Zilean vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Zilean
based on 391 Zilean vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Olaf
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Zilean versus Olaf matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Olaf. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Olaf. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Olaf
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Who is Better, Zilean or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Olaf, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a great counter for Olaf.
While Zilean does have a much higher win rate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Olaf.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Olaf matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a great counter to Olaf. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically picks up less CS as Olaf. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Zilean versus Olaf build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Olaf than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 54.7% when playing against Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Olaf as Zilean, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zilean vs Olaf LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.7% winrate overall.
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