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Olaf vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Olaf in LoLOlaf is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Olaf

based on 797 Olaf vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.71
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Aphelios as Olaf came out of an examination of 797 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Olaf has to counter Aphelios in only 2.3% of his rounds.

Olaf vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf has done a poor job of beating Aphelios. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of games the champions battle each other in. In Olaf versus Aphelios rounds, Olaf’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Olaf vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageRavenous HydraStridebreaker

Optional Items

Death's DanceTrinity ForceBlade of The Ruined KingExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Olaf to level upq
>
Second ability for Olaf to level upe
>
Last skill for Olaf to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Olaf's passive ability p
Olaf's q ability q
Olaf's w ability w
Olaf's e ability e
Olaf's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Olaf

Tips for Playing as Olaf against Aphelios

Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.

The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.

Advice to Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Olaf vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Aphelios Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.7
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
4.7
< Assists >
6.1
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
155
< Minions Killed >
173
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.48
15,667
< Physical Damage >
19,996
124
< Magic Damage >
1,319
5,852
< True Damage >
543
21,643
< Damage Dealt >
21,859
30,496
< Damage Taken >
18,700
11,943
< Gold Earned >
11,780
2.46
< Towers >
2.46
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
14,240
< Total Healing >
5,208
14,459
< Experience >
12,415
16
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
338
< Time Dealing CC >
134

How to Counter Aphelios with Olaf in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Olaf versus Aphelios matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aphelios..

Olaf usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Olaf and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Olaf
Aphelios

Who is Better, Olaf or Aphelios?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually loses when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Olaf makes a bad counter for Aphelios.

While Olaf does have a lower win rate compared to Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Olaf into Aphelios.

Moreover, Olaf has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Olaf is a somewhat poor counter for Aphelios. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Olaf against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Olaf

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Olaf Wins Against

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Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Olaf, we analyzed 797 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Aphelios as Olaf comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Olaf Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to counter Aphelios 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Olaf often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, typically require 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 have in your Olaf versus Aphelios build include Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Stridebreaker. When Olaf combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Aphelios than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Aphelios with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Aphelios as Olaf, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Olaf vs Aphelios counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.

If you want to get Olaf versus Aphelios tips and builds for a a particular division, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all games run with these champs.