Bruiser tank build focused on sustain and dive to absorb entry damage and convert pressure into long fights.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Volibear build (Baron Lane): Thornmail › Heartsteel › Unending Despair › Kaenic Rookern › Abyssal Mask, boots Plated Steelcaps, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,300 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,200 total cost -100g
Physical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,450 total cost +150g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Vayne
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Physical damage
Heimerdinger
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Magic damage
Gnar
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Physical damage
Kennen
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Physical damage
Best Volibear build (Jungle): Heartsteel › Kaenic Rookern › Dawnshroud › Randuin's Omen › Abyssal Mask, boots Mercury Boots, keystone Grasp of the Undying. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,100 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against physical damage (AD) compositions.
14,200 total cost +100gPhysical-damage enemy team: Darius, Lee Sin, Lucian.
Open this draft in the tool →Resistance build geared against magic damage (AP) compositions.
14,450 total cost +350g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Evelynn
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Magic damage
Gragas
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Physical damage
Gwen
Thornmail
Recurring healing
Jax
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Physical damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Volibear thrives in extended fights where sustain and consistent damage matter. The build reinforces his ability to engage, survive and keep applying pressure.
Long Sword
Proc Sheen between AA, combo with Q charge empowered
Omnivamp AP hybride, Voli scale AP with the passive and R
resistances in fight, tanke in première ligne with R
Plated Steelcaps
Mercurys Treads
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Stacked attack speed feeds your W — more autos, more frequent bites, and the empowered W heal behind them.
The flat bonus rides every electrified auto — your early bully trades gain directly.
Your top-lane duels pit full-HP bruisers — the healthy-target bonus wins the long exchanges.
Attack speed to trigger the passive Chosen of the Storm more often.
Defensive staying power that stretches fights out — and for Volibear, a longer fight is a won fight.
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads
Force of Nature
Thornmail
Force of Nature
Frozen Heart
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Last Stand
Demolish
Around mid game objectives, Volibear is strong when he arrives first in the area. If he controls the entrance with E and threatens R under turret or in a corridor, the enemy must choose between backing off or taking a forced fight.
