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How to Win Olaf vs Rammus Counter MatchupOlaf is in the a tier of champions

Olaf vs Rammus

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

based on 684 Olaf vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
1.75
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our database, Olaf engaged Rammus in 684 games. Including so many games with Olaf vs Rammus provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide actionable statistics and a pro build to shatter your enemy. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Olaf has to counter Rammus in only 2.0% of his games.

Olaf vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf does a awful job of countering Rammus. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.2% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Olaf against Rammus matches, Olaf’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Rammus.

Best Olaf vs Rammus 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 GageExperimental HexplateRavenous Hydra

Optional Items

Trinity ForceDeath's DanceBlade of The Ruined KingBlack Cleaver

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
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
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10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Rammus as Olaf

Tips for Playing as Olaf against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Olaf vs Rammus Counter Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Rammus Image
6.9
< Kills >
4.6
6.9
< Deaths >
5.7
5.2
< Assists >
11.6
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1
154
< Minions Killed >
35
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
1.21
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.38
16,277
< Physical Damage >
2,528
128
< Magic Damage >
11,930
6,912
< True Damage >
806
23,317
< Damage Dealt >
15,265
32,288
< Damage Taken >
31,970
12,306
< Gold Earned >
10,835
2.47
< Towers >
1.2
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
14,771
< Total Healing >
12,438
14,780
< Experience >
13,303
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
7
346
< Time Dealing CC >
592

How to Counter Rammus with Olaf in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Olaf versus Rammus counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rammus..

Olaf normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Olaf and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Olaf
Rammus

Who is Better, Olaf or Rammus?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Olaf makes a poor counter for Rammus.

While Olaf does have a lower winrate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Olaf into Rammus.

Furthermore, Olaf has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Olaf is a bad counter for Rammus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Rammus.

Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Olaf, we analyzed 684 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 Rammus 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Olaf to counter Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Olaf typically accumulates much more CS relative to Rammus. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Olaf versus Rammus build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Rammus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 46.2% when countering Rammus with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Rammus as Olaf, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Olaf vs Rammus fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rammus as Olaf are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.