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

Volibear vs Viktor

How to Beat Viktor as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the s tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Viktor as Volibear

based on 1,107 Volibear vs Viktor matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Viktor as Volibear came out of an examination of 1107 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Volibear is forced to battle against Viktor in only 1.4% of his matches.

Volibear vs Viktor Matchup Summary

Volibear does a average job of countering Viktor. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.0% of games the champions fight each other in. In Volibear versus Viktor matches, Volibear’s team is 0.2% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Viktor.

Best Volibear vs Viktor Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateSundered SkyHullbreakerTitanic Hydra

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
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
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W
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Viktor as Volibear

Advice to Win Against Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.

Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Volibear vs Viktor Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Viktor Image
5.6
< Kills >
6.5
6.4
< Deaths >
5.6
5.4
< Assists >
7
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
136
< Minions Killed >
181
0.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.46
10,808
< Physical Damage >
634
7,995
< Magic Damage >
25,105
622
< True Damage >
684
19,427
< Damage Dealt >
26,424
33,763
< Damage Taken >
18,485
11,790
< Gold Earned >
12,042
2.62
< Towers >
1.97
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,881
< Total Healing >
1,672
14,471
< Experience >
14,997
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
574
< Time Dealing CC >
277

How to Counter Viktor with Volibear in LoL

The stats provided here feature several critical Volibear against Viktor matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..

Volibear normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Viktor. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Viktor

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Viktor
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Viktor

Who is Better, Volibear or Viktor?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when playing against Viktor, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes an ok counter to Viktor.

While Volibear does have a higher win rate compared to Viktor, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Volibear into Viktor.

Furthermore, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Volibear is a decent counter for Viktor. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Viktor.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

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Volibear Wins Against

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Viktor Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viktor as Volibear, we analyzed 1,107 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 Viktor 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 Viktor during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear often gets a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Volibear versus Viktor build include Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Viktor than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 50.0% battling Viktor with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Viktor as Volibear, Volibear players should use 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 runes players picked for Volibear vs Viktor counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.

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