Talk:Volibear/@comment-16477585-20130912202433

Volibear has been very much underplayed in recent history. Ever since his LCS debut failure (mostly demonstrated by Saintvicious) and the subsequent nerf to his Q people seemed to completely stop playing him (atleast from what I noticed at Diamond)... granted Volibear wasn't a ever really popular.

Many players fail to utilized his Q to its full potential. Generally you don't want to activate your Q just when you're in sight of the enemy. You want to simply walk at them and then activate Q when you 'know' you will be able to get the fling off (they used their defensive respositions, cc ect). You have to position yourself correctly so that when you fling them they'll be further from their tower not closer or the same, that means you don't want to run directly at them when you're ganking, you want to run where they will be running. Worth noting that you should use during travel time while jungling and on towers as an auto attack reset. It applies on hit so your ult will add damage.

If they try to hide in a bush the best thing that you can do is auto attack minions and wait for them to make the move. That way you have your frenzy ability activated and have increased attack speed for when you engage. Generally you will only be able to get one bite off during a gank so save it for as long as you can.

Be careful not to stack your Majestic Roar with your Rolling Thunder. The time they are slowed is wasted when they are being flipped in the air. The same applies with the fear while jungling. The best case scenario is for you to get the Q off and then slowing them when they land. If that's not possible you want to gap close with Q, slow them, and then Q them when it comes back off cooldown around the time the slow ends.

Volibear's ult adds a loot of damage, especially during team fights if the bolts spreads. Remember, as like his E, it deals MAGIC damage. That being said magic pen is an important stat on Volibear. Having a few hybrid penetration marks and maybe a magic penetration glyph go a long way towards his damage output. Try not to activate it while charging, you want utilize it as much as possible.

Skill order: W > E > Q > W > E > R > W > W/Q | Max W first but make sure you have 2 points in Q and E before then. Usually I will max E second or leave it around 4 points then start leveling Q.

Masteries: 9/21/0 (4% max hp / reduced % slow if they slow heavy)

Runes: http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/20138144#runes Dragon Bear page