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

Volibear vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Volibear

based on 4,645 Volibear vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
1.65
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. Within our data, Volibear battled Lucian in 4645 games. Using so many games with Volibear vs Lucian provides us confidence in our capability to produce actionable stats and a recommended build to defeat your enemy. This pairing is relatively uncommon. Volibear has to counter Lucian in only 5.8% of his rounds.

Volibear vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a dismal job of countering Lucian. On average, he wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Volibear vs Lucian games, Volibear’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Volibear vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageFrozen HeartTitanic HydraHeartsteel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Volibear

Advice to Win Against Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Volibear vs Lucian Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Lucian Image
5.4
< Kills >
7.8
6.6
< Deaths >
6.1
5.5
< Assists >
6.7
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
136
< Minions Killed >
182
0.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
10,756
< Physical Damage >
19,023
8,153
< Magic Damage >
2,603
653
< True Damage >
523
19,563
< Damage Dealt >
22,150
33,021
< Damage Taken >
20,755
11,634
< Gold Earned >
12,400
2.53
< Towers >
2.45
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,257
< Total Healing >
5,024
14,320
< Experience >
12,755
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
583
< Time Dealing CC >
39

How to Counter Lucian with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Volibear vs. Lucian counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian..

Volibear often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Lucian

Who is Better, Volibear or Lucian?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when trying to fight Lucian, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a poor counter for Lucian.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Volibear into Lucian.

Moreover, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Volibear is a bad counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Lucian.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Volibear, we analyzed 4,645 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 Lucian 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 learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Volibear versus Lucian build include Spirit Visage, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Lucian than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when countering Lucian with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Lucian as Volibear, Volibear players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Volibear vs Lucian fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.

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