You're fucked.
You cannot hit her and she nullifies your Ult.
She will play against you and you won't play against her.
Go doran shield and pray for a miracle.
Fiora
She will poke you, outrun you, and most of the time outheal you with her passive.
Once she hits level 6 or her divine sunderer there's nothing to save you anymore.
Your best bet is to run Ghost ignite.
If she has an advantage, don't fight her.
If you're on equal foot, don't let her poke you at will.
Trade back with Q-E combo and if she misses her Q, time to all in.
When she has divine sunderer it becomes even harder and you probably can't 1v1 her anymore.
Darius
I permaban him even with the two other atrocities which are fiora and Akali.
He statchecks you. if he hits a grab you're dead.
The matchup is only playable after lvl 6 if he doesn't have ghost. Otherwise he just destroys you.
Play safe and wait for your team to help you.
Lillia
She just runs too fast. You're never going to catchup even with ghost and stridebreaker.
Lillia players have a rotten potato instead of a brain. Wait for her to ult at least 2 people in a fight and when she comes to land a W, ult and run her down. If you don't have the dmg to burst her during her incantation you're never killing her by yourself.
You can't escape her either btw.
Garen
You're going to have a hard time killing him early.
If you don't kill him pre-6, you're never going to.
He's too tanky and usually has the damage to kill you before you kill him.
He has anti-heal in core items and is way too tanky for you in late game.
Don't fight him after lvl 6 alone or without a huge lead and go black cleaver in the late game and hope the best for your team to help.
Aatrox
There's two way of winning this. Either going cheese with ghost ignite and zone him out of minions lvl 1 but it's hard to do it well as the second minion wave can down your health badly.
Or you can play around his Q until lvl 6 and all in him, dodge the Q dmg to deny his healing and burst him as fast as possible.
He will try to kill you with his own ult but if he feels he will loose he will run away with his ult movement speed.
Be careful, if he catches a lead you'll never be able to kill him.
Akshan
Against Akshan or any ADC, go doran's shield. Rush Steelcaps. Once lvl 6 you can run him down, your ult gives you the damage you need.
Hit a Q, press R and ghost and annihilate him.
Be careful he doesn't run away with his E
Camille
She loves short trades and will win them.
Poke her with Q+E if she comes near minions.
Try to farm as much as possible,
when you have 6 if she presses E in, you instantly R her and kill her.
She will win every short trade but will loose the all-ins.
Cho'Gath
Just kill him man, if he comes near minions you Q him, dodge his Q and you kill him.
Careful of his R.
Cassiopeia
Against Cassiopeia or most ranged champions, go doran's shield. Rush earthbound axe. Once lvl 6 you can run her down, your ult gives you the damage you need.
Hit a Q, press R and ghost and annihilate her.
Be careful, if she hits a Q lvl 2 or after she will badly damage your health. Dodge the Q spell. If you didn't just run far away for as long as you're poisoned.
Dr. Mundo
Does this thing even exists ?
Dr.Mundo can hit hard, but you hit harder than him. The only annoying thing is his R movespeed bonus but it's never enough to escape you.
Gangplank
He can beat you early game. His Q poke and passive are annoying and dangerous.
Respect him and run him down when lvl 6.
You usually get him out of the game easily but he can become a big threat for you and your team if he gets fed.
Gragas
He will always disengage fights with his E.
Before 6 it will be hard to fight against. Just try to farm and have enough damage to run him down once level 6.
He can become tanky enough so you can never kill him and he will beat you up.
Phase rush is also a pain to deal with.
If he plays full-AP you're mostly going to run him down.
Gnar
The matchup isn't hard, you just need to know how it works.
Go doran's shield, he will be annoying.
Once 6, if he is small you can run him down.
In Mega Gnar it is hard to fight, he can spam his Q and it deals way too much damage for you.
Just wait until he becomes small again and punish every Jump-in.
Gwen
You statcheck her.
Be careful of her ult which heals her a lot. Otherwise, you just overpower her.
Illaoi
Hard matchup
Try to kill the tentacles as much as possible.
If you're hit by a E you can't fight her until you've back.
You can fight her once 6 if she doesn't have her own ult or if she misses her E.
If she hits her E she will out damage you and sustains.
She will build divine sunderer, when she hits it fighting her by yourself becomes nearly impossible.
Irelia
If she comes at you level 1. You just kill her. Your Q spam will outdamage her lethal tempo even if she has ignite.
Most of the time you just statcheck her every time she is in range or if she all-in you.
Be careful to have at least Steelcaps once she hits BOTRK or she will win the fight.
Jax
Really hard matchup.
If he goes Lethal tempo, you'll never be able to beat him in lane
If he goes conqueror or grasp :
Try to rush boots / earthbound axe, the bonus movespeed allows you to outrun his E if you slow him with Q.
Level 1 you can try to fight him and get a lead.
Once he hits lvl 2 it becomes hard to fight him.
Try to farm as much as possible so you can have enough stats to kill him once 6.
Use your W at 30%HP for the biggest shield, you're gonna need it.
Poke him as much as possible with E-Q combo as long as you're in your wave.
If he falls to midlife you can win an all in.
If he gets a lead you're fucked.
Just hope for your team to help.
K'Sante
Really annoying matchup as he can disengage very easily.
If he wastes his W you can long trade him to put him in a bad spot
You can tradeback with E-Q.
If you wait for him to engage you, you will statcheck him most of the time. Without his R to disengage you can use yours to beat him.
If he gets too much ahead, you won't be able to kill him anymore, he'll get too tanky and deal too much damage.
Karma
Against Karma or most ranged champions, go doran's shield. Rush stridebreaker. Once lvl 6 you can run her down.
Hit a Q, press R and ghost and annihilate her.
Karma players will always try to cancel your back and Q you whenever they have the CD. You can use it to bait them into your jungler.
Kayle
She has no right to play until her 6.
You can run her down, zone her from the minion waves.
When she hits 6 it becomes quite tricky as her R can screw you. Most of the time she doesn't have the damage to kill you even with her R.
Try to end as fast as possible, her late is scary and you won't be able to play against her when she gets enough stuff.
Kennen
Against Kennen or most ranged champions, go doran's shield. Rush stridebreaker. Once lvl 6 you can run him down.
Hit a Q, press R and ghost and annihilate him.
It becomes tricky to fight him if he gets too much of a lead because of his damage output. Maw is a friend here.
Kled
Kled is a tricky matchup.
DON'T GO HIM IF HE LANDS A Q. The antiheal debuff will beat you.
He has Huge damage early on, don't fight him. Play safe until you rush Steelplates. You should wait for your teammates to help most of the time.
If you get the lead, you're stomping the lane.
If he gets the lead, he stomps the lane, so be really careful when you try to kill him. Most of the time, if he gets skaarl back, you die.
Kled players will choose ignite so be careful about that.
Malphite
Like most of the tank matchups, Malphite is quite easy to play against early. But be careful as they can become unkillable quickly. Be careful of his attack speed debuff and you should be fine.
You can run him down with R but be careful of two things :
- He can escape with his R
- Your R cannot cleanse knockups, so if he ults before you he might be able to kill you.
Just farm and punish if he doesn't use his ult properly or if he misposes.
Maokai
Maokai is an annoying matchup pre-6. He can easily disengage with his Q.
Just wait for your R and run him down.
His strength is his spam CC.
You can't get CC'd so just kill him.
Mordekaiser
You're the perfect counter of Mordekaiser. You overwhelm him once lvl 6.
He just can't ult you. If you Press R you either can't get ulted or you cleanse his ult.
However he can play really safe and become really tanky so be careful and respect him.
Your R allows you to do whatever you want to him, but be careful because if you don't have it and he does he will beat the shit out of you.
Just get a lead and stomp him.
If he gets too much of a lead you're never going to be able to down him.
Nasus
Annoying before 6 because of his W.
Careful once 6 because he hits a massive powerspike.
Zone him out of the minions, freeze as much as you can and stomp him once 6 as his W doesn't work.
Ornn
You can fight him lvl 1 if he didn't start W.
Once he has his W he will beat the crap out of you. You can only trade him if he misses his W.
If he gets a lead before 6 he'll be extremely tanky and can get you out of game.
Once 6, if he is really close of your turret or if he E in you press R and run him down.
Don't disrespect him, he deals a lot of damage with his W and can become a huge threat.
Pantheon
His Q is a pain for you.
He has a good early game and can outdamage you.
However he cannot get away from you with your R.
If he doesn't get any lead before 6 you should be fine.
Otherwise he will kill you and you won't have fun as he can poke you while you farm under turret.
Poppy
She's tanky and deals a lot of damage. Don't underestimate this annoying brat or she will kill you pre 6.
Once 6 you should be able to run her down.
She can become really tanky so don't do anything stupid.
Renekton
You can kill him early game as long as you don't get hit by his enraged W.
He will sustain a lot from his Q too.
Steelcap is really good against him.
Respect him, especially when 50+ rage
If he has no Rage once 6 you can run at him and kill him.
You can snowball or get snowballed really hard in this matchup, be careful of his jungler.
Rengar
Cheesy shit, don't get fooled lvl 1 and outpower him once lvl 3 for the rest of the game.
If you get killed early he will snowball and you mostly won't be able to contest it.
Riven
Dodge her last Q, and poke her with Q-E.
Rush Steelplates. Her damage scales insanely quick and her combos are absurd. Armor will help you a lot.
She builds a lot of Ability haste and will be able to disengage your ult. If you all-in, you'll need your summoners and to hit your axes.
You can contest her damage at 6.
Ryze
He is annoying. stay away from your minions and you should be fine. Against Ryze or most ranged champions, go doran's shield. Rush stridebreaker. Once lvl 6 you can run him down.
Hit a Q, press R and ghost and annihilate him. Be careful he can get away with phase rush.
Sejuani
She will be hard to kill before 6, just farm and run her down with R.
Be careful, like other tanks she can become unkillable really quickly if you mess up.
Sett
He will fuck you up before 6.
Even if you get first blood.
There's nothing you can do to contest it.
You can't poke him either, he will regen his entire health bar.
Play safe, wait for your 6 and you should be able to kill him as long as you use you W at the maximum shield.
Be careful, he can R you during your ult. He jumps without you, you don't get CC'd but you will take the damage if you get in the landing area. ( You don't take damage if you're not close enough of it)
Shen
Shen is always strong but you should be able to outdamage his tankiness. He will be more useful for his team than you if you don't get enough of a lead.
You lose short trades but he can't keep up the long trades, so if he goes in and you have enough HP, spam your Q and E while his W is active and run him down once it is in cooldown.
Get platings if he ults away.
Singed
Don't follow bozo if you have farm available.
Otherwise you can catchup to him pre-6 with your Q and approach velocity.
Once 6 it becomes harder but with ghost and ult you can try something if he goes to E you.
He shouldn't be able to kill you if you're not inting.
Sion
Don't do anything foolish before 6. You should be able to kill him, but if he gets a slight lead he will become too much tanky for you until you have enough items to match him.
Early :
Punish his Q by going around and beating him up.
Press E against his W and it should be enough.
Once 6 :
Run him down with R.
Try to be between him and his side of the map so he can't ult out without going into your jungle.
As long as you're not behind and you can spam E you're fine.
To 1v1 him late game, black cleaver will be helpful.
Tahm Kench
Respect him before 6, his CCs and minion wave can fuck you up.
Once 6 run him down. You should be able to catch up his W.
If you can't, it means he maxed it out and shouldn't do damage.
Teemo
Against Teemo or most ranged champions, go doran's shield. Rush stridebreaker. Once lvl 6 you can run him down.
Hit a Q, press R and ghost and annihilate him.
His best bet is to push the lane with his R and to back. He has no other answer.
When ahead you can dive him easily as his Q doesn't blind you in R.
Trundle
He statchecks you level 1
You can win short trades by abusing your Q+E combo range.
He can match your R power level with his own.
You should be able to kill him if you poke him enough.
Otherwise just farm, he has no way of killing you if you don't run into him.
Tryndamere
Tryndamere is able to withstand your R by not dying with his R.
There's an emergency plan against tryndamere : Rush steelcaps and frozen heart. Warden mail and steelcaps should be enough to tank him during his R.
If it's not, finish building randuin / Frozen heart and he should become useless against you.
In early game you should be able to beat him up with short trades. If you take a long trade, crit + lethal tempo will beat you.
He can snowball and outsplit you, be careful. Get ahead and build the emergency stuff and you should be fine.
Urgot
Be careful of his E and minion wave early game and you should be able to statcheck him. Once lvl 6 he can't execute you with his R as long as you have yours.
Just run him down with your R and he won't be able to kill you or to run away
Vayne
Bullshit champion.
The usual strategy against range champion should work but once she has R she becomes a threat.
Her true damage and invisibility are hard to play against
Build doran's shield, rush steelcaps and build stridebreaker and you should be able to run her down lvl6.
You can snowball on her, but if she kills you once, I suggest you play safe and wait for your jungle as she can 1v9 games if she's fed.
Vladimir
If he doesn't use his pool randomly you will never kill him.
He can sustain your poke and farm safely.
If your jungler doesn't come to dive him, he will scale really hard and will become a huge threat for your team.
He becomes easier to kill in fights as he needs to pool for your team threats as well. If he doesn't 1v5 your team you should be able to kill him.
Malmortius usually isn't enough to survive his damage but you should be fine if you have death's dance too
Volibear
He has nothing to threaten you. You can straight up run him down.
Dodge his E early and he really can't do anything during the entire game.
Warwick
You should be able to 1v1 him lvl 1 even with his barrier.
Your Q spam and armor shred is stronger than his Q.
Warwick top players are straight up retards and will fight you when they can. If they don't, go in yourself. Try to have the minion wave to help you.
His E is strong before your lvl 6.
Once you have your R you should win every time.
Once behind he is useless, but be careful as he can build divine sunderer which would be a huge problem for you.
Yasuo
He is annoying on two points :
- He can Ninja dash out of your R by spamming his E in your minion wave.
- He can windwall your Q so you can't reset its cooldown.
But he isn't a real threat, he can't really knock you up and if he does and ult you, he roots himself because of his animation.
You statcheck and crush him
Yone
Stridebreaker and steelcaps are strongly advised here.
He can space you out of your mind.
A good Yone will never let you fight him.
However the matchup is similar as Yasuo's. Avoid his W as much as possible and if he E's far away from you or if he gets close to his shadow you press R and crush him.
You should snowball on him, but h can become a problem.
Be careful pre-6. And respect him.
Yorick
Dodge his E and he will never have the damage to kill you.
You can run him down as long as you don't get hit by his E.
His cage is a little annoying but you should be fine.
RESPECT HIS R.
The maiden deals a fuckton of damage and he will crush you if you try to fight him with her around.
The maiden has a huge Cooldown, try to bait her under your tower to kill it. Sacrifice your HP if necessary, back and comeback to kill yorick.
Be careful of his splitpushing power.
Zac
Like Maokai he relies on spamming knockups to fight. Once your R up, he can only E away.
Be careful before 6 as he can sustain a lot a kill him once he E in once lvl 6.
Wukong
You statcheck Wukong. You have his kit but better.
If he gets too much of a lead be careful of his Divine sunderer spike. He stacks armor with passive and can be annoying but isn't a major threat overall.
Kindred
If she uses her R, no one will go away from it, allowing you to keep resetting your R.
With your E and W you have more burst and shield than most champion in the game.
It will allow you to burst someone down once her ult is done and heal off of it with Death dance.
Can win 2v5 with kindred.
Karma
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Lulu
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Leona
Her engage power is insane with Olaf's follow. Carries stand no chance against both of you
Nami
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Nautilus
His engage power is insane with Olaf's follow. Carries stand no chance against both of you
Seraphine
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Senna
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Shen
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
+ His follow up is absolutely insane with Olaf's go-in power
Sivir
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Soraka
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Sona
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Yuumi
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Yuumi is broken af guys, did I really need to explain ?
Synergies
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Kindred
If she uses her R, no one will go away from it, allowing you to keep resetting your R.
With your E and W you have more burst and shield than most champion in the game.
It will allow you to burst someone down once her ult is done and heal off of it with Death dance.
Can win 2v5 with kindred.
Karma
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Lulu
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Leona
Her engage power is insane with Olaf's follow. Carries stand no chance against both of you
Nami
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Nautilus
His engage power is insane with Olaf's follow. Carries stand no chance against both of you
Seraphine
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Senna
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Shen
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
+ His follow up is absolutely insane with Olaf's go-in power
Sivir
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Soraka
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Sona
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Yuumi
Anything that shields / buff / speed you up is insanely strong
Yuumi is broken af guys, did I really need to explain ?
You are useless without your R.
Olaf is an ult-dependant champ. You're a sack of stats that is not really tanky, if you're getting CC'd you'll often die.
Spam your Q.
The champ is especially good because he permaslows and shreds armor.
+ It deals way too much damage.
You're weak if you don't.
If you're not confident with the champ, just wait for your R.
Advanced skills
Read the notes I added with the items.
They give pieces of advices on why to build the Item, why is it strong on Olaf and against which type of ennemies to build it.
Also do check the matchups. The plan to win the lane is detailed against each toplaner.
Olaf Toplane complete guide (Regular updates)
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