Warwick vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Warwick
based on 1,615 Warwick vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Olaf
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Warwick versus Olaf counter stats that can help us explain the differences between these two champs. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Olaf..
Warwick typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Olaf. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Warwick or Olaf?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually loses when facing off against Olaf, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a poor counter to Olaf.
While Warwick does have a lower win rate compared to Olaf, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Olaf.
Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter to Olaf. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Warwick to counter Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick on average accumulates less CS as Olaf. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Warwick versus Olaf build include Blade of The Ruined King, Titanic Hydra, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Warwick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Olaf than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Olaf as Warwick, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Warwick vs Olaf clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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