For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
The Lucian Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Volibear. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Volibear helps Lucian perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lucian plays on the same team as Volibear, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Volibear does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played with Volibear on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Volibear.
Additionally, when Lucian plays with Volibear on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Volibear does a decent job of covering Lucian in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Lucian that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Volibear is a very typical companion for Lucian. By locking into the same team as Lucian, he decreases their win rate by -0.9% to 47.9%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Lucian and Volibear that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Volibear has a much lower diffuclty than Lucian. That means Lucian players don't need to be careful when arranging Volibear teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing together, Lucian players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Lucian and Volibear together, you may not be providing your team a lot of magic damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Lucian in order to synergize with Volibear during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Lucian and Volibear synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Volibear than with many other common builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 47.9% helping carry Volibear with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lucian and Volibear pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Volibear with Lucian are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.