- Win Rate
- 51.4%
- Pick Rate
- 4.0%
- Ban Rate
- 2.6%
Volibear vs Illaoi
- Patch
- 26.19
- Games
- 3,597
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 4, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Volibear vs Illaoi is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Illaoi wins with a 63.2% win rate (+26.5%) over Volibear based on 68 games. Illaoi 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 Illaoi 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 Illaoi?
Volibear wins 36.2% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 29.0% and 44.1% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.1% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −13.9 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 152 games Lane: Top
- vs patch 26.18
- −7.6 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Illaoi is favored in this matchup: Volibear wins 36.2% of 152 games, and the whole 95% range (29.0–44.1%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 13.9 points worse for Volibear than both champions' overall Top win rates predict (50.1%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
- Illaoi usually wins the lane: 963 gold ahead of Volibear at 15 minutes on average (149 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Volibear players pick Spirit Visage much less often against Illaoi: 39.0% of their other Top games, 23.7% 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 Illaoi 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 Illaoi Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Volibear vs Illaoi Win Rate by Game Length
Volibear's win rate against Illaoi 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 Illaoi in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Volibear vs Illaoi 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)IllaoiVolibear gold at 15: −963
- First itemIllaoiVolibear: 12.9 min · Illaoi: 12.2 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesIllaoiVolibear wins 35.5% of 62 games
- 30+ min gamesEvenVolibear wins 41.9% of 74 games
What Volibear Changes Against Illaoi
Choices Volibear players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Spirit VisageItemUsually39.0%vs Illaoi23.7%−15.3 pts55.6% WR here
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually23.9%vs Illaoi9.2%−14.7 pts
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually44.0%vs Illaoi53.3%+9.3 pts37.0% WR here
Best Volibear Build vs Illaoi
Usual Volibear build (Top)
84.6% win rate · 13 games
Against Illaoi
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 5 of 84 Volibear games against Illaoi 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 12.9 min (median of 59 games).
- Illaoi usually completes Black Cleaver first, at 12.2 min (median of 97 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 Illaoi
Usual Volibear runes (Top)
Lethal Tempo
60.3% win rate · 73 games
Against Illaoi
Lethal Tempo
35.8% win rate · 53 games
Plan your Volibear draft in Draft Lab
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Volibear matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. 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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Easiest for Volibear
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Volibear vs Illaoi FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Volibear vs Illaoi?
Illaoi is favored in this matchup: Volibear wins 36.2% of 152 games, and the whole 95% range (29.0–44.1%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Volibear's win rate against Illaoi?
Volibear wins 36.2% of 152 Top games against Illaoi on patch 26.19 (95% range 29.0–44.1%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 50.1% would be expected.
Does Volibear counter Illaoi?
No — it is the other way around: Volibear wins only 36.2% of 152 games against Illaoi, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.
Who wins lane, Volibear or Illaoi?
Illaoi usually wins the lane: 963 gold ahead of Volibear at 15 minutes on average (149 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Volibear outscale Illaoi?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Illaoi strongest against Volibear?
Illaoi is measurably ahead in: Lane (15 min), First item, 20–30 min games.
What should Volibear build against Illaoi?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Volibear's usual Top core: Navori Flickerblade, Riftmaker, Randuin's Omen. The biggest change against Illaoi: Spirit Visage (39.0% usually, 23.7% here).
What runes should Volibear use against Illaoi?
Lethal Tempo with Precision and Resolve — 35.8% over 53 games against Illaoi.