For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
The stat comparisons provided here feature several vital Jayce vs. Olaf counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf..
Jayce typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually wins when taking on Olaf, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Jayce makes a good counter for Olaf.
While Jayce does have a higher win rate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Jayce also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Jayce into Olafas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Jayce also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Olaf matchups, Jayce is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Jayce is an above average counter for Olaf. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jayce against Olaf.
To truly master Jayce in order to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Jayce versus Olaf build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Olaf than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Jayce boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Olaf with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Olaf as Jayce, Jayce players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Jayce vs Olaf matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Jayce are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.