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Volibear
GameplayVolibear is a champion in League of Legends.[1]
Abilities
- Volibear's spikes visually grow as The Relentless Storm stacks.
- Stacks of The Relentless Storm are also granted on-hit, but will specifically not be if the target is invulnerable.
- While at four stacks, the next attack or ability on-hit reaching the fifth stack will be empowered by Lightning Claws.
- A stack of The Relentless Storm is not gained if the attack is dodged and/or missed if Volibear is blinded. A stack is granted even if the attack is blocked. In all cases, Lightning Claws will not apply (on-hit damage is parried and the bounce is prevented).
- Since Frenzied Maul cannot be missed while Volibear is blinded, gaining stacks from The Relentless Storm and applying Lighting Claws from the ability will not be prevented from that parry effect.
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- Volibear has a hidden passive that grants him 1 armor for every enemy Zilean within 800 range of him.
- The empowered attacks do not affect structures nor wards.
- Thundering Smash's empowered attack scales with Volibear's attack speed.
- Unlike most spells that empower a basic attack, Thundering Smash does not have an increased attack range.
- Thundering Smash deals basic damage, but also triggers spell effects by dealing an additional 0 spell damage.
- Thundering Smash will still apply its effects to the target even if the dash is interrupted, but not if he goes into resurrection.
- Thundering Smash can dash over walls provided Volibear is in attack range of his target on the other side.
- Thundering Smash's attack triggers against structures and wards, consuming the effect but dealing its bonus damage, if applicable.
- The windup for the attack completes even if the target becomes untargetable but the stun and damage do not apply.
- Thundering Smash's reset does not trigger from drowsy and is only granted after falling asleep.
- The player's screen will flash red briefly and cue a sound effect when Volibear becomes immobilized while Thundering Smash is active.
- Volibear's next attack after using Thundering Smash will come out faster.
- Despite being an empowered attack, Thundering Smash does not draw minion aggro.(bug)
- Volibear will be ordered to basic attack the target after casting Frenzied Maul.
- Frenzied Maul deals basic damage, but also triggers spell effects by dealing an additional 0 spell damage.
- Frenzied Maul's bite heals even if it is blocked by spell shield.
- Frenzied Maul's strike can be dodged and blocked, but it cannot miss if Volibear is blinded. The Wound mark does not apply if dodged, but will otherwise do so regardless.
- Frenzied Maul deals bonus damage and heals if the target is still Wounded after the cast time. If the mark wares off before the cast time completes, the ability's animation will appear as if the bite was applied but there is no bonus damage or heal.
- Despite being single target, Frenzied Maul does not draw minion aggro.(bug)
- If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).
- Enemies cannot see the location of the cast for the first second, but they can already tell that the spell is underway by noticing Volibear's cast animation.
- Volibear will receive the shield even if he is untargetable.
- Stormbringer will disable any turret that is not the Nexus Obelisk, even if it is untargetable.
- Stormbringer will not deal damage to untargetable turrets.
- Volibear grows to his new size over 1.25 seconds, starting 0.25 seconds after landing, and shrinks back to his normal size over 0.5 seconds after Stormbinger's status ends, respectively.
- Volibear leaps over 1 second regardless of distance or movement speed.
- Volibear impacts immediately at his current location if Stormbringer is cast over terrain he cannot pass through (due to not being able to cover the distance required).(bug)
- The additional bonuses are granted on-cast.
- The turret disable debuff is named Ohmwrecker.
- Disabling a turret does not prevent aggro of the current target it is locked onto. The increased turret shot damage from Ohmwrecker is also reset.
- Turrets maintain the same targeting behavior even when disabled; damaging an enemy champion will still draw turret aggro. However, if the turret's desired target leaves range or has become an invalid target, it will lock onto the most previous target it was going to attack prior to becoming disabled, or instead, find a new one if that condition is not applicable.
- The following table refers for interactions while Volibear is dashing:
| Attacking | Disabled | |
|---|---|---|
| Abilities | Disabled | |
| Movement | Disabled | |
| Items | Usable | N/A |
| Disabled | All items are disabled | |
| Interrupted by | N/A | |
| Consumables | Disabled | |
| Spells | Usable |  Barrier  Clarity  Cleanse  Exhaust  Ghost  Heal  Ignite  Smite
|
| Disabled |  Flash  Teleport  Recall  Hexflash
| |
| Interrupted by | N/A | |
| Interrupted by | ||
Champion skins
- This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Volibear (Collection).
To those who still revere him, the Volibear is the storm made manifest. Destructive, wild, and stubbornly resolute, he existed before mortals walked the Freljord’s tundra, and is fiercely protective of the lands that he and his demi-god kin created. Cultivating a deep hatred of civilization and the weakness it brought with it, he now fights to return to the old ways—when the land was untamed, and blood spilled freely—and eagerly battles all who oppose him, with tooth, claw, and thundering domination.
David Sobolov
Alex 'alexplank' Flores
Loot eligible
Patch history
- For the expanded patch notes, see here.
- Stats
- Base health increased to 650 from 580.
- Health growth increased to 104 from 90.
- Armor growth increased to 5.2 from 4.
- Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
- Frenzied Maul
- Heal health ratio reduced to 7 / 8.5 / 10 / 11.5 / 13% missing health from 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16%.
- Sky Splitter
- Base shield reduced to 14% maximum health from 15%.
- Shield AP ratio reduced to 75% AP from 80% AP.
- Stormbringer
- Bonus health reduced to 175 / 350 / 525 from from 200 / 400 / 600.
- Stats
- Attack damage growth increased to 3.5 from 3.
- Sky Splitter
- Cooldown reduced to 13 seconds from 15.
- Thundering Smash
- Bug Fix: Empowered attack is no longer lost after completing Stormbringer's dash.
- Bug Fix: Empowered attack is no longer lost after completing
- General
- Adjusted splash artwork for El Rayo Volibear.
- Adjusted splash artwork for
- Frenzied Maul
- Healing against monsters increased to 100% from 50%.
- Sky Splitter
- Damage cap against non-champions increased to 750 at all ranks from 150 / 300 / 450 / 600 / 750.
- Sky Splitter
- Undocumented: Cooldown no longer gets reduced by 1 second per 50 Ability Power, to a minimum of 5 seconds.
- Stats
- Mana growth increased to 70 from 50.
- The Relentless Storm
- New Effect: Now grants 4% per 100 AP bonus attack speed per stack.
- Sky Splitter
- Damage cap increased to 150 / 300 / 450 / 600 / 750 from 150 / 250 / 350 / 450 / 550.
- Undocumented: Cooldown now additionally gets reduced by 1 second per 50 Ability Power, to a minimum of 5 seconds.
- Thundering Smash
- Bonus movement speed reduced to 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26% from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%.
- Increased bonus movement speed reduced to 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52% from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70%.
- Bonus movement speed reduced to 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26% from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%.
- Stats
- Base attack speed reduced to 0.625 from 0.66.
- Frenzied Maul
- New Effect: Healing against monsters is now reduced by 50%.
- Stormbringer
- Bug Fix: When casting it after activating Predator, no longer becomes displacement immune until death.
- Bug Fix: When casting it after activating
- General
- Bug Fix: Humming while idle restored but at a lower frequency. Disabled in V10.11
- Volibear's Eternals are now live.
- Stats
- Mana growth increased to 50 from 40.
- Health growth increased to 90 from 85.
- The Relentless Storm
- Visual effects brightness reduced when fully stacked.
- Thundering Smash
- New Effect: Is now an unstoppable basic attack.
- New Effect: Empowered attack now scales with his attack speed.
- Bug Fix: Reset will no longer fail if quickly recast after being interrupted.
- New Effect: Is now an
- Frenzied Maul
- Bug Fix: Will now continue to attack his target after casting on them.
- Bug Fix: Now consistently basic attacks when cancelling the animation.
- Wounded visual effect is now larger and more anchored to the target.
- Sky Splitter
- Bug Fix: Now consistently basic attacks when cancelling the animation.
- Improved visual clarity.
- Impact crater now disperses faster.
- Stormbringer
- Turret disable duration changed to 3 / 4 / 5 seconds from 2 / 4 / 6.
- Epicenter radius increased to 300 units from 250.
- Base damage increased to 300 / 500 / 700 from 250 / 475 / 700.
- Removed: No longer basic attacks after landing.
- Improved visual clarity.
- Model size slightly reduced.
- Disabled turret visual effect is now darker.
- Impact crater now disperses faster.
- V10.11 - June 2nd Hotfix
- General
- Removed: No longer hums while idle, due to high frequency. Planned to be restored in V10.12
- V10.11 - June 1st Hotfix
- Thundering Smash
- Bonus movement speed increased to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%.
- Sky Splitter
- Base damage increased to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
- Health ratio increased to 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15% of target's maximum health from 7 / 8.5 / 10 / 11.5 / 13%.
- Damage cap increased to 150 / 250 / 350 / 450 / 550 from 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500.
- V10.11 - Full Relaunch
- General
- Title changed to the Relentless Storm from the Thunder's Roar.
- Complete visual upgrade across all skins.
- New skin: The Thousand-Pierced Bear.
- New splash artwork for Original Volibear, Thunder Lord Volibear, Runeguard Volibear, Northern Storm Volibear.
- Adjusted splash artwork for Captain Volibear and El Rayo Volibear.
- Adjusted splash artwork for
- New lore.
- New voice-over.
- Stats
- Base health reduced to 580 from 584.48.
- Health growth reduced to 85 from 86.
- Base mana increased to 350 from 270.4.
- Mana growth increased to 40 from 30.
- Base armor reduced to 31 from 35.
- Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
- Base health regeneration increased to 9 from 8.
- Health regeneration growth increased to 0.75 from 0.65.
- Base mana regeneration reduced to 6.25 from 8.092.
- Mana regeneration growth reduced to 0.5 from 0.65.
- Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 68.
- Attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 3.3.
- Base attack speed increased to 0.66 from 0.658.
- Attack speed ratio increased to 0.7 from 0.658.
- Attack speed growth reduced to 2% from 2.67%.
- Base attack range increased to 150 from 125.
- Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
- The Relentless Storm (Innate)
- Innate: Volibear gains 1 stack of The Relentless Storm whenever he damages an enemy with basic attacks on-hit and abilities, up to a maximum of 5. The Relentless Storm lasts for 6 seconds, refreshing whenever Volibear gains a stack. At maximum stacks, he gains Lightning Claws.
- The Relentless Storm: Volibear gains 5% bonus attack speed per stack, up to 25% bonus attack speed.
- Lightning Claws: Volibear's claws ignite with lightning, causing his basic attacks on-hit to deal 11 − 60 (based on level) (+ 40% AP) bonus magic damage to the target and the closest visible enemy within 450 units of the target, chaining up to 4 subsequent targets.
- Effect Radius: 450.
- Innate: Volibear gains 1 stack of The Relentless Storm whenever he damages an enemy with
- Thundering Smash (Q)
- Active: Volibear drops on all fours, becoming ghosted and gaining 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% bonus movement speed for 4 seconds, doubled when moving towards visible enemy champions.
- While active, Volibear's next basic attack within the duration pounces on the target, deals 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 120% bonus AD) bonus physical damage, and stuns the target for 1 second.
- If Volibear becomes immobilized while Thundering Smash is active, the effect ends prematurely and the cooldown is reset.
- Thundering Smash resets Volibear's basic attack timer, benefits from life steal and is affected by critical strike modifiers.
- Mana Cost: 50.
- Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds.
- Active: Volibear drops on all fours, becoming
- Frenzied Maul (W)
- Active: Volibear strikes the target enemy, dealing 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 (+ 100% AD) (+ 6% of his bonus health) physical damage, applying on-hit effects, and Wounding them for 8 seconds.
- If Frenzied Maul targets a Wounded enemy, Volibear bites the target, dealing 50% increased damage and healing himself for 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% of his missing health). The heal is halved against minions.
- Frenzied Maul also benefits from life steal.
- Mana Cost: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50.
- Cooldown: 5 seconds.
- Target Range: 325 / 350.
- Cast Time: 0.25 seconds.
- Active: Volibear strikes the target enemy, dealing 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 (+ 100% AD) (+ 6% of his bonus health) physical damage, applying
- Sky Splitter (E)
- Active: Volibear summons a lightning bolt to strike at the target location after a 2-second delay. Enemies can see the cast location indicator after a 1-second delay. If Volibear is within the lightning strike, he shields himself for 15% of his maximum health (+ 80% AP) for 3 seconds.
- The lightning bolt deals 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 80% AP) (+ 7 / 8.5 / 10 / 11.5 / 13% of target's maximum health) magic damage to all enemies struck, capped at 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 against non-champions, slowing them by 40% for 2 seconds, and grants sight of the area for X seconds.
- Mana Cost: 60.
- Cooldown: 15 seconds.
- Target Range: 1200.
- Effect Radius: 325 / 425.
- Active: Volibear summons a lightning bolt to strike at the target location after a 2-second delay. Enemies can see the cast location indicator after a 1-second delay. If Volibear is within the lightning strike, he
- Stormbringer (R)
- Active: Volibear gains Stormbringer for 12 seconds and leaps to the target location with immunity to crowd control as well as granting sight of the area in a 500 radius during it. If Thundering Smash is active when Stormbringer is cast, its duration is refreshed.
- Stormbringer: Volibear becomes ghosted and gains 200 / 400 / 600 bonus health, 50 bonus attack range, 25 increased range on Frenzied Maul, and 25% increased size.
- Volibear impacts after a 1 second delay, slowing all enemies in an area by 50%, decaying over 1 second. Enemies in the epicenter are also dealt 250 / 475 / 700 (+ 250% bonus AD) (+ 125% AP) physical damage.
- Volibear also disables enemy turrets in an area for 2 / 4 / 6 seconds, dealing them the same physical damage.
- Stormbringer will cast at max range if cast beyond that.
- Mana Cost: 100.
- Cooldown: 160 / 140 / 120 seconds.
- Target Range: 700.
- Effect Radius: 250 / 500 / 700.
- Speed: 750.
- Active: Volibear gains Stormbringer for 12 seconds and
Trivia
- Volibear was the first champion released in Season Two.
- He was named after Travis 'Volibar' George, from a long running forum meme of him supporting armored bears in the League.[2]
- Volibar comes from Basque bolu "mill" and ibar "valley".[3]
- This demi-god's preferred epithet Valhir is possibly based on unattested Old Norse *Valhyrr[4][5] "fire of the battle-slain"; valr "battle-slain" is also found in Valhalla "hall of the battle-slain" and Valkyrie "chooser of the battle-slain".
- His other epithet the Volibear possibly also contains a variant of valr.
- His Ursine tribe possibly references on real-world bear worship and the norse Berserker.
- Volibear might have been inspired by the Panserbjørne (Danish/Norwegian: 'armored bears') from His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.
- Volibear's dance both before and after his visual update references Sam B's dance in America's Got Talent.
- In Volibear's 'Champion Spotlight', his release skin names were erroneously used to label the opposite one (i.e. ' Thunder Lord' was on ' Northern Storm' and vice versa).
- Rolling Thunder might be referencing the eponymous piece by Henry Fillmore and/or Operation Rolling Thunder from the Vietnam War.
- He was the last champion to recieve an epic/legendary tier skin that could be purchased from the store,being Duality Dragon his first epic skin.
See also
| Cancelled Champions | |
|---|---|
References
- ↑ Volibear's profile page at LeagueOfLegends.com
- ↑ IronStylus on champion names
- ↑ Trask, R. L. Etyologogical Dictionary of Basque, p. 146, 217
- ↑ hyrr in Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
- ↑ Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic p. 258
