Volibear vs Malzahar in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his R suppresses you — punishing, and only sometimes cancelable with your own ult. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPVOLIBEARThe Relentless Storm

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALZAHARthe Prophet of the Void

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

His suppression ult

His R suppresses you — using your ult just before his lands can cancel it, but it's not super reliable.

Perma-charge him

Perma-charge at him — he's very weak to your engage and you destroy him in most trades.

Aggro rune swap

You swap to Press the Attack here instead of your usual Lethal Tempo — it rewards the all-ins this matchup wants from you.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never rely on your ult to cancel his suppression — treat it as a bonus, not the plan.

Runes

PRECISION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 51% WR - 573 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
	W			W	W		W	W
			E											E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXW→Q→E

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