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.
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.
The Olaf Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Blitzcrank helps Olaf perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf tries to synergize with Blitzcrank, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Blitzcrank doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played alongside Blitzcrank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Blitzcrank.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Blitzcrank on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Blitzcrank does a decent job of protecting Olaf during teamfights.
There is no one best companion for Olaf that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Blitzcrank is a pretty good companion for Olaf. By playing on the same side as Olaf, he raises their win rate by 1.5% to 50.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Olaf and Blitzcrank that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means Olaf players must be careful when finding Blitzcrank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Olaf and Blitzcrank together, you may not be providing your side very much AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Blitzcrank ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf to work well with Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Olaf and Blitzcrank synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Death's Dance. When Olaf used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Blitzcrank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Olaf had an average winrate of 50.5% helping carry Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Olaf players should use 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 this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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