How do I win against a Volibear. I just played a game against him and he owned me, I just watched a YouTube video on someone who is in Diamond, mains Riven and got owned too. Is this a hard match up, or what? Voli's health goes up so fast, and it's so hard to kill him.
Stall. Voli doesn't have very good late game scaling. Also, anyone who does %health damage shreds tanks.
Respect his presence. You can disengage him. He cannot disengage you. You merely need to farm and exploit his awful scaling. Clear the wave, roam.
Clear the wave, deep wards.
Clear the wave, spam laugh. He has no waveclear. The only way you'll lose is if you're trying to kill him, in which case he'll do what he does best, duel.
remember that your minions cannot help you fight volibear
Trust me I've been thinking the SAME thing. When I play as one of my favorite champs (Riven) for some odd reason Volibear always counters me. I'd just say tower hug until you get your gold up.
Here's how you beat the bear 100% of the time.
Stand your ground as the beast charges
As soon as he gets within 4 feet of you, take your giant sword and thrust forward with all your might!
there bear's dead.
the end
I don't play Riven, but I have always been told she has trouble fighting tanky opponents who also deal damage in the early-game. Which is kinda Voli in a nutshell.
Whatever you do, don't get caught in a situation where you get flipped with no cooldowns available. Which mostly means don't try to E+Q away and then get caught by the flip anyway.
As an avid Voli player I say normally play safe, but here's a little tip. If you see a Voli charge at you with Q back off. (I have learned use your Q as an escape on Voli not to initiate.) so back off let his Q go on cooldown and then start your attack because Voli has some long ass cooldowns. I think the main this is you can not all in Voli you got to chunk him down.
