Yone vs Volibear — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Volibear · 53.83% win rate over 1,646 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Volibear owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Yone's 2, yet the win rate favours Yone: survive their windows and the game is yours. Yone wins 53.83% of games vs Volibear in top lane (1,646 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VolibearVolibear's Q stun and Frenzied Maul sustain dominate the level-1 trade.
Level 2VolibearAt level 2 his bruiser stats and W heal keep him firmly ahead.
Level 3VolibearLevel 3 Volibear's CC and shred still out-trade you in melee.
Levels 4-5VolibearLevels 4-5 his early power peaks and he wins any extended exchange.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 becomes skill-decided — dodge his Q stun and kite the R leap's long cooldown.
First itemYoneAt first item your Botrk/crit spike flips the lane and out-DPSes his sustain.
Two+ itemsYoneBy 2+ items Yone's mobility and knock-up kite an immobile-off-Q Volibear.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Volibear stomps levels 1-4: Thundering Smash (Q) stuns you if he lands the run-up, Frenzied Maul (W) heals him and shreds your armor, and his raw bruiser stats beat yours in any extended trade. Don't fight him — farm at range, dodge his Q by not walking in a straight line, and just survive to your item.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone 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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