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Jax's E can destroy your kit, your going to have to only go in with your ulti and force him to use his E before you ulti, his burst is good as well so make sure to buy the tanky part of black cleaver first and to start crystal.
Aatrox
You can match his lifesteal for the most part and your harass can easily pop his passive early game. You can also ulti his E which can be used to turn it on him. You should get phage 1st and start Doran's shield/blade
Cho'Gath
Cho's tankyness is a problem late game as it may take a while to burst him down but your ulti stops the majority of his kit, but watch out for that feast, it can stop the from pulling the fight around with your W. Id advise going phage 1st back and starting doran's blade.
Darius
Darius is really strong at the moment and his ulti, like cho's, stops you from getting you insane attack speed when your low, try to poke him out with your Q and only going in when you are sure you can finish him.
Dr. Mundo
Mundo's a huge tank but his damage is small, you can match his regen when you max W and get spirit, just try to kill him once or twice early before he can get too tanky to burst, try to use your ulti to stop his Q slow and id advise going Doran's blade first and then phage asap
Ekko
Ekko is squishy and needs his stun to kill you, so use your ulti wisely. Start Doran's blade first and get phage as soon as you can.
Fiora
She does a lot of damage from level 1 with her Q and her ulti can do a lot of damage to you. She can parry your entire kit, so try to bait that out before you pop your W or use you E/R. This can be a hard lane. Try to punish her with your Q when she goes in, the speed might make her hard to hit but shes going to be predictable, just make sure you aren't either. Go crystal/Doran's shield 1st and get kindle gem asap.
Fizz
This guy has a lot of burst and can dodge your Q to get away and engage, make sure you keep your Q and try to farm, punish him for using his Q into you and Eing out, he then has nothing to kill you with and cant dodge you Q. Start Doran's shield first and phage on first back.
Galio
He does a lot of poke but you can escape his ultimate easily with your R use the time that your out of his ulti to get into a good position to kill him. Start crystal 1st and get phage 1st back.
Gangplank
He can easily farm from range and has a few speed ups, like his barrels and his passive, so make sure you hit your Q or he's going to run away, his barrels pierce armor easily, but it doesnt matter as you are going to have a lot of HP not armor. He can use his oranges to stop your slow chain, so make sure you pop his orange before you try to chase him or he might be able to run away from you. start Doran's blade and on your first back get a phage.
Garen
His Q silence is stopped by your ulti, but his ulti can, like Cho and Darius, stop you from getting the insane attack speed late. Start crystal and get phage first back.
Gnar
His poke in mini-gnar hurts but you can return it with your Q. In mega-gnar his Q slow, E stun and R stun can all be blocked by your ulti. Try to fight him in mini-gnar and poke from a distance when he's in mega-gnar form. Start Crystal and on first back, get the phage.
Irelia
You should be able to destory Irelia, with her kit replying on you being lower HP than her, your passive stops her from ebing able to trade with you, and if she goes in at the wrong time, you can ulti her stun and she has no escapes. Take Doran's Blade and get phage 1st back.
Jayce
I have no actual experience of this match up, but I'd think that its a good match-up for olaf as jayce replys on poking you out then going into hammer form to finish you, and Olaf is at his strongest when he's low. Take Doran's Blade and get phage 1st back.
Nautilus
He can get away from your slow chain with his Q to his turret or just away from you, your not going to die to him, but unless he Qs into you you won't be getting any kills either.
Nasus
Abuse him. He's going to try farm as much as possible and you can just freeze lane. I'd recommend starting rapotors or wolves so that he pushed a bit into you. Then freeze and punish any attempt to go in. His wither doesn't work if you have your ulti and you just out damage him, specially if you manage to zone him well. Go Doran's Blade and phage 1st back.
Renekton
He does a lot of damage and his stun is annoying pre-6 but after you can punish him by throwing your Q and just chaining them until you get to him. I'd take doran's shield and go phage 1st back.
Ryze
Ryze is weak enough as it is, but your ulti stops his perma-root from taking any affect. When he uses his ulti, use yours and charge at him, and just do a basic combo. If you don't get 3 or 4 kills he must have gone AFK after the 1st 2. Take Doran's blade and Phage 1st back.
Rumble
Rumble hurts, but he is immobile and he can't do any damage with his Q if he's running away, so keep him low with your Q and then go ham once he's low. Take crystal and get pahge 1st back.
Riven
It's a bad match, but she's going to try burst you down, early she wont if you take W 2nd, but her ulti, like cho and Darius, will stop you from hitting the insane AS area of Olaf's passive. Take Doran's Shield and kindlegem 1st back.
Sion
I have no real experience of this match-up but I'd assume that it'd be even as both of them have similar kits, with Sion having a slowing E and a powerful Q, just stay out of his Q and try to kill him early, take Doran's shield and get phade 1st.
Pantheon
His passive is next to useless as you hit with lots of autos, hsi passive does block a Q damage though so watch out. Take Doran's shield and get phage 1st back.
Urgot
He's slow and immobile, just go ham the second he gets in lane or he's gunna poke you down quite hard. Take Doran's Blade and get phage 1st.
Vladimir
Vlad hurts a lot and can regen HP really easily, punish him for using his E and stay away from minions that he's gunna use his E on as they hurt late game. Take Doran's shield and get phage first back.
Wukong
Wukong's basic kit is easy to counter, throw your Q where you think he'll be if he uses his W, you'll hear it hit even if you don't see it. His ulti won't work on you when your in your ulti, but it will hurt and it will knock you up when you get out of it, so watch out for that. Take Doran's shield and phage first back.
Yorick
Playing against the guy is never fun, he's been called Anti-fun for a long time now and he's just gunna harass you all the time and when you hit 6 his ulti is going to make it hard for you to target him and not his clone, so watch out. Get crystal, and then first back get phage.
Heya, my name is Brasion and I'm a silver 3 top main. I'm only silver 3 because I play a lot of normal draft games with friends and my MMR is around mid Gold.
I think Olaf at the moment is one of the most OP tops in the game, with Juggernauts dominating the scene of league of legends, Olaf can just smack them in the face. Even his ulti counters Garen's annoying silence.
Hopefully I can show you why Olaf is such a great pick top, and help you climb to that elo you have always wanted before the season ends.
Laning Phase
Laning Phase
Olaf's laning is one of the best in the game, with his Q doing a lot of base damage he scales extremely well in the first 6 levels. Once you hit level 3 and you have your Q W and E, try to go in on them. Hit your enemy with a Q through the minion line and run towards it. When you pick up the axe throw it again and again and again, and so on. This will harass them out of lane or at least get zoned, if they do ever dare come in for some CS, thrown and Q and E their way.
If you ever find yourself low on HP, use your W on the minions to grab some HP. Try not to engage again until you have your W back up. Its more effective than Irelia's W passive but only lasts for a few seconds.
Don't forget to ward. Try to ward the tri-bush if your near the red buff and keep your trinket ward in the river. This will give you enough time to run back to tower if the jungler comes for you. Normally you'll get 1 or 2 kills in the laning phase, but if you beaten, try to use your Q and E to secure as much CS as you can.
Splitpushing
Splitpushing
Once the team start to group, your job is to push the top or bot. Only do this when your TP is up and make sure your team is aware that they need to throw down a ward when the fight starts specially if they are in the jungle or dragon/baron pits.
Once your in the fight, by TP or just being there, you have to pop your ulti and your ghost and just run for the backline. The enemy can't CC you and they cant knock you away, they have to focus you and most people don't specially when your ADC is fed. You run to the enemy backline and kill whoever you can find, the ADC, the enemy mid maybe even their jungle. Your job is to kill one or two of them at least, if not, the entire team.
Once you have killed the enemy carries or you get too low to fight, run away from the fight and use your Q from a distance to slow anyone trying to follow. If your low and the team fight was won, don't recall, use your low HP to siege the towers down, and use your W on minions and the tower to siege even faster.
Pros / Cons
Pros / Cons
Pros:
He can't be kited
Insane Damage
Huge Tank
Good laning
Decent team fight
Cons:
If he doesn't get fed it hard to kill the carries
E uses HP
Farming
Farming
Farming with Olaf is easy. Along with a high base AD to help with farming, Olaf's E has a reduced CD and refunds the cost if it kills a unit, so don't be scared to use it on some minions to CS with.
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