Vex vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Vex
based on 662 Vex vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Vex
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.
Vex vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Vex in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several vital Vex versus Olaf counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf..
Vex often has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. On average, they receives less damage than Olaf. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Olaf
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Who is Better, Vex or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually loses when playing against Olaf, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Vex makes a bad counter to Olaf.
While Vex does have a lower win rate than Olaf, when facing one another, Vex also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vex into Olaf.
Furthermore, Vex has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vex is a somewhat poor counter for Olaf. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vex to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Olaf. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vex versus Olaf build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Olaf than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Olaf with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Olaf as Vex, Vex players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vex vs Olaf counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Vex are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located above.