Olaf Build Guide by TheFreakySaint
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Ability Sequence
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Masteries
Introduction
Hey everyone! Welcome to my 
Olaf build guide! In this guide, I'll explain my choice in runes, skill sequence, masteries, and items, but that all comes later. For now, please enjoy my second guide. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
Runes
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Greater Mark of Lethality 9 |
Greater Seal of Armor 9 |
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist 9 |
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed 3 |
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I use these runes for Olaf. Thearmor penetration marks allow
Olaf to get the most damage out of his Undertow and Vicious Strikes. The flat armor seals and magic resist per level glyphs give Olaf the defense he needs against any solo top laners like Darius, Shen, and even Jayce. The flat movement speed quints allow for easy chasing in the early game.
Masteries
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1/5
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3/5
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2/1
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4/1
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4/5
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1/1
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1/1
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3/1
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2/1
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2/1
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4/1
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2/5
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1/1
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These are the masteries I use for
Olaf. In the offense branch, I take the extraattack damage, attack speed, cooldown reduction, life steal, and armor penetration. Plus the bonus effect on 
Exhaust and bonus damage to minions and monsters from
Butcher
. In the defense branch, I take the reduced damage, bonus health, and armor
Items
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Health Potion 50 |
Health Potion 50 |
Health Potion 50 |
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Health Potion 50 |
Health Potion 50 |
Phage 1250 |
Mercury's Treads 1100 |
Frozen Mallet 3100 |
Giant's Belt 1000 |
Warmog's Armor 2850 |
Talisman of Ascension 2200 |
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Guardian Angel 2400 |
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These items here....are just amazing on
Olaf. Pretty self-explantory really. Lots of health, damage, and movement speed buffs. The Guardian Angel is there because most likely, you're going to outlast half your team. Once that fight turns around, you'll get focused, so having a Guardian Angel means if they focus you, you wreck them with your ultimate, Ragnarok, and your Reckless Swing.
Skill Sequence
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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The whole point of taking
Reckless Swing first is to farm the early game. Maxing it first allows for moreTrue Damage and it's a great finisher. Max Undertow second to get good ranged damage and a slow proc for chasing down that pentakill. Maxing Vicious Strikes last because it's not as useful as Undertow and Reckless Swing. Put points in Ragnarok at levels 6, 11, and 16. Your standard ultimate sequence.
Summoner Spells
- Nice early game finisher for when you can't dive
- Deals True Damage
- Makes diving on multiple people a lot easier
Ghost
- Makes Chasing easier
- Paired with Ragnarok and Shurelya's Reverie, no one can escape you.
- A more viable escape method on Olaf as he has a slow and
Flash only gets you so far.
Farming
When it comes to farming, you should always be in between your caster minions and melee minions, waiting to last hit with Reckless Swing. If you're getting zoned, use your Undertow to farm at a distance, but be wary of your mana. It'll deplete very quickly if you spam Undertow.
Summary
In short, Olaf is one of the best solo top champions out there. His chasing is great. He can dive turrets with Ragnarok and Reckless Swing. An overall fun champion to play. Really easy to pick up. If you don't already have him, buy him.
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