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Everything for Volibear Top on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Volibear's win conditions.
Volibear is an AD juggernaut in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.1% win rate, 2.8% pick rate, 32,474 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Volibear holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.
How Volibear wins: landing engage and starting fights on Volibear's terms, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Volibear tips the fight. The kit grades 8/10 engage, 7/10 teamfighting, 7/10 split-push. Play around where Volibear is thin, siege and mobility (3/10, 2/10), and the enemy loses their angle.
The most-played core build is Dusk and Dawn, Navori Flickerblade, Spirit Visage, which holds a 57.0% win rate across 1,958 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Annie, where Volibear sits at just 40.9%, the lane swings the other way into Zed (58.2%), and on the team side, Volibear gains the most from a Vel'Koz (+12.6% pair win rate).
Volibear's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
The picks Volibear Top struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Champions whose presence raises Volibear's win rate most as Top, by pair WR delta over Volibear's solo performance.
Best Jungle partners for Volibear
Best Mid partners for Volibear
Best ADC partners for VolibearVolibear is also played in this other role this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Volibear's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
