Gwen vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Gwen
based on 621 Gwen vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Olaf
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Gwen against Olaf counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Olaf..
Gwen typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Olaf
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Who is Better, Gwen or Olaf?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually wins when taking on Olaf, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a good counter for Olaf.
While Gwen does have a higher win rate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Gwen into Olaf.
Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Olaf matchups, Gwen is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gwen is an above average counter for Olaf. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gwen versus Olaf build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Olaf than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 52.8% when countering Olaf with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Olaf as Gwen, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Gwen vs Olaf counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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