Lissandra vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Lissandra
based on 416 Lissandra vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Olaf
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Lissandra against Olaf counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Olaf..
Lissandra normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Olaf
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Olaf?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when playing against Olaf, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a bad counter for Olaf.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate compared to Olaf, when on opposite teams, Lissandra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Olaf.
Additionally, Lissandra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter for Olaf. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Olaf. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lissandra versus Olaf build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Olaf than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 48.8% battling Olaf with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Olaf as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Lissandra vs Olaf counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Lissandra are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.