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Olaf vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Olaf in LoLOlaf is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Olaf

based on 951 Olaf vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
1.71
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League matches every week. In our database, Olaf engaged Rakan 951 times. With so many games with Olaf versus Rakan gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce useful stats and a solid build to crush your rival. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Olaf is forced to battle against Rakan in only 2.7% of his rounds.

Olaf vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf has done a below average job of countering Rakan. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.6% of the time the champs face each other in. In Olaf versus Rakan rounds, Olaf’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Olaf vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageExperimental HexplateRavenous Hydra

Optional Items

Death's DanceBlade of The Ruined KingJak'Sho, The ProteanStridebreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
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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

Guide to Countering Rakan as Olaf

Tips for Playing as Olaf against Rakan

Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.

The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.

Advice to Win Against Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Olaf vs Rakan Counter Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Rakan Image
6.5
< Kills >
1.5
6.6
< Deaths >
5.2
4.8
< Assists >
14.7
1.5
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
153
< Minions Killed >
31
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.51
15,597
< Physical Damage >
1,273
117
< Magic Damage >
4,753
6,042
< True Damage >
750
21,757
< Damage Dealt >
6,778
30,060
< Damage Taken >
19,342
11,936
< Gold Earned >
8,183
2.47
< Towers >
1.86
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
14,165
< Total Healing >
5,761
14,189
< Experience >
10,278
16
< Vision Score >
63
7
< Wards Placed >
30
334
< Time Dealing CC >
169

How to Counter Rakan with Olaf in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some valuable Olaf vs. Rakan matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Olaf usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Rakan. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Olaf and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Olaf
Rakan

Who is Better, Olaf or Rakan?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Olaf usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Olaf makes a poor counter for Rakan.

While Olaf does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when facing one another, Olaf also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Olaf into Rakan.

Additionally, Olaf also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Olaf is a terribly counter for Rakan. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Olaf against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Olaf

Olaf Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.4% winrateTrundleTrundle42.3% winrateIvernIvern44% winrateIllaoiIllaoi44.4% winrate

Olaf Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.8% winrateSkarnerSkarner55.7% winrateFiddlesticksFiddlesticks55.5% winrateKarthusKarthus54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

FizzFizz+ 53.8% 1835 GamesUrgotUrgot+ 53.8% 119 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.5% 1851 GamesPoppyPoppy+ 57.3% 321 Games

Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Olaf, we analyzed 951 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rakan as Olaf comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Olaf in order to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Olaf usually racks up much more CS as Rakan. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Olaf versus Rakan build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Rakan than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Rakan with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Rakan as Olaf, Olaf players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Olaf vs Rakan counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

If you want to see Olaf x Rakan tips and counter stats for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and guides given are calculated using all matches run with both champions.