Xerath vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Xerath
based on 1,376 Xerath vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Olaf
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Xerath against Olaf matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Olaf. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Xerath or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Olaf, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter to Olaf.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Olaf, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Olafas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Olaf matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Olaf. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath to counter Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Olaf. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Olaf build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Olaf than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Olaf with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Olaf as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Xerath vs Olaf counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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