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Olaf

FighterTank
Olaf is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyEasy
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Berserker Rage abilityp
Undertow abilityq
Tough It Out abilityw
Reckless Swing abilitye
Ragnarok abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Olaf Build

based on 40,081 matches
Win Rate
50 %
Pick Rate
2.7 %
Ban Rate
2.1 %

How We Come Up with Our Olaf Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Olaf build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Olaf builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Olaf core items and runes for any situation.

Olaf Build Summary

Olaf is a a decent top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Inspiration. Including the highlighted runes shown below into your Olaf build will provide you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. You should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Olaf

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Hearthbound AxeIronspike Whip

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceRavenous HydraHullbreakerMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSpear Of ShojinSterak's GageDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Olaf to level upq
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Second ability for Olaf to level upe
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Last skill for Olaf to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Olaf's passive ability p
Olaf's q ability q
Olaf's w ability w
Olaf's e ability e
Olaf's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Olaf Matchups Overview

Olaf is Weak Against

KledKled37.5% winrateTrundleTrundle41.3% winrateTryndamereTryndamere42.7% winrateIllaoiIllaoi44.1% winrate

Olaf is Strong Against

K'SanteK'Sante61.1% winrateKennenKennen56.4% winrateRumbleRumble56% winrateJayceJayce54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Zyrasupport+ 53.1% 1864 GamesFizzmiddle+ 54.1% 1423 GamesSkarnerjungle+ 56.5% 184 GamesKog'Mawbottom+ 59.1% 423 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Olaf Players

Tips and Tricks

Olaf can snowball if he farms effectively in the early game. Make sure to prioritize farm if your team is ahead.

Olaf gains bonus attack speed, bonus life steal, and bonus healing from Vicious Strikes so stand firm after activating.

Additional Olaf Build Insights

League of Legends Olaf players will likely find him to be a dynamic character to build out properly. You'll see that his build changes when he is up against either diversified or highly focused team compositions, demonstrating you shouldn't take the same Olaf build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to include in your champion's build are: Trinity Force, Ravenous Hydra, and Hullbreaker. Those who included these items in their builds had a higher win rate than those who used other builds for Olaf. Likewise, if you are trying to beat a varied enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Precision, and Inspiration runes. In recent games, he won the greatest fraction of his matches when using these runes.

We established our Olaf build suggestions by examining 40,081 recently ranked League rounds with him selected. We only advise the highest winrate Olaf builds that were built by ranked gamers enough times for us to advise them. With so many games in our dataset, we are confident in our suggested builds.