs each auto attack.
So those are my ideas i am very open to criticism about this the kit is very overloaded and i would appreciate new ideas on what to keep and what to change. i appreciate you reading this and have a nice day!