Jarvan IV vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Jarvan IV
based on 478 Jarvan IV vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Olaf
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Jarvan IV vs. Olaf matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Olaf. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Olaf
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Olaf?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when taking on Olaf, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Olaf.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher winrate than Olaf, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Olaf.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Olaf matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter to Olaf. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jarvan IV to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Olaf. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Olaf build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Olaf than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Olaf with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Olaf as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Jarvan IV vs Olaf clashes, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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