Olaf vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Olaf
based on 365 Olaf vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Olaf vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Olaf in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Olaf vs. Taliyah counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Olaf usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Olaf and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Olaf or Taliyah?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually fairs equally well when taking on Taliyah, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Olaf makes an ok counter for Taliyah.
While Olaf does have a lower winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Olaf into Taliyah.
Furthermore, Olaf has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Olaf is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Olaf against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf usually gets a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Olaf versus Taliyah build consist of Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Taliyah with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Taliyah 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. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Olaf vs Taliyah counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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