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

Volibear vs Jax

How to Beat Jax as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jax as Volibear

based on 6,074 Volibear vs Jax matchups
Win Rate
45.5 %
K/D/A
1.64
Pick Rate
7.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Jax as Volibear came out of an examination of 6074 ranked rounds where both champs faced one another. This particular counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Volibear fights Jax in only 7.5% of his games.

Volibear vs Jax Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a awful job of countering Jax. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.5% of games the champions battle one another in. In Volibear vs Jax matches, Volibear’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Jax.

Best Volibear vs Jax Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageFrozen HeartNashor's Tooth

Optional Items

Sterak's GageKaenic RookernHollow RadianceRiftmaker

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

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
3
Q
4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Jax as Volibear

Advice to Win Against Jax

Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.

Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

Volibear vs Jax Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
45.5 %
VS
Win Rate
54.5 %
Jax Image
5.4
< Kills >
6.9
6.7
< Deaths >
6.2
5.6
< Assists >
5.4
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
128
< Minions Killed >
120
0.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.62
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.5
10,048
< Physical Damage >
12,618
7,516
< Magic Damage >
8,259
653
< True Damage >
640
18,218
< Damage Dealt >
21,517
32,648
< Damage Taken >
29,270
11,372
< Gold Earned >
11,963
2.41
< Towers >
2.21
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
8,261
< Total Healing >
8,743
13,998
< Experience >
14,399
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
8
571
< Time Dealing CC >
188

How to Counter Jax with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Volibear versus Jax counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jax..

Volibear often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Jax. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Jax

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Jax
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Jax

Who is Better, Volibear or Jax?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when playing against Jax, with a 45.5% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a bad counter for Jax.

While Volibear does have a much lower win rate compared to Jax, when facing one another, Volibear also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Jax.

Additionally, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Volibear is a trash counter to Jax. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Jax.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 51.4% 3193 GamesSingedSinged+ 51.5% 672 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 51.9% 11052 GamesSkarnerSkarner+ 52.2% 159 Games

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Jax Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jax as Volibear, we analyzed 6,074 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 Jax 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.

Other Useful Resources

Volibear Build Jax Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Jax. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Volibear versus Jax build include Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, and Nashor's Tooth. When Volibear combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Jax than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Volibear had an average win rate of 45.5% battling Jax with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Jax as Volibear, Volibear players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Volibear vs Jax LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jax as Volibear are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.