Kalista vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Kalista
based on 286 Kalista vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Olaf
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Kalista vs. Olaf counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Olaf..
Kalista usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Olaf. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Olaf
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Who is Better, Kalista or Olaf?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when playing against Olaf, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a poor counter for Olaf.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Olaf, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Olafas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kalista is a bad counter for Olaf. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Olaf. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kalista versus Olaf build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Olaf than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Olaf with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Olaf as Kalista, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kalista vs Olaf face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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