Top Matchup

Volibear vs Ambessa

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Volibear

Volibear

the Relentless Storm
Top
Volibear Top Overall Win Rate
48.90%

Matchup Win Rate

54.7%
Volibear vs Ambessa Wins
⚔
45.3%
Ambessa vs Volibear Wins
Ambessa

Ambessa

Matriarch of War
Top
Ambessa Top Overall Win Rate
49.21%

Volibear vs Ambessa - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Volibear Top vs Ambessa Top - Who is stronger?

Volibear Top performs well against Ambessa (54.7% win rate) based on 581 games. This matchup works well for Volibear players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Volibear Top vs Ambessa Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 3.2% popularity, Volibear constantly encounters meta-dominant Ambessa (4.7%, 10th place out of 62 Top champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Volibear performance in the current patch. Amplify your advantage: The Grasp of the Undying + Shield Bash rune setup achieves 60.4% win rate (2.7% popularity), while the core build Rod of Ages > Navori Flickerblade > Unending Despair with Ionian Boots of Lucidity (70%+ win rate) lets you snowball advantages into guaranteed victories by 15 minutes.

Win through macro: Volibear takes the matchup (54.72%) despite falling behind in CS (6.41 vs 6.89/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Volibear wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (742 vs 844/min), the 54.7% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Volibear wins the matchup (54.7%) despite a lower KDA (1.60 vs 1.90). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Volibear vs Ambessa - Top Stats Comparison

Volibear Top
Volibear Top		Versus
Ambessa Top
Ambessa Top
CTierB
54.7%Matchup Winrate45.3%
48.90%Role Winrate49.21%
#50Winrate Rank#48
3.2%Pickrate4.7%
1.6Average KDA1.9
403Gold per Minute379
6.41CS/Min6.89
0.32Wards per Minute0.32
742Damage per Minute844

How to Beat Ambessa as Volibear (Top)

The Volibear versus Ambessa matchup in the top lane is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Volibear deals mixed damage - the opponent has fewer options for defense. Ambessa deals mainly physical damage (92.52%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Ambessa, ranking 24th (versus 35th for Volibear) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (1.9 versus 1.6) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Volibear Top versus Ambessa Top matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Volibear player to maintain constant pressure on Ambessa, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Volibear vs Ambessa: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
52.9% Win Rate78.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
70.4% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate

Volibear vs Ambessa: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Triumph
Triumph Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant an additional 20 gold.


'The most dangerous game brings the greatest glory.'
—Noxian Reckoner

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Demolish
Demolish Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

Cooldown: 45s

Demolish

Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

53.3% Win Rate32.4% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
  • Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  • Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  • Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.

    • Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

    Shield Bash
    Shield Bash Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals 5 - 30(+2.5% Bonus Health)(+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonus adaptive damage.

    You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.

    Shield Bash

    Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deal…

    Second Wind
    Second Wind After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.

    Second Wind

    After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

    Revitalize
    Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

    Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

    Revitalize

    Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

    Secondary Path
    Sorcery
    Manaflow Band
    Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

    After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

    Cooldown: 15 seconds

    Manaflow Band

    Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

    Transcendence
    Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
    Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

    Transcendence

    Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

    Adaptive
    Attack Speed
    Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

    Attack Speed

    Increases attack speed by 10%

    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    60.4% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate

    Volibear vs Ambessa: Top Lane Item Builds

    Most Popular Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Doran's Ring
    Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
    90 Health
    Restoration
    Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
    Helping Hand
    Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    53.7% Win Rate81.1% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed
    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    56.3% Win Rate37.4% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    55.9% Win Rate38.0% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity
    45.5% Win Rate8.8% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Catalyst of Aeons
    Catalyst of Aeons (1300 gold) 350 Health
    375 Mana
    Eternity
    Restores 10% of the damage taken from champions as Mana.
    Casting an Ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
    ->
    Rod of Ages
    Rod of Ages (2600 gold) 50 Ability Power
    400 Health
    400 Mana
    Timeless
    This item gains 10 Health, 20 Mana and 3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.
    Eternity
    Taking damage from champions restores 10% of the damage as Mana.
    Casting an ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
    Navori Flickerblade
    Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    4% Move Speed
    Transcendence
    Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
    Spirit Visage
    Spirit Visage (2700 gold) 400 Health
    50 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    100% Base Health Regen
    Boundless Vitality
    Heals and Shields on you are increased by 25%.
    76.4% Win Rate5.9% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Riftmaker
    Riftmaker (3100 gold) 70 Ability Power
    350 Health
    15 Ability Haste
    Void Corruption
    For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 8%. At maximum strength, gain Omnivamp.
    Void Infusion
    Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Ability Power.
    35.9% Win Rate17.4% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Dark Seal
    Dark Seal (350 gold) 15 Ability Power
    50 Health
    Glory
    Takedowns grant Glory, up to 10. 5 Glory is lost on death.
    Gain 4 Ability Power per Glory.
    Refillable Potion
    Refillable Potion (150 gold) Active (2 charges)
    Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds.
    Refills upon visiting the shop.
    74.9% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed
    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    56.3% Win Rate37.4% Pick Rate
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    56.3% Win Rate6.5% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    55.9% Win Rate38.0% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Catalyst of Aeons
    Catalyst of Aeons (1300 gold) 350 Health
    375 Mana
    Eternity
    Restores 10% of the damage taken from champions as Mana.
    Casting an Ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
    ->
    Rod of Ages
    Rod of Ages (2600 gold) 50 Ability Power
    400 Health
    400 Mana
    Timeless
    This item gains 10 Health, 20 Mana and 3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.
    Eternity
    Taking damage from champions restores 10% of the damage as Mana.
    Casting an ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
    Navori Flickerblade
    Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    4% Move Speed
    Transcendence
    Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
    Unending Despair
    Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    Anguish
    Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
    99.6% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Cosmic Drive
    Cosmic Drive (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
    350 Health
    25 Ability Haste
    4% Move Speed
    Spelldance
    Dealing magic or true damage to champions grants Move Speed for 4 seconds.
    66.7% Win Rate4.8% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Unending Despair
    Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    Anguish
    Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
    75.5% Win Rate13.0% Pick Rate
    Jak'Sho, The Protean
    Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
    45 Armor
    45 Magic Resist
    Voidborn Resilience
    After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
    40.3% Win Rate8.1% Pick Rate
    Randuin's Omen
    Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
    75 Armor
    Resilience
    Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
    Humility
    Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
    39.6% Win Rate8.0% Pick Rate
    Force of Nature
    Force of Nature (2800 gold) 400 Health
    55 Magic Resist
    4% Move Speed
    Steadfast
    Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
    65.5% Win Rate4.8% Pick Rate
    Cosmic Drive
    Cosmic Drive (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
    350 Health
    25 Ability Haste
    4% Move Speed
    Spelldance
    Dealing magic or true damage to champions grants Move Speed for 4 seconds.
    66.7% Win Rate4.8% Pick Rate
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor
    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    50.2% Win Rate3.2% Pick Rate
    Guardian Angel
    Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    45 Armor
    Rebirth
    Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
    0.0% Win Rate3.2% Pick Rate

    Volibear vs Ambessa: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Thundering Smash Volibear gains speed towards enemies, Stunning and damaging the first one he Attacks.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    W
    W
    Frenzied Maul Volibear damages an enemy, applying on-hit effects and marking them. Casting this ability again on the same target deals bonus damage and Heals Volibear.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Sky Splitter Volibear summons a lightning bolt at a location, dealing damage and Slowing enemies while granting Volibear a Shield if he's inside the blast radius.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Stormbringer Volibear leaps to a target location, Slowing and damaging enemies beneath him while gaining bonus Health. Enemy towers near his landing location become temporarily disabled.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: W > Q > E
    52.4% Win Rate42.7% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
    Q
    Thundering Smash Volibear gains speed towards enemies, Stunning and damaging the first one he Attacks.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    R
    W
    Frenzied Maul Volibear damages an enemy, applying on-hit effects and marking them. Casting this ability again on the same target deals bonus damage and Heals Volibear.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    E
    Sky Splitter Volibear summons a lightning bolt at a location, dealing damage and Slowing enemies while granting Volibear a Shield if he's inside the blast radius.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Stormbringer Volibear leaps to a target location, Slowing and damaging enemies beneath him while gaining bonus Health. Enemy towers near his landing location become temporarily disabled.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: W > Q > E
    78.5% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate

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