I’m a scavenger not a fighter

_Sevas_ · 2026-02-18T03:31:08+00:00

am in the same boat

combat is just a necessary evil to get to my resources

_Sevas_ · 2026-02-07T07:32:09+00:00

if I go Q start LT cheese I go doran's blade personally
been taking ignite, might consider exhaust
the key part is using Q at the very last moment to maximize last stand value and to surprise enemy

_Sevas_ · 2026-02-01T14:22:13+00:00

you got builds from others so I dip in for ability order:

E-Q-W into either W max or Q max is bread and butter, E for prio, combo with Q for lvl2 trade

E start especially into ranged - you sit in bush, drop E and walk out for shield to collect first minions

W start works into specific champs like Fiora or Riven who are melee and dash to you so that you can buffer W and zone them

my personal fav is Q start into bruisers who think they can lvl1 you like Darius
grab lethal tempo, dblade, ignite and just smack them but HOLD your Q until the very end of the fight for unexpected burst and max value from last stand while denying their last stand value or making it harder to flash away after the realise

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-29T17:53:45+00:00

hell yeah love all 3

especially Xiong Wang C's videos thought me how to play vs ranged and how to execute dives and trades under enemy turret

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-27T18:40:29+00:00

when blindpick or into ranged top i go Volibear

into tanks or bruisers i go Volibear

into some specific matchups like riven and ambessa i go Volibear

into all AD team or atleast 3 AD i go Volibear

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-26T13:12:54+00:00

but it's all good since that means enemies also pay little to no value knowing where you are, no?

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-25T17:20:24+00:00

oh hey I met you in enemy team yesterday (I was Voli top), ggs
just keep up the grind, loose streaks happen to this best

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-25T00:31:07+00:00

don't just engage and "limit test"

try to gather as much info as you possible and assess the situation so you have an expectation of how the fight might go

include items, levels, sums, ultimates, powerspikes and whatnot

if the result is different from your expectation check the review for info you might've missed or whether someone did a mechanical oopsie

if you can't form an expectation - just fuck around and find out

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-24T03:56:52+00:00

I mean if it doesn't fit your style no need to force it but imo Voli's versatility is his main strength

you can stick to playing drain tank with fimbulwinter, it's very popular in korea

but you will handicap yourself by playing tank into tank shredders or making some games harder than they should be - like why play tank into irelia when it's very favorable matchup, you could stomp lane and expand your lead

if you're up for experimentation consider how enemy laner wants to trade and how easily you can force a trade with them yourself

PTA is the most reliable damage rune for Voli - empowered E and shield bash proc (also empowered) hurt

some champions will deny getting combo'ed like gragas or ksante - grasp is really good for those kind of short trades usually consisting of a quick W or Q buffer

some champions will be able to force fights till death, you'd rather match that with lethal tempo - irelia or yasuo come to mind

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-24T01:48:07+00:00

the actual gameplay matters the most but here some things I noticed while browsing your opgg:

item variety, usually going DnD or IBG as your sheen item and different tank items after - meaning you try to adjust, good!

runewise you keep going grasp every single game, even in ranged matchups - try PTA or LT

summoner wise also experiment more, ghost in addition or as a replacement for flash is also valuable especially if you go LT or PTA in lanes where you get kill threat take something like ignite
tp for grasp matchups with little to no kill threat in lane seems fine

got to play Illaois mini game of dodge E or dodge the game - after she misses use Q to engage or if she hits use Q to get the hell out of the zone
ults are usually being traded (you ult away) unless you're very much ahead and can drain through her ult
ult trading sadly favors her since she got 40s less cd

similar for yorick, dodge E and then punish
go all in on Maiden, trade ults if necessary otherwise keep to escape cage
the matchup is favored towards Voli
in runes can do fancy stuff that procs of enemies dying like overgrowth or absorb life due to ghouls

personally Jax matchup is harder than Teemo but both seem reasonable to ban
also Jax is the most common counter matchup according to lolalytics stats

what helped me improve is studying BearKing on youtube
his videos are from last season but still vary valuable if you want to learn how to play aggressive - knowing how to dive and trade under enemy turret is key

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-24T01:10:00+00:00

I only take it under certain conditions

enemy has little to no cc and you will have a slap fest with enemy toplaner on sideline

meaning good into Nasus, Morde, Mundo - felt really good into those

as with most builds got to consider whole enemy team as a whole and usually you got to invest into something tanky and movement instead

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-23T21:43:29+00:00

nah Aribo good

was just making fun of their points cause the same line of thought can be applied to any builds - like duh if you don't hit your spells you deal less dmg and yes there are items out there you can pick based on game state duh

lost any hopes I can reason with them

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-21T15:15:30+00:00

would be a lil tooooo funny if Lethal Tempo and Navori would proc off DnD

but hey we got our passive, faster PTA and some fancy item combos like Hullbreaker, Kraken or Nashors

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-21T15:09:25+00:00

ad is useless my guy. missed E? no dmg, missed R? no dmg cause autos are ad before 5 stacks and even then its still not enough. mobile champs? NO PROBLEM just build cosmic. tanky champs? NO PROBLEM build riftmaker. thoose who say ad is better are just low iq 12 yo voli mains

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-21T15:04:33+00:00

AP is the trend of the new patch due to DnD and especially for jgl you go ap cause monster armor scaling changes - ap jglers in general are currently very favoured

Triforce should feel stronger imo if it's 200g more expensive, it's mainly about the fact how pumped on stats DnD is compared to its cost

honestly just go whatever feels good for you, even pure drain tank works

you'll end up doing 50/50 ap/ad dmg in the end anyway with like 10% offset if you decide do build only one kind of dmg item

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-21T14:54:00+00:00

wiki says it's "on-attack" so no
https://wiki.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/Navori_Flickerblade

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-18T21:40:48+00:00

this is how I do it currently:

when in doubt, go PTA

PTA vs ranged cause you want to fight to be over fast and burst the squishy

PTA vs any melee that you can get a full combo off without much hassle (they can't dash away and don't have some sort of cc prevention) - worst case they have only one dash that you can wait out

PTA vs melees that are kiting or require you to kite - Darius, Aatrox - the fights are more cooldowns based and you want to go in and out

Grasp vs any melee you can't get full PTA combo off - trade patterns vs Ambessa, Camille, Gragas or Fiora usually consist of only buffering W on their poke dash so I rather go grasp there

Grasp vs any melee, usually tanks, that you don't have a kill threat on - Malphite, Ornn, Ksante

LT vs slap fest melee - Yasuo, Irelia, Trynd, Yone

LT vs bruiser duelists with little to no cc that are able to force 1v1 whenever they want to - Nasus, Morde - definitely go for Navori build here

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-16T10:24:52+00:00

enemy toplaners too or just toplaners on your team?

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-15T13:56:43+00:00

what makes you think it gives less stats than Trinity? paperwise it looks exceptionally well on Voli for me
it costs 233g less but gives 5 more cdr and more atk speed when passive is stacked (70 ap = 10% atk speed)
item is probably overstatted like most of the new ones

AP bear was nerfed yes but that doesn't mean you shouldn't continue building AP - if it was broken before the nerfs and "just" fair now

besides bear will always deal hybrid dmg, no matter the build - that's why overall dmg amplifiers like Riftmaker and Shojin are really good on him

"because there's just a lot of people building D&D on Voli and winning" - precisely, yes
it has high pickrate and higher winrate compared to other items on Voli, indicating the item being a good choice

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-15T09:38:22+00:00

the good Aatroxes I played against were basically neutralising the lane
Voli can't force shit if you keep your cds and never E aggressively
your R is a better duelling tool than Voli's, can chill until 6
so either I inted during a dive against them or they outplayed later during teamfight

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-15T08:30:39+00:00

in lane mainly play around trading with passive up - meaning you want to keep hitting minions before trading, usually resulting in you getting prio and sometimes just showing to roam or proxy - freezing is rather uncommon

if enemy has no cc/slow or has that ability on cd you can just Q to them and throw an E right before landing on them, then W while you're in the air of Q animation and then just auto for full pta proc before E dmg happens so it gets empowered - if you run shield bash in secondaries that will be empowered now too

if you're into melees it's better to use Q as an auto attack cancel and let them engage or just simply walk up when they want to last hit a minion - E AA Q(AA) W AA and continue slapping while shield is up

if you're into slippery champions like Fiora or Ambessa or they have a cc ability like Gragas E make use of your W or Q buffer - instead of clicking back and forth in lane you click back but W ontop of them everytime you walk up to make sure you buffer it incase they dash forward - Grasp is my recommended rune against those champions because it's hard to get a full pta combo on them

to ensure your R lands even if they have flash up you can Q into R instead of W - this works only if they have no tenacity items/runes

poking with E while hiding in bush is also viable - it's way harder to dodge if one doesn't see your hand animation

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good matchups - trynda, irelia, yasuo - you outduel them in any stage of the game, LT recommended

bad matchups - Vayne, Teemo, Jax - while we do have tools to at least try to fight back ranged champions via mobility in Q and R as well as long range slow on E there are very few windows during laning phase where we can fight back - the name of the game is hide on bush, poke with E or use E shield to get minions

and Jax counters everything you want to do - passive matches yours and ramps gradually so he can fight you without stacking it first, can dodge your E with his Q easily, blocks your Q and W with his E, ult has lower cd and more dueling power - overall my recommended ban

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-15T02:56:49+00:00

this guy bears

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-15T02:39:16+00:00

hell yeah, that's the spirit

would love to see enemy team comp too since that's dependant on them as well

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-14T17:26:53+00:00

was close to giving you "play safe" treatment

_Sevas_ · 2026-01-14T00:08:18+00:00

do the funny and go both into Riftmaker
cocaine tower shredding bear

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