🐻 Volibear Top Lane Guide – "Thunder Reigns Supreme"
💡 Why Play Volibear Top?
Volibear top is a strong pick for players who love lane bullying, sustain, and all-in potential. With his solid early game, scaling tankiness, and insane tower dive potential with his R, he's a menace in both solo queue and competitive settings.

📜 Abilities Overview
Passive – The Relentless Storm
Auto attacks grant attack speed and deal bonus magic damage. Great for extended trades.

Q – Thundering Smash
Voli gains movement speed and stuns on-hit. Use it to engage, chase, or even disengage.

W – Frenzied Maul
Empowered bite that heals you if you re-cast on the same target. Max this first.

E – Sky Splitter
AOE damage and slow. Grants a shield if you’re in the blast. Use it for zoning, wave clear, or shielding in fights.

R – Stormbringer
Voli leaps and disables towers briefly. Great for dives, ganks, and teamfight disruption.

🔢 Skill Order
W > Q > E > R

Max W first for trade power and healing.

Max Q second for better engage/stun uptime.

E last unless you need the shield often.

🔧 Runes
🌩️ Primary: Resolve (Standard Tank)
Grasp of the Undying

Demolish

Second Wind / Bone Plating (matchup dependent)

Overgrowth / Unflinching

🩸 Secondary: Precision
Triumph

Legend: Tenacity / Alacrity

Rune Shards
Attack Speed

Adaptive Force

HP (or Armor/MR based on matchup)

🛡️ Build Path
Starting Items
Doran’s Shield + Potion (standard start)

Doran’s Blade if you’re going very aggressive

Core Items
Heartsteel or Trinity Force (Trinity for bruiser/damage, Heartsteel for scaling tank)

Plated Steelcaps / Mercury’s Treads

Thornmail / Spirit Visage / Jak’Sho

Situational / Flex Options
Titanic Hydra – more damage and HP synergy

Frozen Heart – anti-AD and attack speed slow

Force of Nature – strong vs AP + mobility

Randuin’s Omen – vs crit champs like Yasuo/Yone

Gargoyle Stoneplate – teamfight survivability

⚔️ Laning Tips
Look for short trades with Q + W, especially when your passive is up.

Use E to zone or protect yourself in bad trades.

Recasting W on the same target gives a big heal, use that to bait.

If ahead, combine R + Q dive with Demolish to take over the lane.

Save Q when you anticipate jungle ganks or need disengage.

🔥 Combos
Q > Auto > W > E – Basic trade

R > Q > W > Auto > E – Dive combo

E from bush > Q in – Great for cheesing level 1-3

🧠 Matchups (Quick Notes)
Easy:
Teemo – Tank through poke and all-in

Nasus – Smash early, deny stacks

Garen – Outtrade with W sustain

Skill:
Jax – Time your W after his E, play around his counterstrike

Camille – Careful post-6, trade when her Q is on cooldown

Hard:
Fiora – She can rip through your health if you mess up timing

Vayne – Ranged, percent damage, kite city

🧃 Mid to Late Game
Look for TP flanks and tower dives with R.

Frontline hard in teamfights. You’re a disruptor, not just a tank.

Use Demolish + R to push sidelanes or split.

🐾 Tips & Tricks
Your R disables turrets, so coordinate dives with jungle or mid.

Use Q behind someone to cut off their escape path.

You can W + Flash to surprise burst someone.

Abuse grass and fog for surprise Q engages.