Sivir vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Sivir
based on 522 Sivir vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Olaf
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Advice to Win Against Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Sivir vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Sivir in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some valuable Sivir vs. Olaf counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between these two champions. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Sivir usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Olaf
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Who is Better, Sivir or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually loses when taking on Olaf, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Sivir makes a bad counter to Olaf.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate than Olaf, when facing one another, Sivir also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sivir into Olaf.
Moreover, Sivir also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sivir is a garbage counter to Olaf. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir to counter Olaf during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Olaf. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sivir versus Olaf build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Olaf than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when playing against Olaf with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Olaf as Sivir, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Sivir vs Olaf counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Sivir are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.