Volibear vs Irelia Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Volibear the fighter/tank hybrid, Irelia the fighter/assassin hybrid. Over 737 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Volibear closes out 55.5% of them. That is 5.5 points above even, so Irelia is one of the matchups Volibear can lean on.
Shared damage type here — physical for Volibear as well as Irelia. Starting health splits 650 to 630 in Volibear’s favour, with armour at 35 against 36. Volibear scales to 2418 health by 18 while Irelia reaches 2585. There is a movement gap too: 340 for Volibear, 335 for Irelia.
A missed Stormbringer from Volibear hands Irelia the window to land Defiant Dance. Whoever spends Stormbringer or Vanguard’s Edge first hands the other a window.
Both champions are melee (Volibear at 150, Irelia at 200), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Read 55.5% as a trend: 737 games is useful, not final.
FAQ
Yes — Volibear holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Volibear wins 55.5% of the recorded games.
55.5% from Volibear's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
737 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Volibear build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Volibear build page.