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How to Synergize Volibear with Irelia on the Same TeamVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear with Irelia

How to Win With Volibear and Irelia Paired TogetherVolibear is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Volibear and Irelia

based on 1,393 Volibear with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
1.69
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each week. Volibear has fought alongside Irelia in 1393 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Volibear play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Volibear to play alongside Irelia as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.7% of rounds with Volibear.

Volibear Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a below average job of fighting on the same side as Irelia. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.0% of matches the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Volibear when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Volibear vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

HullbreakerDead Man's PlateIceborn GauntletTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
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Second ability for Volibear to level upq
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Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
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
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Q
3
W
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Volibear and Irelia

Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Volibear Irelia Synergy Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Irelia Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.5
6.4
< Deaths >
6.6
5.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
110
< Minions Killed >
130
0.69
< Dragons Killed >
0.51
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.52
9,498
< Physical Damage >
10,829
7,610
< Magic Damage >
8,228
677
< True Damage >
673
17,786
< Damage Dealt >
19,732
31,733
< Damage Taken >
33,093
11,115
< Gold Earned >
11,573
2.34
< Towers >
2.5
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
8,737
< Total Healing >
8,449
13,561
< Experience >
14,216
18
< Vision Score >
18
7
< Wards Placed >
8
538
< Time Dealing CC >
548

How to Play with Irelia as Volibear in LoL

The Volibear Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Volibear sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Irelia helps Volibear perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Volibear is paired with Irelia, he observes a measurable drop in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Irelia doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Volibear is played together with Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Irelia. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Irelia.

Additionally, when Volibear plays with Irelia on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Volibear during team fights.

Synergies between Volibear and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Volibear
Irelia

Is Volibear better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Volibear that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Irelia is a good ally for Volibear. By playing on the same side as Volibear, she improves their win rate by 1.0% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Volibear and Irelia that results in them performing better together than alone.

Irelia has a greater difficulty than Volibear. That means Volibear players need to be very careful when arranging Irelia comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Volibear and Irelia together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Irelia ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Volibear and Irelia, we analyzed 1,393 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Volibear with Irelia comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Volibear to synergize with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Volibear and Irelia synergy build include Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Irelia than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Irelia with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.

If you need to get Volibear with Irelia synergy tips and stats for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are calculated using all games with data with both champs.