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

Volibear vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Volibear

based on 1,275 Volibear vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
45.1 %
K/D/A
1.7
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Volibear came out of an analysis of 1275 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Volibear fights Nilah in only 1.6% of his matches.

Volibear vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a terrible job of countering Nilah. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.1% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Volibear vs Nilah games, Volibear’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Volibear vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanSundered SkyTrinity ForceSpirit Visage

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
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
2
Q
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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Volibear vs Nilah Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
45.1 %
VS
Win Rate
54.9 %
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5.5
< Kills >
8.2
6.7
< Deaths >
6.5
5.9
< Assists >
6.4
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.86
132
< Minions Killed >
170
0.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.6
10,971
< Physical Damage >
19,185
8,455
< Magic Damage >
199
671
< True Damage >
418
20,097
< Damage Dealt >
19,803
32,957
< Damage Taken >
24,111
11,564
< Gold Earned >
12,893
2.47
< Towers >
2.74
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,349
< Total Healing >
8,808
14,326
< Experience >
13,550
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
532
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Nilah with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Volibear vs. Nilah matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Volibear typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Nilah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Nilah

Who is Better, Volibear or Nilah?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Volibear usually loses when playing against Nilah, with a 45.1% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Volibear does have a much lower winrate than Nilah, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Nilah.

Additionally, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Volibear is a terribly counter to Nilah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Nilah.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Volibear, we analyzed 1,275 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 Nilah 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 Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Nilah. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Volibear versus Nilah build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Nilah than with many other typical builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 45.1% battling Nilah with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nilah as Volibear, you should equip 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 that we analyzed for Volibear vs Nilah face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.1% win rate overall.

If you want to view Volibear versus Nilah tips and counter stats for a a particular skill level, please choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using every game completed with both champs.