Volibearvs Garen
Volibear vs Garen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.18. Volibear wins with a 52.8% win rate (+5.6%) over Garen based on 125 games. Volibear holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Volibear build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Volibear vs Garen matchup.
Volibear Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Volibear performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Volibear vs Garen?
Volibear wins 52.1% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 43.2% and 60.9% (95% range).
- Expected
- 48.1% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +4.0 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 119 games Lane: Top
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.18 · Sep 11 – Sep 14
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Volibear, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Volibear wins 52.1% of 119 games (95% range 43.2–60.9%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 48.1% for Volibear; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Volibear usually wins the lane: 381 gold ahead of Garen at 15 minutes on average (117 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Volibear players pick Navori Flickerblade far more often against Garen: 46.7% of their other Top games, 62.2% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Volibear and Garen played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Volibear's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Volibear vs Garen Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Solo kills are tracked from this patch on — 0 games have them so far, shown from 30.
Whole-game averages
Volibear vs Garen Win Rate by Game Length
Volibear's win rate against Garen by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Volibear's results against Garen in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Volibear vs Garen Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)VolibearVolibear gold at 15: +381
- First itemVolibearVolibear: 11.9 min · Garen: 14.2 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesEvenVolibear wins 53.8% of 52 games
- 30+ min gamesEvenVolibear wins 51.6% of 62 games
What Volibear Changes Against Garen
Choices Volibear players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Usually46.7%vs Garen62.2%+15.5 pts52.7% WR here
TriumphRuneUsually75.2%vs Garen84.0%+8.8 pts52.0% WR here
Lethal TempoKeystoneUsually71.3%vs Garen79.8%+8.6 pts52.6% WR here
Grasp of the UndyingKeystoneUsually18.1%vs Garen10.1%−8.0 pts
Legend: AlacrityRuneUsually8.8%vs Garen16.8%+8.0 pts60.0% WR here
PrecisionSecondary treeUsually17.3%vs Garen10.1%−7.3 pts
Randuin's OmenItemUsually6.7%vs Garen12.6%+5.9 pts
InspirationSecondary treeUsually4.0%vs Garen8.4%+4.4 pts
Best Volibear Build vs Garen
Usual Volibear build (Top)
84.6% win rate · 13 games
Against Garen
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 10 of 89 Volibear games against Garen carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Volibear's standard build instead.
- Volibear usually completes Dusk and Dawn first, at 11.9 min (median of 79 games).
- Garen usually completes Stridebreaker first, at 14.2 min (median of 98 games).
- Skill priority: W > Q > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Volibear Runes vs Garen
Usual Volibear runes (Top)
Lethal Tempo
48.0% win rate · 1,245 games
Against Garen
Lethal Tempo51.9% win rate · 54 games
Volibear matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.18. The table below shows Volibear's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Volibear build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Volibear Matchups
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Volibear vs Garen FAQ - Patch 26.18
Who wins Volibear vs Garen?
Current data slightly favors Volibear, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Volibear wins 52.1% of 119 games (95% range 43.2–60.9%).
What is Volibear's win rate against Garen?
Volibear wins 52.1% of 119 Top games against Garen on patch 26.18 (95% range 43.2–60.9%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 48.1% would be expected.
Does Volibear counter Garen?
Not clearly. Volibear wins 52.1% of 119 games against Garen, and the 95% range (43.2–60.9%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Volibear or Garen?
Volibear usually wins the lane: 381 gold ahead of Garen at 15 minutes on average (117 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Volibear outscale Garen?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Garen strongest against Volibear?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Garen is ahead of Volibear beyond the margin of error.
What should Volibear build against Garen?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Volibear's usual Top core: Navori Flickerblade, Nashor's Tooth, Spirit Visage. The biggest change against Garen: Navori Flickerblade (46.7% usually, 62.2% here).
What runes should Volibear use against Garen?
Lethal Tempo with Precision and Resolve — 51.9% over 54 games against Garen. The biggest change against Garen: Triumph (75.2% usually, 84.0% here).