How to fix Volibear

[quote=OTGBionicArm][center] I think it's pretty obvious by now that [[Volibear]]... simply isn't very good. Despite what Riot sets as his tags, he's not really a tank (He's a bulky DPS) and he sucks at jungling. His main problems I see is that his abilities are too inconsistent. He has two clearly bruiser style abilities ([[Frenzy]] and [[Thunder Claws]]) and then two abilities better suited for his "tank" tag ([[Rolling Thunder]] and [[Majestic Roar]]). On that note, his passive while powerful, is unreliable and very easily countered by [[Ignite]]. I suggest that all of his abilities but [[Rolling Thunder]] and [[Majestic Roar]] be changed. Here is my proposal; [[Chosen Of The Storm]]: If [[Volibear]] drops below 30% health he is instantly healed for 15% of health and another 15% over 6 seconds. This effect has a 120 second cooldown. this change would make the healing part of his passive more reliable without being overbearing. (Hehe, get it?) [[Frenzy]]: (Passive): Whenever Volibear is attacked, he gains bonus attack speed, armor, and magic resistance, stacking up to ten times. Attack Speed: 2%/3%/4%/5%/6% per stack Armor and Magic Resistance: 1/2/3/4/5 This change to [[Frenzy]] would give [[Volibear]] more defenses by being attacked, making him harder to kill as a tank, as well as increasing his damage output slightly as well as his jungle clear time. The active portion removed because tanks shouldn't have an execution ability. [[Thunder Claws]]: (Active): For the next 12 seconds, Volibear's autoattacks will blast his target with lightning that will also bounce to up to 3 nearby enemies. Each bolt of lightning will deal magic damage, and reduce their armor and magic resistance by 5/10/15 for 3 seconds and will only hit each target once. Multiple attacks can cause the armor and magic resistance debuff to stack up to 3 times. Cost: 100 mana Bounce Range: 300 Cooldown: 100/90/80 seconds Magic Damage Per Bolt: 50/75/125 (+0.5 per ability power) By dropping the damage dealt a bit, and adding a resistance shredder, this would allow [[Volibear]]'s ultimate to be more beneficial to his team and more impactful, like other tanks such as [[Amumu]], and [[Malphite]]. Overall, I think that [[Volibear]] needs to be reworked a bit to function more like a tank than a bruiser, and I think these kinds of changes could help him do that well. As it stands currently, he has a pretty decent peel with [[Rolling Thunder]] and a nice AoE slow with [[Majestic Roar]]. I really love [[Volibear]] and he's a fun champion, I just would like his kit to do him some more justice. What do you guys think? Tell me in the comments, too broken? Not good enough? Would this even help him serve his tank role better, or is he better off being just a bruiser?[/quote]

[quote=BlackIceT]Personally I agree that he needs to be fixed up a bit. I agree with your changes except for the attack speed reducer on his ultimate. I think that he can just get that from a [[Frozen Heart]] Everything else should make him a pretty viable tank. If [[Majestic Roar]] feared champions thatd be even better lol. I think these changes would make him a more viable and reliable pick[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]I made a few changes based on what BlackIceT said and a few other people said.[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]idk voli top is actually really strong atm[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]He can be, but he's got some rather poor matchups due to his rather low damage output without [[Frenzy]] as well as [[Ignite]] making his passive practically null. My main problem is that he isn't focused on either role of bruiser or tank and would prefer him to be a focused tank. That being said do you think these changes would make him a viable choice as a true tank, like [[Amumu]], [[Nautilus]] or [[malphite]]? :p[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]I have always viewed [[Volibear]] as a character that SHOULD be a tank, as his tag says, but he simply isn't one. He's just a half assed, half bruiser with a half ass split kit. [[Kayle]] can get away with have split focus, but [[Volibear]] does it poorly as hell.[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu]I find him rather good solo top. 7 wins and 1 loss in ranked with him. Some changes yes, but I think those buffs would make him too strong :3[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm][quote=Joxuu] I find him rather good solo top. 7 wins and 1 loss in ranked with him. Some changes yes, but I think those buffs would make him too strong :3 [/quote] How would it make him too strong? Explain please. :3[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu]Ahh I can post more detailed answer, but basically it buffs solo top way too much, especially passive :3[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Well with this kit he'd probably get a numbers nerf for AD and his AD scaling, or something. He is no longer intended to be a bruiser with this kit.[/quote]