Caitlyn vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Caitlyn
based on 3,375 Caitlyn vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Olaf
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Caitlyn vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Caitlyn vs. Olaf counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf..
Caitlyn typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Olaf. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Olaf, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Olaf.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Olaf, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Olaf.
Moreover, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Olaf matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Olaf. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Olaf build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Rapid Firecannon. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Olaf than with most other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Olaf with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Olaf as Caitlyn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Olaf counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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