Volibearvs Karthus
Volibear vs Karthus is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Karthus wins with a 63.6% win rate (+27.3%) over Volibear based on 22 games. Karthus 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 Karthus 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.
Karthus(36.4%)Who Wins the Volibear vs Karthus Matchup?
Volibear vs Karthus Matchup Summary
The Volibear vs Karthus matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 22 recent matches analyzed, Karthus wins with a 63.6% win rate compared to Volibear's 36.4%, giving Karthus a 27.3 percentage point advantage. Karthus dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Volibear players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Volibear leads by 1,254 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Karthus has a strong advantage in this matchup. Volibear players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Karthus overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Volibear vs Karthus Laning Phase Breakdown
Karthus is favored during the laning phase against Volibear, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Karthus holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Volibear Build Against Karthus
Mercury's Treads is the optimal boots choice against Karthus, providing the mobility and stats Volibear needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Volibear against Karthus are Navori Flickerblade, Spirit Visage and Dusk and Dawn. This combination gives Volibear an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 75.0% win rate across 4 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Karthus. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Volibear vs Karthus matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Volibear14.3%Karthus85.7%Volibear46.7%Karthus53.3%Karthus dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 85.7% win rate — a 71.4 percentage point lead over Volibear. This lopsided early game means Karthus can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Karthus is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 53.3% win rate — 6.7 points above Volibear. Extended games heavily favor Karthus, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Karthus holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Volibear players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Volibear Runes Against Karthus
Precision
Sorcery
The Precision and Sorcery rune setup gives Volibear the best tools to compete against Karthus in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Volibear matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. 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.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.69% | 144 | 6.5 | 876 | 12,583 | 58.7% | 44.4% | |
| 47.86% | 140 | 1.6 | 707 | 12,423 | 46.7% | 48.8% | |
| 45.13% | 113 | 1.2 | 691 | 12,335 | 43.1% | 46.8% | |
| 44.23% | 104 | 1.6 | 658 | 12,329 | 47.7% | 41.7% | |
| 46.15% | 104 | 1.2 | 645 | 12,863 | 41.3% | 50.0% | |
| 47.06% | 102 | 5.5 | 818 | 11,733 | 54.5% | 38.3% | |
| 54.08% | 98 | 1.3 | 666 | 12,298 | 55.8% | 52.7% | |
| 35.79% | 95 | 3.9 | 637 | 10,848 | 40.4% | 30.2% | |
| 44.94% | 89 | 2.8 | 908 | 12,118 | 54.8% | 36.2% | |
| 43.18% | 88 | 1.1 | 594 | 12,344 | 41.0% | 44.9% | |
| 55.81% | 86 | 5.3 | 830 | 12,143 | 47.5% | 63.0% | |
| 48.81% | 84 | 1.4 | 738 | 12,599 | 42.1% | 54.4% | |
| 45.33% | 75 | 1.9 | 738 | 12,365 | 41.2% | 48.8% | |
| 50.00% | 72 | 4.6 | 936 | 12,395 | 63.6% | 38.5% | |
| 48.48% | 66 | 4.6 | 735 | 11,196 | 57.9% | 35.7% | |
| 61.90% | 63 | 1.2 | 664 | 12,841 | 65.5% | 58.8% | |
| 43.55% | 62 | 1.3 | 669 | 12,104 | 48.1% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 58 | 1.6 | 671 | 12,469 | 52.4% | 48.6% | |
| 49.12% | 57 | 4.0 | 696 | 11,285 | 41.9% | 57.7% | |
| 53.70% | 54 | 6.8 | 981 | 12,383 | 57.7% | 50.0% | |
| 45.10% | 51 | 6.1 | 914 | 11,935 | 48.1% | 41.7% | |
| 52.00% | 50 | 1.1 | 590 | 12,190 | 50.0% | 54.2% | |
| 61.70% | 47 | 1.2 | 667 | 12,179 | 62.5% | 60.9% | |
| 46.67% | 45 | 6.4 | 866 | 12,222 | 39.1% | 54.5% | |
| 55.56% | 45 | 1.1 | 613 | 12,001 | 52.0% | 60.0% | |
| 44.44% | 45 | 4.4 | 587 | 11,750 | 31.6% | 53.9% | |
| 53.49% | 43 | 5.2 | 960 | 11,969 | 45.0% | 60.9% | |
| 41.86% | 43 | 1.0 | 692 | 12,182 | 50.0% | 34.8% | |
| 39.02% | 41 | 6.0 | 850 | 11,278 | 36.8% | 40.9% | |
| 34.15% | 41 | 4.7 | 754 | 12,076 | 38.9% | 30.4% | |
| 45.00% | 40 | 3.8 | 789 | 11,936 | 42.9% | 47.4% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 5.8 | 914 | 12,744 | 61.1% | 45.5% | |
| 57.50% | 40 | 6.5 | 914 | 12,294 | 57.1% | 57.9% | |
| 47.37% | 38 | 6.2 | 992 | 11,560 | 40.9% | 56.3% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 1.1 | 641 | 12,036 | 46.7% | 52.2% | |
| 50.00% | 38 | 6.6 | 897 | 12,218 | 38.9% | 60.0% | |
| 37.84% | 37 | 5.8 | 649 | 11,027 | 20.0% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 36 | 5.7 | 937 | 12,346 | 37.5% | 50.0% | |
| 65.71% | 35 | 3.6 | 818 | 12,474 | 72.2% | 58.8% | |
| 42.86% | 35 | 1.4 | 631 | 10,989 | 44.4% | 41.2% | |
| 58.82% | 34 | 6.2 | 876 | 13,795 | 83.3% | 45.5% | |
| 50.00% | 34 | 6.8 | 850 | 12,705 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 33 | 6.1 | 650 | 11,406 | 25.0% | 41.2% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 1.6 | 644 | 12,588 | 46.7% | 55.6% | |
| 42.42% | 33 | 1.3 | 749 | 12,445 | 50.0% | 35.3% | |
| 58.06% | 31 | 4.3 | 819 | 11,458 | 52.9% | 64.3% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 6.8 | 1,111 | 12,006 | 47.1% | 50.0% | |
| 41.94% | 31 | 0.9 | 627 | 12,122 | 42.9% | 41.2% | |
| 56.67% | 30 | 1.6 | 673 | 12,364 | 57.1% | 56.3% | |
| 56.67% | 30 | 0.9 | 634 | 12,101 | 70.6% | 38.5% | |
| 60.71% | 28 | 1.5 | 743 | 14,046 | 55.6% | 63.2% | |
| 46.43% | 28 | 0.9 | 647 | 11,162 | 58.3% | 37.5% | |
| 51.85% | 27 | 6.3 | 778 | 12,234 | 50.0% | 53.3% | |
| 34.62% | 26 | 1.1 | 560 | 11,290 | 30.8% | 38.5% | |
| 61.54% | 26 | 6.4 | 807 | 13,150 | 50.0% | 68.8% | |
| 53.85% | 26 | 2.8 | 739 | 12,089 | 64.3% | 41.7% | |
| 60.00% | 25 | 5.4 | 873 | 11,468 | 69.2% | 50.0% | |
| 68.00% | 25 | 1.0 | 605 | 11,028 | 62.5% | 77.8% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 6.2 | 711 | 12,216 | 27.3% | 53.9% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 1.3 | 683 | 12,254 | 36.4% | 53.9% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 6.7 | 901 | 12,980 | 53.9% | 40.0% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 5.3 | 681 | 11,691 | 37.5% | 46.7% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 1.4 | 640 | 11,144 | 40.0% | 58.3% | |
| 36.36% | 22 | 1.6 | 726 | 13,625 | 14.3% | 46.7% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 5.7 | 877 | 11,870 | 57.1% | 28.6% | |
| 61.90% | 21 | 6.3 | 924 | 13,539 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 3.1 | 695 | 10,006 | 53.9% | 57.1% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 6.0 | 649 | 11,337 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 1.2 | 645 | 10,811 | 40.0% | 75.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 1.3 | 606 | 12,104 | 33.3% | 77.8% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 1.8 | 782 | 10,768 | 45.5% | 0.0% | |
| 41.18% | 17 | 1.3 | 699 | 11,372 | 44.4% | 37.5% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 2.3 | 668 | 12,526 | 75.0% | 44.4% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 2.5 | 678 | 13,370 | 83.3% | 36.4% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 6.8 | 873 | 12,899 | 70.0% | 42.9% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 5.1 | 554 | 9,487 | 36.4% | 66.7% | |
| 20.00% | 15 | 5.0 | 665 | 10,633 | 25.0% | 14.3% | |
| 26.67% | 15 | 6.1 | 684 | 11,251 | 14.3% | 37.5% | |
| 73.33% | 15 | 6.8 | 849 | 12,332 | 83.3% | 66.7% | |
| 13.33% | 15 | 6.2 | 571 | 10,650 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 66.67% | 15 | 4.9 | 764 | 12,868 | 80.0% | 60.0% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 1.2 | 719 | 12,725 | 71.4% | 50.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 5.1 | 750 | 11,205 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 2.5 | 681 | 12,613 | 25.0% | 71.4% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 2.4 | 740 | 12,078 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 601 | 10,230 | 83.3% | 25.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.5 | 785 | 10,077 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 6.0 | 824 | 12,133 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 6.7 | 776 | 9,419 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.0 | 589 | 11,761 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 2.4 | 614 | 13,561 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.3 | 742 | 13,612 | 0.0% | 20.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 3.6 | 1,049 | 14,203 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 2.5 | 652 | 11,190 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.2 | 650 | 8,875 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.4 | 693 | 10,418 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.8 | 550 | 9,056 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 1.0 | 671 | 13,091 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.4 | 888 | 15,895 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
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Volibear vs Karthus - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Volibear do against Karthus in League of Legends?
Karthus wins the Volibear vs Karthus matchup with a 63.6% win rate compared to Volibear's 36.4%, a 27.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 22 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.
How does Volibear do against Karthus in the early game?
In the early game, Karthus has the advantage against Volibear with a 85.7% win rate versus 14.3%. Karthus players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Volibear do against Karthus in the late game?
In the late game, Karthus takes over the Volibear vs Karthus matchup with a 53.3% win rate compared to 46.7%. Karthus scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Volibear vs Karthus matchup?
Karthus wins the matchup against Volibear with a 63.6% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 27.3 percentage point advantage means Karthus is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 22 games analyzed.
What is the best Volibear build against Karthus?
The best Volibear build against Karthus includes Navori Flickerblade, Spirit Visage, Dusk and Dawn with Mercury's Treads. This build achieves a 75.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Volibear runes against Karthus?
The best Volibear runes against Karthus use the Precision primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 40.0% win rate in the Volibear vs Karthus matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Volibear counter Karthus?
No, Volibear struggles against Karthus with only a 36.4% win rate. Karthus has the advantage in this matchup. Volibear players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Karthus's lead.
How do I play Volibear against Karthus?
When playing Volibear against Karthus, play cautiously and avoid Karthus's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Karthus has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.