Volibear vs Vayne — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Volibear against Vayne · 51.98% win rate over 1,443 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Volibear is favoured — Volibear owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Vayne's 3. Volibear wins 51.98% of games vs Vayne in top lane (1,443 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VayneLevel 1 is Vayne's: Tumble poke and Silver Bolts true damage chunk you before you can reach her.
Level 2VolibearLevel 2 flips to Volibear as your Q knock-up finally lets you catch and punish her.
Level 3VolibearLevel 3 stays yours with full CC to stick to her.
Levels 4-5VayneLevel 4 swings back to Vayne on her attack-speed and Condemn kiting spike.
Level 6VolibearLevel 6 is yours: Stormbringer's slow shuts down her kiting for an all-in.
First itemVayneFirst item favours Vayne as crit/attack-speed plus Silver Bolts shreds your health if she spaces well.
Two+ itemsVolibearTwo items in you out-teamfight and dive the squishy carry, so the late edge is Volibear's.

Early game (levels 1–5)

She pips level 1 with early Tumble poke and Silver Bolts chunking your health before you have a gap-closer.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Volibear vs Vayne 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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