Olaf Build Guide by Athenriel

Season 3 Testing

After many updates Riot performed, I am currently testing Olaf Offtank prowess in new season.

So far, Trinity Force combined with Runic Bulwark and Randuin's Omen do wonders.

True damage on a tank =D

*But is really expensive (11878 gold) =(

Hopefully I will finish testing soon and update the whole guide.

Feel free to test for yourself and post your experience =)

*Also Attack Speed has been slighty nerfed and it affects Olaf's passive.

New Attack Speed Calculation:

AS = baseAtLevelOne*(1+x/100) where
x = bonusPerLevel*(level-1) + (itemBonus + runeBonus + masteryBonus + abilityBonus + buffBonus)

So Olaf's base is 0.694 and bonus is 2.7 per level.
AS at 100% HP = 0.694*(1+(2.7*17+30+0+4+0+0)/100) = 1.248506
AS at 60% HP = 0.694*(1+(2.7*17+30+0+4+40+0)/100) = 1.526106
AS at 30% HP = 0.694*(1+(2.7*17+30+0+4+70+0)/100) = 1.734306
AS at 1% HP = 0.694*(1+(2.7*17+30+0+4+99+0)/100) = 1.935566

Introduction

Welcome everyone.

This is a build guide about Olaf the berserker bro.
Olaf is a melee AD champ that chops his enemies with thundering fury.
I focus on tanky, good hp and damage. This is not a full tank neither a dps guide, but a quite healthy Brolaf

Lore

On an uncharted continent beyond Valoran's grasping clutches, the conqueror named Olaf was born to a long tradition of soldiers unlike most others. Berserkers, as they tout themselves, are warriors who channel fury deep from their cores, unleashing pure and savage wrath upon their enemies. This fearsome evolution is a product of their unforgiving home, Lokfar - a barren tundra where all creatures must vie bitterly for every resource. Olaf belonged to a seafaring clan known for ruthlessly pillaging any and all villages within reach of their dragon-crested longboats. The last time he saw his icy home, Olaf was embarking on an expedition to pioneer and plunder a distant land known only to legend. However, while underway, a terrible storm sprung up and Olaf and his crew were thrown to the mercy of a roiling and pitiless sea.

His ship destroyed, his crew nowhere to be found, Olaf miraculously washed up untold miles from ''friendly'' waters on the foreign shores of Valoran, south of Demacia. This unfamiliar place stunned and frightened the Berserker, for Lokfar is not privy to such potent magicians. Approaching them, Olaf hoped that they could use their mysterious powers to send him back to his people. A bargain was struck. Olaf would use his awesome prowess as a warrior to serve the unusual wars of Valoran in the League of Legends, and in exchange the sorcerers would find him a way to return. Despite his participation in the League, Olaf knows better than to trust the ''finger wagglers'' that run the Institute of War. He deliberately keeps details of his life and home from them. After all, with enough information, they would most certainly find the Lokfarians and dominate them as they have dominated all of Valoran, keeping both quietly -- and unwittingly -- in their thrall.

Beware the war cry of the Berserker. What surges toward you is unyielding, free from the shackles of reason.

"I am Brozarik, Lord of the Bros"

Pros / Cons

Pros

• You get an unstoppable awesome ulti
• Scales well with HP
• True Damage owns early and mid game
• Good sustain
• Ranged slow
• Hard to kill
• Brolaf

• Hurts himself moderately at low levels
• Not much damage late game
• No escape mechanism
• No heavy CC

Summoner Spells

Exhaust is simply a must have on Brolaf
Using this on an enemy carry will shut down their damage and combined with your slows, severely decrease their movement speed.


Flash can be used to secure a kill or escape, multifunctional spell, jump over walls, survive.


Great movement buff, keep track of your enemy, get somewhere quickly.


A must for a jungler, secure buffs and as a plus, you can activate your W to spell vamp smite.


Good early game killsecuring tool, but in my opinion olaf can achieve that by sticking like glue to a target.


Good spell to help allies in other lanes and to return back to yours.


Kind of meh due to sustain.

All of these are pretty much a waste on Brolaf

Skill Sequence

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Malzahar

Nether Grasp

Warwick

Infinite Duress

Jarvan IV

Cataclysm

Runes

Offense

Runes
Greater Seal of Armor 9	Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist 9	Greater Mark of Attack Speed 9	Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage 3

Runes
Greater Seal of Armor 9	Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist 9	Greater Mark of Armor Penetration 6	Greater Mark of Attack Damage 3	Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage 3

Masteries

Offense

Masteries

1/1

4/4

2/2

4/4

3/3

1/1

2/2

3/3

1/1

3/3

4/4

1/3

1/1

Masteries

1/1

3/4

4/4

1/1

3/3

3/4

1/2

4/3

2/1

1/2

3/1

3/3

1/3

Items

Offense

Item Sequence
Ionian Boots of Lucidity 1000	Wriggle's Lantern 1600	Frozen Mallet 3300	Warmog's Armor 2830

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Undertow

Vicious Strikes

Reckless Swing

Ragnarok

Wriggle's Lantern

The Bloodthirster

Madred's Bloodrazor

Wit's End

Item Sequence
Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Boots of Speed 350	Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Long Sword 400	Cloth Armor 300	Madred's Razors 700
Vampiric Scepter 800	Wriggle's Lantern 1600	Null-Magic Mantle 400	Mercury's Treads 1200	Ruby Crystal 475	Long Sword 400	Phage 1465	Chain Vest 720
Rejuvenation Bead 180	Warden's Mail 1100	Ruby Crystal 475	Heart of Gold 825	Null-Magic Mantle 400	Hexdrinker 1350	Frozen Mallet 3300	Maw of Malmortius 3200
Randuin's Omen 3100

Hexdrinker

Randuin's Omen

Warmog's Armor

Force of Nature

Wit's End

Guardian Angel

The Black Cleaver

The Bloodthirster

Zeke's Herald

Shurelya's Reverie

Locket of the Iron Solari

Aegis of the Legion

Frozen Heart

Wriggle's Lantern

Warmog's Armor

Atma's Impaler

Team Work

If there is a proper tank in your team, your goal during team fights is to obliterate the enemy carry at any cost. That means you enter a fight axes blazing with Ragnarok and literally kamikaze their carry (while your team effectively aplies CC)

Step by step:

• Activate Ragnarok and start advancing towards enemy team. Yelling BROMACIAAA! at the top of your lungs usually grants you success.
• Use Undertow to hit enemy carry
• Target their carry and use Exhaust thus fully preventing his escape.
• By now, you should have a lot of aggro, you can take hits due to your tankiness while rendering useless their CC. Your own team should be advancing and using a large CC.
• Use Reckless Swing and Vicious Strikes to obliterate enemy carry.
• Your team should have downed any other threat, so only thing left is to chase the enemy tank and score and ace =D

Randuin's Omen

Undertow

Exhaust

Reckless Swing

Vicious Strikes

Ragnarok

Math

Olaf lvl 18 offense build with 50% hp and vicious strikes and ragnarok

177,69 Ar 176,8 MR
1,013*(15,3+4+30+50)%=2,018909 aspd = 12 attacks in 6 seconds
4223/2=2111,5 HP
base,runes,items,masteries,vicious strikes,malmortius passive
117,1+6,75+153+3+9+35+42,23+20=386,08 AD
36 ArP, 10% ArP

vs 100 Ar (a carry usually has 100 armor or less)

first hit 386,08*100/148,6=259,811
vampirism=259,811*0,03=7,79433
wriggle's=259,811*0,12=31,17732
vicious strikes=259,811*0,21=54,56031
life steal=259,811*0,36=93,53196

second hit 386,08*100/135,1=285,773
vampirism=285,773*0,03=8,57319
wriggle's=285,773*0,12=34,29276
vicious strikes=285,773*0,21=60,01233
life steal=285,773*0,36=102,87828

third hit 386,08*100/121,6=317,5
vampirism=317,5*0,03=9,525
wriggle's=317,5*0,12=38,1
vicious strikes=317,5*0,21=66,675
life steal=317,5*0,36=114,3

rest of hits 386,08*100/108,1=357,15
vampirism=357,15*0,03=10,7145
wriggle's=357,15*0,12=42,858
vicious strikes=357,15*0,21=75,0015
life steal=357,15*0,36=128,574

executioner=21,429

total damage for 12 hits = 259,811 + 285,773 + 317,5 + 357,15*9 + 21,429*4 = 4163,15
total life steal = 93,53196 + 102,87828 + 114,3 + 128,574*9 + 30,85776 = 1498,734

undertow=260+171,75=431,75*100/157,6=273,953
reckless swing=340+340=680

total damage in 6 seconds = 5117,103
*Assuming you have a constant HP

A carry usually has arround 2000~3000 HP, so it is probable you can obliterate him and keep rocking =D

Jungling

When jungling, I recommend using the Defense build with some slight changes:

Definitely take Smite and Exhaust

Run this masteries

Masteries

1/1

2/4

1/2

4/4

1/1

1/1

3/4

2/2

4/3

2/1

1/2

1/1

3/1

3/3

1/3

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Item Sequence
Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Cloth Armor 300	Long Sword 400	Madred's Razors 700
Health Potion 35	Health Potion 35	Boots of Speed 350	Vampiric Scepter 800	Wriggle's Lantern 1600

• Wolves
• Blue
• Wraiths
• Red
• Wolves
• Wraiths
• Gank if possible

Smite

Countered by

• Frozen Heart
• Lots of HP
• High burst
• High sustain
• Ranged champs that can keep you at bay

Summary

Brolaf is kind of a big deal, you know.

Epic skin for an epic champion, do you got that bro?

Please do comment =D

Credits to jhoijhoi for the guide about making a guide, which you can find here.