Talk:Volibear/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120530143225

Volibear is much better at jungling than solo top IMO. His jungle speed is nothing too impressive, nor can he pull strong invades, but he's pretty much a beast early/mid game and his ganks are nearly impossbile to dodge if you're slightly extended, unless you have some sort of distance snare spell (Ryze comes to mind). Even flash doesn't do a lot, 'cause Voli closes the gap in no time and his passive lets him pull tower aggro like a boss starting at level 3/4.

I usually go for Merc Threads, Wriggles, Frozen Mallet, Warmogs, Randuins, Atma's. If the game is going for an insanely long time, sell Wriggles and buy Tri Force or MBR (only managed to do this once). This build is not utterly expensive and Volibear simply becomes one of the best tanks in the game. The damage with W will be insane considering all the bonus health. Downsides? Not a lot of MR (which can be compensated with FoN or Wit's End as situationals plus MR p/lvl glyphs). And obviously it's convinient not to have a Kog'Maw on the other side, who is the best counter against Volibear (shreds his armor, does max. health % damage and can apply a slow which completly destroys Voli's Q).