How to win lane as Vayne against Volibear · 57.27% win rate over 674 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | Level 1 favors you: Volibear's engage tools are too thin to punish your early Tumble trades. |
| Level 2 | Volibear | Level 2 flips to Volibear as his Q ramp and W come online for reachable trades. |
| Level 3 | Volibear | Level 3 is firmly his — Thundering Smash root into Frenzied Maul chains hard. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vayne | Level 4 is skill-defined, decided by whether you dodge his Q and space his path. |
| Level 6 | Volibear | Level 6 returns the edge to Volibear with the wall-hopping Stormbringer all-in. |
| First item | Vayne | At first item your true damage out-chunks his W sustain once his Q is down. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Two-plus items plus Final Hour let you outscale and kite his R engage. |
Level 1-2 leans your way before Volibear's engage tools rank up — Tumble-auto and Condemn-poke while his Q ramp and W are still thin. Take an early edge, because once he hits 3 his Thundering Smash root turns every reachable trade in his favor.
The full Vayne vs Volibear report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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