Volibearvs Zac
Volibear vs Zac is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Volibear wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Zac based on 30 games. Zac wins the early laning phase while Volibear scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Volibear build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Volibear vs Zac 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 the Volibear vs Zac Matchup?
Volibear vs Zac Matchup Summary
The Volibear vs Zac matchup is essentially a coin-flip matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 30 recent matches analyzed, Volibear wins with a 50.0% win rate compared to Zac's 50.0%, giving Volibear a 0.0 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Zac controls the early laning stage, but Volibear outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Zac needs to press advantages before Volibear reaches their power spikes, while Volibear should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Zac leads by 1,513 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Volibear has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Zac's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Volibear vs Zac Laning Phase Breakdown
Volibear is favored during the laning phase against Zac, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Volibear holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Volibear Build Against Zac
Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Zac, providing the mobility and stats Volibear needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Volibear against Zac are Navori Flickerblade, Thornmail and Spirit Visage. This combination gives Volibear an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 66.7% win rate across 3 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Zac. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Volibear vs Zac matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Volibear22.2%
Zac77.8%Volibear61.9%Zac38.1%Zac dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 77.8% win rate — a 55.6 percentage point lead over Volibear. This lopsided early game means Zac can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Volibear is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 61.9% win rate — 23.8 points above Zac. Extended games heavily favor Volibear, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Zac must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Volibear reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Volibear survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Volibear Runes Against Zac
Precision
Sorcery
The Precision primary with Sorcery secondary combination helps Volibear maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Zac.
Volibear matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.15% | 253 | 1.5 | 701 | 12,371 | 51.7% | 56.2% | |
| 48.28% | 232 | 1.8 | 632 | 11,721 | 45.8% | 50.4% | |
| 47.44% | 215 | 1.4 | 637 | 11,834 | 43.3% | 50.9% | |
| 52.36% | 212 | 5.5 | 872 | 12,192 | 53.2% | 51.7% | |
| 53.17% | 205 | 1.3 | 663 | 12,558 | 56.3% | 51.2% | |
| 53.50% | 200 | 5.4 | 842 | 11,728 | 58.7% | 49.1% | |
| 41.49% | 188 | 1.1 | 622 | 11,928 | 41.4% | 41.6% | |
| 47.06% | 187 | 6.5 | 843 | 11,724 | 45.8% | 48.4% | |
| 45.95% | 185 | 6.2 | 938 | 11,996 | 45.1% | 46.6% | |
| 44.00% | 175 | 4.0 | 692 | 11,592 | 40.8% | 46.5% | |
| 48.28% | 174 | 1.1 | 673 | 11,853 | 55.4% | 41.8% | |
| 41.61% | 161 | 5.3 | 667 | 11,744 | 39.1% | 43.3% | |
| 58.23% | 158 | 2.1 | 766 | 11,791 | 61.0% | 55.6% | |
| 50.32% | 155 | 1.4 | 667 | 11,952 | 48.0% | 52.5% | |
| 40.00% | 130 | 1.1 | 581 | 11,755 | 36.2% | 43.1% | |
| 42.62% | 122 | 5.1 | 1,146 | 11,760 | 37.0% | 47.1% | |
| 53.10% | 113 | 6.2 | 835 | 12,126 | 55.8% | 50.8% | |
| 53.15% | 111 | 1.1 | 683 | 12,862 | 55.1% | 51.6% | |
| 39.25% | 107 | 5.6 | 765 | 11,595 | 37.7% | 40.7% | |
| 50.94% | 106 | 1.4 | 636 | 11,683 | 52.1% | 50.0% | |
| 40.38% | 104 | 1.1 | 633 | 11,676 | 50.0% | 32.8% | |
| 49.50% | 101 | 1.5 | 604 | 12,774 | 50.0% | 49.2% | |
| 44.00% | 100 | 5.4 | 907 | 12,577 | 40.0% | 46.7% | |
| 50.00% | 98 | 6.3 | 888 | 11,520 | 37.5% | 58.6% | |
| 44.21% | 95 | 5.7 | 896 | 11,951 | 41.9% | 46.1% | |
| 52.13% | 94 | 6.4 | 960 | 12,280 | 52.4% | 51.9% | |
| 48.91% | 92 | 1.3 | 622 | 11,878 | 55.8% | 42.9% | |
| 51.09% | 92 | 5.0 | 872 | 12,100 | 45.7% | 54.4% | |
| 43.48% | 92 | 2.4 | 591 | 11,241 | 38.5% | 47.2% | |
| 50.00% | 88 | 6.4 | 1,022 | 11,799 | 64.1% | 38.8% | |
| 59.52% | 84 | 4.0 | 827 | 12,109 | 52.3% | 67.5% | |
| 50.60% | 83 | 5.7 | 892 | 11,956 | 50.0% | 51.0% | |
| 50.62% | 81 | 6.1 | 843 | 12,760 | 48.6% | 52.2% | |
| 50.00% | 80 | 2.0 | 685 | 12,050 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 51.90% | 79 | 1.0 | 632 | 11,353 | 52.3% | 51.4% | |
| 46.15% | 78 | 2.1 | 805 | 12,753 | 38.7% | 51.1% | |
| 55.13% | 78 | 1.2 | 624 | 11,295 | 47.6% | 63.9% | |
| 46.75% | 77 | 6.2 | 792 | 12,542 | 45.2% | 47.8% | |
| 48.65% | 74 | 5.5 | 994 | 11,630 | 38.9% | 57.9% | |
| 43.06% | 72 | 6.1 | 804 | 12,227 | 48.4% | 39.0% | |
| 45.71% | 70 | 5.4 | 778 | 12,055 | 40.6% | 50.0% | |
| 39.13% | 69 | 4.7 | 956 | 12,216 | 41.4% | 37.5% | |
| 58.21% | 67 | 4.0 | 764 | 12,544 | 65.4% | 53.7% | |
| 41.79% | 67 | 5.8 | 727 | 11,720 | 35.7% | 46.1% | |
| 52.31% | 65 | 4.6 | 897 | 12,186 | 51.9% | 52.6% | |
| 50.79% | 63 | 6.5 | 853 | 11,931 | 51.7% | 50.0% | |
| 56.45% | 62 | 7.0 | 879 | 11,835 | 60.0% | 51.9% | |
| 38.71% | 62 | 1.3 | 629 | 12,408 | 45.5% | 35.0% | |
| 53.23% | 62 | 2.1 | 691 | 12,295 | 46.4% | 58.8% | |
| 55.00% | 60 | 1.2 | 673 | 12,928 | 52.4% | 56.4% | |
| 36.67% | 60 | 6.2 | 726 | 11,907 | 45.8% | 30.6% | |
| 60.34% | 58 | 1.5 | 668 | 12,854 | 83.3% | 44.1% | |
| 43.10% | 58 | 1.6 | 717 | 11,909 | 41.4% | 44.8% | |
| 42.11% | 57 | 6.0 | 1,083 | 12,934 | 52.4% | 36.1% | |
| 62.50% | 56 | 3.5 | 570 | 11,547 | 51.6% | 76.0% | |
| 53.70% | 54 | 0.8 | 541 | 10,978 | 40.0% | 65.5% | |
| 47.17% | 53 | 6.2 | 868 | 11,571 | 31.8% | 58.1% | |
| 47.06% | 51 | 4.8 | 645 | 11,073 | 59.1% | 37.9% | |
| 60.00% | 50 | 5.2 | 875 | 12,647 | 65.4% | 54.2% | |
| 47.83% | 46 | 1.8 | 736 | 13,812 | 52.9% | 44.8% | |
| 46.67% | 45 | 1.4 | 622 | 12,714 | 43.5% | 50.0% | |
| 52.27% | 44 | 6.4 | 884 | 11,464 | 63.6% | 40.9% | |
| 56.82% | 44 | 1.7 | 697 | 12,408 | 64.0% | 47.4% | |
| 53.49% | 43 | 3.9 | 701 | 11,576 | 63.6% | 42.9% | |
| 40.48% | 42 | 6.6 | 894 | 11,913 | 43.5% | 36.8% | |
| 50.00% | 42 | 1.3 | 705 | 11,449 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 63.41% | 41 | 6.4 | 862 | 12,444 | 65.0% | 61.9% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 5.7 | 640 | 9,925 | 38.9% | 52.2% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 1.6 | 696 | 12,922 | 47.4% | 57.1% | |
| 52.63% | 38 | 1.6 | 682 | 11,819 | 45.0% | 61.1% | |
| 47.22% | 36 | 4.9 | 673 | 11,202 | 43.8% | 50.0% | |
| 54.29% | 35 | 1.8 | 608 | 12,955 | 50.0% | 56.5% | |
| 39.39% | 33 | 5.5 | 658 | 11,749 | 33.3% | 41.7% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 5.8 | 765 | 11,414 | 50.0% | 53.3% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 6.0 | 744 | 11,854 | 40.0% | 56.3% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 2.2 | 825 | 13,678 | 22.2% | 61.9% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 2.2 | 862 | 10,646 | 47.4% | 54.5% | |
| 22.22% | 27 | 6.4 | 884 | 11,068 | 21.4% | 23.1% | |
| 48.00% | 25 | 3.5 | 692 | 11,906 | 58.3% | 38.5% | |
| 40.00% | 25 | 1.3 | 614 | 12,219 | 36.4% | 42.9% | |
| 58.33% | 24 | 1.9 | 737 | 12,266 | 60.0% | 57.1% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 1.4 | 622 | 12,780 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 22.73% | 22 | 4.2 | 668 | 10,766 | 18.2% | 27.3% | |
| 68.18% | 22 | 1.9 | 578 | 11,372 | 80.0% | 58.3% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 5.5 | 660 | 12,756 | 28.6% | 60.0% | |
| 72.73% | 22 | 5.9 | 785 | 12,939 | 70.0% | 75.0% | |
| 66.67% | 21 | 1.6 | 621 | 11,446 | 40.0% | 90.9% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 4.1 | 1,001 | 13,122 | 45.5% | 66.7% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 6.0 | 649 | 10,348 | 57.1% | 58.3% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 2.1 | 651 | 9,996 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 6.0 | 684 | 13,429 | 40.0% | 45.5% | |
| 78.57% | 14 | 6.2 | 837 | 11,086 | 85.7% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 5.8 | 726 | 12,202 | 40.0% | 57.1% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 3.8 | 642 | 10,843 | 57.1% | 40.0% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 6.4 | 825 | 12,646 | 25.0% | 42.9% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 4.7 | 726 | 10,730 | 20.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 6.4 | 703 | 12,960 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 6.6 | 625 | 12,562 | 50.0% | 16.7% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 5.1 | 629 | 10,374 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 1.1 | 851 | 14,907 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 2.0 | 563 | 14,200 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.7 | 665 | 13,287 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 2.5 | 539 | 12,340 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 4.6 | 678 | 13,268 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.2 | 732 | 9,120 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.4 | 802 | 13,023 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.0 | 487 | 8,861 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 588 | 13,948 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 4.8 | 426 | 9,349 | 20.0% | 0.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 3.8 | 823 | 12,708 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
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Volibear vs Zac - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Volibear do against Zac in League of Legends?
Volibear wins the Volibear vs Zac matchup with a 50.0% win rate compared to Zac's 50.0%, a 0.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 30 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Volibear do against Zac in the early game?
In the early game, Zac has the advantage against Volibear with a 77.8% win rate versus 22.2%. Zac players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Volibear do against Zac in the late game?
In the late game, Volibear takes over the Volibear vs Zac matchup with a 61.9% win rate compared to 38.1%. Volibear scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Volibear vs Zac matchup?
Volibear wins the matchup against Zac with a 50.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 0.0 percentage point advantage means Volibear is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 30 games analyzed.
What is the best Volibear build against Zac?
The best Volibear build against Zac includes Navori Flickerblade, Thornmail, Spirit Visage with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 66.7% 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 Zac?
The best Volibear runes against Zac use the Precision primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 42.9% win rate in the Volibear vs Zac matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Volibear counter Zac?
Yes, Volibear has a favorable matchup against Zac with a 50.0% win rate. Volibear slightly edges out Zac in lane based on current patch 26.10 data.
How do I play Volibear against Zac?
When playing Volibear against Zac, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. Play safe early and scale into your power spikes where you outperform Zac. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.