Volibear vs Trundle — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Volibear against Trundle · 53.11% win rate over 482 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Volibear is favoured — Volibear owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Trundle's 1. Volibear wins 53.11% of games vs Trundle in top lane (482 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TrundleTrundle wins level 1: Chomp is a hefty single-target bite plus an attack-damage reduction that stings your early autos.
Level 2Even / skillEven at 2 it is skill: both add a spell, and your passive stacking hasn't yet overtaken his bite trade.
Level 3VolibearYou take over at 3: Frenzied Maul stacks and passive attack speed let you out-sustain his single-target damage.
Levels 4-5VolibearLevels 4-5 stay yours as your W heal snowballs the extended trades in your favour.
Level 6VolibearLevel 6 is yours: Stormbringer dives through his kiting for a burst-and-slow all-in he can't match.
First itemVolibearFirst item is yours as bruiser stats amplify your passive DPS over his duelist scaling.
Two+ itemsVolibearTwo items in you out-teamfight him with R engage, so the game-long edge is Volibear's.

Early game (levels 1–5)

He edges level 1 because Chomp is a strong single-target poke bite and his Q reduces your attack damage, so respect that first trade.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Volibear vs Trundle 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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