Lets talk about a very special viking named Olaf.

[quote=Considereth]After playing around 15 ranked games with Olaf recently I've come to the conclusion that he is just outclassed by many champions (I have a total of 160 games played in Ranked with Olaf). He is extremely situational champion which is only good against certain team comps. He is also highly kit-able along with easily counter jungled. He also cannot lane because of mana issues and the fact that he just cannot go toe to toe with other high tier laning champions. So I wanted to look into his main problem which is that he cannot close the gap between himself and the enemy even when with Undertow and Frozen Mallet. Also his ultimate has been nerfed to the point of just being an anti-cc for so many seconds. Guess what? Irelia has a passive that basically does the same thing along with Trundle's W having the reduce CC effect. So why the fuck would you pick Olaf? My solution is to give him a speed boost effect when he uses his Ultimate along with everything else it brings to the table. An increase of 20%, 30%, and 40% movement speed would solve a lot of issues and make him more of a viable pick. So what do you guys think?[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]I would love to see a movement speed boost when he uses his ulti - what also would be strong is instead of damage reduction, change it to "Olaf gains X/X/X armor and magic resist" to make those health+Atma's combos stronger on him. In terms of jungling, though, he's outclassed by Trundle and Nocturne. He needs more of a reliable gank, and he has to snowball to be good late-game.[/quote]

[quote=Considereth]Yep, he really does need to snowball. Its kind of depressing because you either rape face with Olaf or you just get flat stomped to the ground. The latter happens more happen. Yeah, that would be an excellent change as well. ^^[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]What if hitting an [b]enemy champion[/b] with undertow gave Olaf a short boost to his movement speed? It would give him better chasing ability, but it would require actual aiming (AKA you couldn't just target a minion to catch a fleeing enemy champion).[/quote]

[quote=TheLyingCake]But with olaf, once you get close enough to an enemy, theyre screwed.[/quote]

[quote=DEWO]Well all you need is a red buff or a mallet on him. You have undertow to slow your enemy down and if you hit him once... you shouldnt have any problems in getting kited. And as you are jungling than you should have red buff nearly 100% up in mid-game. Other thing that i can suggest is taking a PD (an early-game Zeal after the Wriggles->Phage is nice. When i had problems liek that i went Wriggles->Boots->Phage->Zeal->Mallet->PD or even left zeal as it is and went for the hp+atma and finishing pd after.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]Just a random suggestion...I've only played Olaf a couple of times[/quote]

[quote=Dante Rebellion]i would love his undertow to be a click to hit skill that slows, not a skillshot.. for example: Poppy's E skill // its click to hit..[/quote]

[quote=Elitelink]I agree that something should be done, but increased movement speed in his ultimate? Remove damage reduction and insert movement speed and i'm in. Would be OP otherwise. I mean, Ghost + Ragnarok is one of the best escape mechanisms in the game. And with increased movement speed in Ragnarok... Just saying.[/quote]

[quote=Rudmed]Personally I find this to be my problem as Olaf. I find myself useless in teamfights because of one of the following. 1) My team sees my health, and assumes I'm the tank. 2) I pop my ult and charge in going for a carry, and end up getting obliterated. 3) I die. Though I would love to see a olaf buff this way I can charge out of the bushes and acutally kill people. @Elite: So just kinda curious...why are you ganking olaf again?[/quote]