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Olaf with Caitlyn

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How to Synergize Olaf and Caitlyn

based on 3,347 Olaf with Caitlyn pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
1.69
Pick Rate
9.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Olaf has gone into battle with Caitlyn in 3347 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data straight from the creators of LoL, we are sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Olaf play with Caitlyn. It is common for Olaf to play alongside Caitlyn as allies. This pairing has occurred in about 9.6% of rounds with Olaf.

Olaf Caitlyn Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf does a dismal job of teaming up with Caitlyn. Typically, he wins a dismal 48.3% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Olaf when playing alongside Caitlyn by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Olaf vs Caitlyn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Vampiric ScepterTiamat

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraMaw of MalmortiusDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageHullbreakerExperimental HexplateSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Olaf to level upq
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Second ability for Olaf to level upe
>
Last skill for Olaf to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Olaf's passive ability p
Olaf's q ability q
Olaf's w ability w
Olaf's e ability e
Olaf's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Caitlyn

Tips for Playing as Olaf with Caitlyn

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.

Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play

Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.

Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.

Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.

Olaf Caitlyn Synergy Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Caitlyn Image
6.8
< Kills >
6.6
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.7
< Assists >
4.8
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
155
< Minions Killed >
155
0.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.28
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.52
16,402
< Physical Damage >
16,002
138
< Magic Damage >
137
6,192
< True Damage >
6,049
22,733
< Damage Dealt >
22,189
32,036
< Damage Taken >
31,211
12,315
< Gold Earned >
12,139
2.5
< Towers >
2.5
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
15,045
< Total Healing >
14,541
14,858
< Experience >
14,661
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
345
< Time Dealing CC >
340

How to Play with Caitlyn as Olaf in LoL

The Olaf Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 Caitlyn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Caitlyn helps Olaf perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Olaf plays on the same team as Caitlyn, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Caitlyn supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played together with Caitlyn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Caitlyn.

Moreover, when Olaf plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Olaf in team fights.

Synergies between Olaf and Caitlyn

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Caitlyn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Olaf
Caitlyn

Is Olaf better when played alongside Caitlyn?

There is no one best ally for Olaf that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical ally for Olaf. By playing on the same side as Olaf, she lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Olaf and Caitlyn that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Caitlyn has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means Olaf players must be careful when enlisting Caitlyn comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing together, Olaf players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Olaf and Caitlyn together, you will not be providing your side a great deal of AP. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Caitlyn teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Other Champion Matchups Against Olaf

Olaf Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.4% winrateTrundleTrundle42.3% winrateIvernIvern44% winrateIllaoiIllaoi44.4% winrate

Olaf Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.8% winrateSkarnerSkarner55.7% winrateFiddlesticksFiddlesticks55.5% winrateKarthusKarthus54.7% winrate

Other Top Synergies by Role

FizzFizz+ 53.8% 1835 GamesUrgotUrgot+ 53.8% 119 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.5% 1851 GamesPoppyPoppy+ 57.3% 321 Games

Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf Caitlyn Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Olaf and Caitlyn, we analyzed 3,347 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Olaf with Caitlyn comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Olaf in order to work well with Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to focus on in your Olaf and Caitlyn synergy build consist of Ravenous Hydra, Maw of Malmortius, and Death's Dance. When Olaf bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Caitlyn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Caitlyn with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.

If you want to get Olaf with Caitlyn synergy tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every game run with these champions.