Pantheon vs Volibear TOP Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Pantheon vs Volibear

Updated Jun 3, 2026

Overview

Pantheon is an early lane bully who must pressure Volibear to deny his durable brawl and scaling potential.
Use empowered (Q), point-and-click (W), and (E) to force short trades and prevent Volibear from gaining health leads.

Trading pattern

Start trades by stunning with (W) and follow up with empowered (Q) to burst before Volibear can use his (E) shield or second (W) heal.
Use (E) to block Volibear's main return damage and disengage before he can extend trades.
Punish Volibear when his (Q) is on cooldown to reduce his engage threat and avoid his second (W) healing window.

Danger windows

Respect (Q) stun and (W) repeat bite healing; avoid extended trades when his second (W) is available.
Avoid engaging when (E) is down, as Volibear's return damage and healing can punish you.
Be cautious of Volibear's level 6 (R) dive potential, especially when defending low-health waves near your turret.

Early game

Aggressively use level 2-3 empowered trades with (W) stun and (E) block to punish Volibear before he can stack healing from his second (W).
Avoid wasting (W) into bad wave states where Volibear can retaliate with his (Q) stun and extended (W) damage.
Crash waves after winning trades to create roam opportunities with (R) or reset lane control.

Power spikes

At level 2-3, use empowered (Q), (W), and (E) to force early health leads and control the lane.
At level 6, crash waves and roam with (R) to impact other lanes and force Volibear to play safe.
Respect Volibear's level 6 (R) dive threat and durability spike with his first bruiser or tank item, avoiding extended trades under tower.

Win conditions

Snowball early lane pressure by landing (W) stuns and empowered (Q) bursts to deny Volibear scaling.
Use wave crashes to create roam windows with (R) and extend pressure to other lanes.
Maintain cooldown discipline on (W) and (E) to avoid punish windows and keep lane control before Volibear reaches durability thresholds.