Braum vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Braum
based on 370 Braum vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Olaf
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Braum against Olaf counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, showing that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Olaf. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Braum normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Olaf. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Olaf
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Who is Better, Braum or Olaf?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when facing off against Olaf, with a 55.1% win rate. As a result, Braum makes a fantastic counter to Olaf.
While Braum does have a much higher win rate than Olaf, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Braum into Olaf.
Furthermore, Braum has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Braum vs Olaf matchups, Braum is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Braum is a great counter for Olaf. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Braum against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Braum in order to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Olaf. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Braum versus Olaf build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Olaf than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Braum had an average winrate of 55.1% when playing against Olaf with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Olaf as Braum, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Braum vs Olaf matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.1% win rate overall.
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