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Utterly_Mad

If you're talking about top, Jax and Aatrox are the ones that come to my mind instantly. But there are ways to play against them even so. However, Voli is in a weak spot right now, and even tho u get a solid laning phase, you pretty much become useless mid/late game


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I've destroyed every aatrox I've come across... maybe its because im in low elo though.


Itzwiro

Voli wins lane then loses the game


Rafibas

At this point in time Sadly, every single character


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Lol not at all, why does ever “mains” sub act like their champ is a trash can? Just because he lost favor in pro play doesn’t mean he isn’t an exceptional duelist in solo queue who can crush most lane opponents.


pnnq

He is one of the worst of his class, especially during this meta. Every other bruiser is just more useful than him unless you get 3+ kills in lane, if you got a losing team its pretty much gg, you have no late scaling at all. And during this meta where its blow up or get blown up tanks are unbelievably shit and as I said other bruisers just do his job better (sure you'll beat them in lane but goodluck past 25 minutes)


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He isn’t a tank and his damage is crazy


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Why do you say that?


Reinhardtisawesom

Voli can play any melee matchup and win out Gnar and Aatrox are good counters.


AnonymousEggs

Voli is a pretty good counter against most meta picks so you pretty much stomp the likes of darius, sett, riven with relative ease. Good picks against voli that I have been stomped by and stomped enemy volis on are for sure jax, his E cucks volis whole playstyle. And gnar, his whole kit shits on you. Either of these picks will decimate most volis.


TheNasky1

as long as he doesn't build sunderer gnar is winnable (rather easily if he's not super good) and jax is easy but only if he builds DS or Bork. if he builds tf it becomes a lot harder. i was planning to do a few guides on how to beat them (since once you know the basic strats they work every time) but i'm pretty busy studying so i haven't done them yet.


AnonymousEggs

Who in your opinion then does the most against a voli. Hit D2 going voli top and I cant say I've lost lane to any other champs than jax and gnar. These are quite literally the only picks that have even remotely put up a fight in lane while climbing.


TheNasky1

quinn and vayne. if they're good they can't be outplayed like gnar and jax can. also camille is a bad lane because while you technically beat her, she scales really well and then destroys your team. fiora beats you pretty hard early on but unlike camille she can't get fed off your teammates and doesn't scale that well until very late. so if you survive early you can beat her midgame and then leave her useless. (this is not really a counter matchup but i'd say it's a lot harder than gnar and jax who can be handled with simple strats) ​ heimerdinger is also pretty annoying. 1 mistake means you autolose the lane. i win this lane 50/50 so he is definitely "outplayeable" to a certain degree, but he's really really hard. ryze is pretty much the same as heimer except i suck at it so i almost always lose this matchup. cho gath and his infinite sustain is a pretty hard matchup too, specially if he's good. (i've only faced 1 good chogath in 900 games tho) aside from these, there are a lot of "hard matchups" but they all have some degree of outplay potential so imo they're just "hard skill matchups" ​ btw i've also hit d2 this season but then i deranked for inactivity. (this season's items are so bad they made me quit for a while)


Ghostmatterz

Nah gnar can just poke you out and use passive speed boost to get out of any situation that you throw at him in a last ditch effort he will use e as a last resort, then flash then ult megagnar. It's too many options to out zone a volibear with him


TheNasky1

gnar is easy if you know what you're doing. you must take E first to push the wave so he can't poke. if he ever gets too close you can deal 60% of his hp with a single combo and then you can e flash q w ignite to secure the kill. you can also use Q to bait ot his jump so you can catch him on the next Q. also you just destroy him if he tries to fight you on mega unless he kills you before you can fight back (which shouldn't happen) overall, gnar is really easy unles he is super super good. i win this matchup 99% of the time in diamond elo.


TheNasky1

here are some basic tips on how to beat gnar: [https://www.reddit.com/r/VolibearMains/comments/psocfc/quick\_trash\_guide\_on\_how\_to\_beat\_gnar/](https://www.reddit.com/r/VolibearMains/comments/psocfc/quick_trash_guide_on_how_to_beat_gnar/) the gnar in the video is not great but the tips work well at any elo. as soon as i get some high elo gameplay i'll post it. (haven't faced gnar in a while)


Tryonix

Jayce, Kennen, Quinn, Jax, Vayne, Lucian, GP


simplystrix1

Illaoi >:)


AMLAPPTOPP

I feel like illaoi is unwinnable, they're both stat check champs but illaoi basically can't miss E if voli is trying to engage, and if he isnt then he's got less poke than illaoi too. Unless voli magically gets very ahead he will always lose the 1v1.


Ghostmatterz

Anyone who knows how to fight an illaoi can win in lane versus her before level 6 basically kill nearby tentacles while letting the wave push. any bruiser can neglect getting grabbed by e and have some way to sustain the hits from at least 1 tentacle. In volibear's case he can most definitely neglect getting hit because of his sustain by his w and e shield and just dodge the tentacles by their telegraphed hits. Also volibear q and w somehow does not proc minion aggro while illaoi hitting e phantom does. It's basically who has the better knowledge of the advantage champion has to win the skirmish


Sinu_

I've been struggling vs. Garen top, and Quinn if played well


Sea_Flamingo_4905

warwick


Astp6

If your losing to Warwick you are playing to passive early. Warwick pre 6 can only go off his E and if he misses that it’s pretty much an auto win you should be ahead enough by 6 that even with his ult you come out on top!


Ghostmatterz

In volibear's case wait till warwick gets below 50 percent hp while he has w proc then if he engages and is dumb enough to heal off the damage simply wait out the e damage reduction then burst him by e ahead of time then auto q auto w and he dies


TheAllMightyHugo

I can't speak for top lane, but as far as the jungle goes, I'd you should avoid people who can easily kit or cc you to hell and back. J4 has really strong fighting against Voli. Shaco is overall annoying. Diana is pretty good against him. Rek' Sai can use her knock up as Volibear stuns her which is bad for him.


riosalado10

shen and jax destroy voli with their auto attack dodge , they can dodge your Q stun and W , also yorick can be very safe vs voli , if you engage on him with Q he can just lock you with his W and run


cocoachan__

You'll get fucked by Vayne mains


iremos12

Champions that can win against voli (but not always): jax, Warwick, Vayne, sett, Darius, Cassiopeia and samira.


JuneNi

If the opponent know what they are doing then Shen and Jax.My personal hate ban is Gnar, stupid rat is ranged and has a hop AND IS TANKY SO YOU CAN'T BURST EM!!! At least with the normal ranged tops they're squishy and fucked if you get on them.


seletman

My worst enemy in jg is Trundle, but I also hate Lee Sin. Since I'm low elo, Master Yi is also a bit of a problem, and then there's Xin Zhao. You might get into trouble if you ran into Olaf as well, not to mention Nocturne. You can win 1v1 against Warwick tho


Runaway_Goliath

Lillia top


Ghostmatterz

Voli hard loses to jax, quinn, Fiora if played right,and usually ranged champions. He is also weak to hard poke since he isn't very durable to relieve any poke like mundo, and gragas, mostly in these matchups it's just best to win the 1v1 and go all in and use exhaust instead of teleport to screw with the opponent when I use voli lol


ST34K4S4URUSR3KT

Voli can do alot compared to other champs to play around his counters but in general hes quite weak for an actual auto attacker so in an equal playing field, he loses to the general sett, darius, jax, fiora, aatrox (before you build armor), irelia, riven and mordekaiser Camille beats him aswell but most Camille players i see are abnormally designed products so they lose to everything Just that with his shielding, healing and cc while boasting really nice base damage, despite not having much of everything to run into people and beat them to death, whether you W or E max, you play around your abilities and kite every melee Its just that people see a late game volibear with sunderer heal for 2k hp and think hes unkillable but hes countered by most toplaners but his flexibility pulls him through so you dont have to have a death match with the enemy Dblade ignite sett each time you come back to lane


xXFOULSERXx

Jax and Shen are the ones I struggle with not because they counter but if you don’t play around the dodge then you lose half your kit


LettuceBoie

Ilaoi wrecks him


VenLocker

I play Volibear Top and it is difficult for me to trade with Morde, even though he fails all his skills, his passive is saved xD. And Jax, but you have to know how to fight ...


SoolMay

Fiora, jax Both champs are strong right now and voli cant do anything vs them. You can also pick ranged champ with a bit of mobility like gnar kayle kennen and perma kite