User blog comment:Alien Paranoid/Volibear: Champion rework/@comment-5035765-20161105044848/@comment-26902312-20161106095446

Yes, removing his fear from E was intended. It gives him an advantage over all other junglers for no exact reason. Is he ghost? Demon? Undead? I don't think he is that scary. His clears are (even after nerf) super healthy and so he can gank at 80% HP constantly. He should make a decision to farm or gank, not do both, or take risk while ganking at 50% HP.

Look at Graves - he had this problem, permanent resistances in the jungle made him super obnoxious, he was always at full HP and you couldn't even counter jungle him.

Don't forget, I gave him 1.25 seconds long stun to prevent damage from large monsters, he still has fling and instant boost of AS. Now at level 1, Volibear gains 12% AS after 3 hits, which stays as long as you attack monsters. After rework, at level 1, Volibear gains 40% AS that decreases to 13% over 3 seconds, then you have to wait about 4-5 seconds and repeat. At level 5, Old W gives 60% AS after 3 hits. New Q gives 80% AS, that descreases to 27% over 3 seconds. With just 20% CDr, you have to wait 1,8 seconds and repeat.

Since it's instant boost of speed, you can press Q whenever you want AS and don't have to attack 3 times. Remember, if they kite you, you can't get 3 autoattacks and once you reach your enemy, you need 3 attacks. After this change, if you reach your enemy, you press 1 button and you have instant AS. Imagine E (max. distance, max. CC duration) - AA - Q (now you have 3 stacks on your target) - W (empowered stun) - R (with instant 80% AS, 3-4 fast attacks before your target can even react).

Of course, there are balance changes, but I think, this was a fair exchange.