Kayle vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Kayle
based on 914 Kayle vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Olaf
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Kayle against Olaf counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Kayle often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Olaf
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Who is Better, Kayle or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when trying to fight Olaf, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a great counter for Olaf.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Olafas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayle has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Olaf matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a great counter for Olaf. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kayle versus Olaf build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kayle included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Olaf than with many other common builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Olaf with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Olaf as Kayle, Kayle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kayle vs Olaf LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Kayle are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.