Volibear vs Singed — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Volibear against Singed · 45.1% win rate (714 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Singed is slightly favoured — Volibear wins 45.1% of 714 games. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Don’t chase through poison — Q-stun him to stop his kite.

Track: Singed's E — Fling (10–8s cooldown). His flip. Bait it, then Q-stun.

Do

  • Q-stun to stop his kite
  • W-bite to out-sustain
  • Deny his proxy waves

Don't

  • Chase through his Q poison
  • Get E-flipped into goo
  • Tunnel on the kill

Runes & build vs Singed

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Sundered Sky (the all-in sustain spike)
Then
Spirit Visage
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Precision: Triumph, Legend: Haste · Shards: Health Scaling, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Volibear's game plan

Read from Volibear's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Singed.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VolibearLevel 1 favours you because your Passive attack speed and W bleed beat Singed's non-existent early melee trade.
Level 2VolibearLevel 2 stays yours — Q plus W out-trades a Singed who only has Poison Trail ticking.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 evens out — Mega Adhesive's slow lands first and drags your Q approach short.
Levels 4-5SingedLevels 4-5 go to him: Fling is 10s at rank 1 and flips you out of every commit.
Level 6SingedLevel 6 is his: Insanity Potion makes Poison Trail apply Grievous Wounds, so your W re-bite stops healing.
First itemEven / skillFirst item is even as his move-speed and HP stacking begin letting him juke your Q windows.
Two+ itemsSingedTwo-plus items favour Singed because Poison Trail proxying, Rylai's slow, and raw speed let him kite your combo and win on macro.

How to beat Singed as Volibear: the early game

You start ahead: at level 1 your Passive attack speed and W bleed shred Singed before he has poison ramping, and he has no way to trade back in melee. Levels 2-3 you own it outright, since E slow into Q stun locks him out of the Fling he needs to survive your all-in.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Volibear in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Volibear's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Volibear vs Singed 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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Common questions

Who wins Volibear vs Singed in top lane?

Singed, slightly — Volibear wins 45.1% of 714 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Volibear vs Singed a skill matchup?

Mostly — Singed has a small statistical edge (54.9% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Volibear counter Singed?

No — if anything Singed has the slight edge (Volibear wins 45.1%), though it stays close.

What runes does Volibear take vs Singed?

Volibear takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Singed.

What should Volibear build vs Singed?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Sundered Sky (the all-in sustain spike) first, then Spirit Visage, with Mercury's Treads.

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