Blitzcrank with Olaf
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Olaf
based on 1,327 Blitzcrank with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Olaf
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Olaf Will Play
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.
Blitzcrank Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Olaf. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Olaf helps Blitzcrank perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Blitzcrank is paired with Olaf, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This may indicate that Olaf does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played together with Olaf on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Olaf.
Additionally, when Blitzcrank plays with Olaf on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Olaf does a decent job of protecting Blitzcrank in teamfights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Olaf
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no ideal synergy for Blitzcrank that will always be his top synergy. However, Olaf is a below average teammate for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same side as Blitzcrank, he decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 50.5%. This signals that there is a bad synergy between Blitzcrank and Olaf that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players don't need to be very careful when arranging Olaf comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Blitzcrank players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Blitzcrank and Olaf together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Olaf ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to pair well with Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Blitzcrank and Olaf synergy build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank included at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Olaf than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 50.5% when playing alongside Olaf with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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