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How to Win Volibear vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Rek'Sai as Volibear

based on 376 Volibear vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
1.6
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Rek'Sai as Volibear came out of an evaluation of 376 ranked rounds where both champs opposed each other. This matchup is fairly rare. Volibear fights Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of his matches.

Volibear vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a pathetic job of countering Rek'Sai. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.8% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Volibear vs Rek'Sai rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Volibear vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageHeartsteelRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkyNashor's ToothFrozen HeartJak'Sho, The Protean

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

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
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
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Volibear

Advice to Win Against Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Volibear vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Rek'Sai Image
5.2
< Kills >
7.4
6.8
< Deaths >
6
5.7
< Assists >
8
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
135
< Minions Killed >
37
0.44
< Dragons Killed >
1.41
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.48
10,576
< Physical Damage >
14,293
8,003
< Magic Damage >
84
696
< True Damage >
3,557
19,276
< Damage Dealt >
17,935
33,445
< Damage Taken >
36,066
11,631
< Gold Earned >
12,023
2.48
< Towers >
1.5
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
8,350
< Total Healing >
17,548
14,406
< Experience >
13,666
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
7
622
< Time Dealing CC >
290

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several important Volibear against Rek'Sai matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rek'Sai..

Volibear normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rek'Sai. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Volibear or Rek'Sai?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Volibear usually loses when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a poor counter for Rek'Sai.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Volibear also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Rek'Sai.

Furthermore, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This 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 in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Volibear is a garbage counter for Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Rek'Sai.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Volibear, we analyzed 376 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 Rek'Sai 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 in order to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear most often picks up much more CS as Rek'Sai. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Volibear versus Rek'Sai build include Spirit Visage, Heartsteel, and Riftmaker. When Volibear incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Rek'Sai than with many other common builds. In fact, Volibear had an average win rate of 46.8% battling Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Rek'Sai as Volibear, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Volibear vs Rek'Sai clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.

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