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How to Win Volibear vs Lee Sin Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Volibear

based on 2,276 Volibear vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
1.67
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Volibear came out of an examination of 2276 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Volibear has to counter Lee Sin in only 2.8% of his matches.

Volibear vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a below average job of beating Lee Sin. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Volibear versus Lee Sin matches, Volibear’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Lee Sin.

Best Volibear vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSterak's GageSpirit VisageHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Volibear

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Volibear vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Lee Sin Image
5.3
< Kills >
7.3
6.6
< Deaths >
5.9
5.7
< Assists >
8.4
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
133
< Minions Killed >
35
0.49
< Dragons Killed >
1.47
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.44
11,240
< Physical Damage >
13,709
8,119
< Magic Damage >
2,812
649
< True Damage >
953
20,009
< Damage Dealt >
17,474
33,045
< Damage Taken >
35,139
11,550
< Gold Earned >
11,767
2.6
< Towers >
1.46
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
8,381
< Total Healing >
16,796
14,142
< Experience >
13,236
18
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
11
572
< Time Dealing CC >
433

How to Counter Lee Sin with Volibear in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some important Volibear versus Lee Sin counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lee Sin..

Volibear usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Lee Sin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Volibear or Lee Sin?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually loses when facing off against Lee Sin, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes a bad counter for Lee Sin.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Volibear into Lee Sin.

Additionally, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Lee Sin matchups, Lee Sin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Volibear is a somewhat poor counter to Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Volibear, we analyzed 2,276 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lee Sin as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Volibear in order to counter Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear typically picks up much more CS relative to Lee Sin. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Volibear versus Lee Sin build consist of Thornmail, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Lee Sin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Lee Sin with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating Lee Sin as Volibear, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Volibear vs Lee Sin counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.

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