Yasuo vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Yasuo
based on 2,398 Yasuo vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Olaf
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Yasuo vs. Olaf counter statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Olaf..
Yasuo typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Olaf. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Olaf
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when taking on Olaf, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Olaf.
While Yasuo does have a lower win rate compared to Olaf, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Olafas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter for Olaf. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yasuo versus Olaf build include Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Olaf than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Olaf with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Olaf as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Yasuo vs Olaf counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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