Background Image
How to Win Olaf vs Maokai Counter MatchupOlaf is in the a tier of champions

Olaf vs Maokai

How to Beat Maokai as Olaf in LoLOlaf is in the s tier of champions
FighterTank
TankMage

How to Beat Maokai as Olaf

based on 1,522 Olaf vs Maokai matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our database, Olaf fought Maokai in 1522 matches. With so many games with Olaf versus Maokai provides us faith in our capacity to provide useful data and a solid build to wreck your rival. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Olaf fights Maokai in only 4.3% of his rounds.

Olaf vs Maokai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf does a below average job of countering Maokai. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Olaf versus Maokai rounds, Olaf’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Maokai.

Best Olaf vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordVampiric Scepter

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageRavenous HydraDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanTrinity ForceExperimental HexplateStridebreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Maokai as Olaf

Tips for Playing as Olaf against Maokai

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 Maokai

The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.

Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.

Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.

Olaf vs Maokai Counter Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Maokai Image
6.5
< Kills >
2.9
6.7
< Deaths >
5.7
5
< Assists >
12.7
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
155
< Minions Killed >
47
0.27
< Dragons Killed >
0.3
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.45
16,784
< Physical Damage >
1,614
133
< Magic Damage >
10,646
6,521
< True Damage >
1,002
23,438
< Damage Dealt >
13,263
31,032
< Damage Taken >
28,352
12,020
< Gold Earned >
9,177
2.46
< Towers >
1.44
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
14,522
< Total Healing >
8,953
14,399
< Experience >
11,180
16
< Vision Score >
45
7
< Wards Placed >
18
339
< Time Dealing CC >
408

How to Counter Maokai with Olaf in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Olaf vs. Maokai counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between these two champs. Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Maokai. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Olaf often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Olaf and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Olaf
Maokai

Who is Better, Olaf or Maokai?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Olaf usually loses when facing off against Maokai, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Olaf makes a bad counter to Maokai.

While Olaf does have a lower win rate than Maokai, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Olaf into Maokai.

Moreover, Olaf also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Olaf is a terribly counter to Maokai. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Maokai.

Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf vs Maokai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Maokai as Olaf, we analyzed 1,522 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 Maokai 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

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Olaf to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Olaf often picks up much more CS as Maokai. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Olaf versus Maokai build include Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Maokai than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Olaf had an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Maokai with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Maokai as Olaf, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Olaf vs Maokai LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.0% win rate overall.

If you want to see Olaf x Maokai tips and counter builds for a an individual rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using every match played with both champs.