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

Olaf vs Senna

How to Beat Senna as Olaf in LoLOlaf is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Senna as Olaf

based on 2,558 Olaf vs Senna matchups
Win Rate
44.9 %
K/D/A
1.54
Pick Rate
7.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League matches each week. In our dataset, Olaf battled Senna in 2558 matches. Including so many games with Olaf versus Senna provides us faith in our capacity to prepare enlightening data and a solid build to destroy Senna. This particular champ pairing is fairly uncommon. Olaf fights Senna in only 7.3% of his rounds.

Olaf vs Senna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf does a terrible job of beating Senna. Normally, he wins a lowly 44.9% of games the champions face one another in. In Olaf against Senna matches, Olaf’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Senna.

Best Olaf vs Senna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorLong Sword

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageDeath's DanceStridebreaker

Optional Items

Trinity ForceHullbreakerJak'Sho, The ProteanExperimental 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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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E
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Q
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 Senna as Olaf

Tips for Playing as Olaf against Senna

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.

Olaf vs Senna Counter Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
44.9 %
VS
Win Rate
55.1 %
Senna Image
6.1
< Kills >
4.9
6.8
< Deaths >
6
4.4
< Assists >
11.8
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
153
< Minions Killed >
62
0.26
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.57
15,083
< Physical Damage >
17,194
123
< Magic Damage >
283
5,578
< True Damage >
557
20,785
< Damage Dealt >
18,034
30,655
< Damage Taken >
18,558
11,767
< Gold Earned >
10,574
2.34
< Towers >
2.42
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
13,886
< Total Healing >
9,754
14,301
< Experience >
11,504
16
< Vision Score >
47
7
< Wards Placed >
19
335
< Time Dealing CC >
205

How to Counter Senna with Olaf in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Olaf versus Senna matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Senna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Senna..

Olaf typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Senna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Olaf and Senna

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Senna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Olaf
Senna

Who is Better, Olaf or Senna?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Olaf usually loses when facing off against Senna, with a 44.9% win rate. Therefore, Olaf makes a bad counter to Senna.

While Olaf does have a much lower winrate than Senna, when facing one another, Olaf also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Olaf into Senna.

Furthermore, Olaf also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Senna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Olaf is a bad counter to Senna. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Senna.

Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf vs Senna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Senna as Olaf, we analyzed 2,558 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 Senna 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf to counter Senna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Olaf usually gets more CS compared to Senna. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Olaf versus Senna build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Stridebreaker. When Olaf bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Senna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Olaf had an average win rate of 44.9% when playing against Senna with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Senna as Olaf, Olaf players 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 builds that we analyzed for Olaf vs Senna battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.9% win rate overall.

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