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Olaf

FighterTank
Olaf is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyEasy
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Berserker Rage abilityp
Undertow abilityq
Tough It Out abilityw
Reckless Swing abilitye
Ragnarok abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Olaf Build

based on 30,440 matches
Win Rate
50.1 %
Pick Rate
2.9 %
Ban Rate
2.7 %

How We Come Up with Our Olaf Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Olaf build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Olaf builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Olaf core items and runes for any situation.

Olaf Build Summary

Olaf is a a decent top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Inspiration. Adding the specific runes shown below into your Olaf build will provide you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. Olaf players should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Olaf

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Vampiric ScepterTiamat

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSterak's GageRavenous HydraMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Guardian AngelHullbreakerThe CollectorDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Olaf Matchups Overview

Olaf is Weak Against

IllaoiIllaoi42.7% winrateTrundleTrundle44.8% winrateKayleKayle45.1% winrateSionSion45.2% winrate

Olaf is Strong Against

GragasGragas63.9% winrateKennenKennen60.5% winrateK'SanteK'Sante60.3% winrateGnarGnar59.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Neekosupport+ 53.9% 408 GamesOriannamiddle+ 54% 315 GamesMaokaijungle+ 56.1% 412 GamesKarthusbottom+ 56.2% 201 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Olaf Players

Tips and Tricks

Olaf can snowball if he farms effectively in the early game. Make sure to prioritize farm if your team is ahead.

Olaf gains bonus attack speed, bonus life steal, and bonus healing from Vicious Strikes so stand firm after activating.

Additional Olaf Build Insights

LoL Olaf players could find him to be a challenging champion to build out properly. You will notice that his build changes when he is playing against either generic or specialized team comps, showing you shouldn't choose the same Olaf build every single game of League of Legends

The most essential items to use in your champion's build are: Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage, and Ravenous Hydra. Players who added these pieces in their kits had a better win rate than players who went for other Olaf builds. Moreover, if you are facing a varied enemy team composition, you should strongly consider getting Olaf the Precision, and Inspiration runes. In recent games, he won the largest fraction of his matches when built with these runes.

We established our Olaf build suggestions by analyzing 30,440 recently ranked League games with him selected. We only propose the top winrate Olaf builds that have been used by ranked players enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many games in our dataset, we are very confident in our provided builds.