Archived for now. Perhaps coming back for S3.

I dont get it why so few people go double Doran's Blade on him.
I think they fit him perfectly! You get some hp, which is good for your W and it gives you some tankiness, you get some Life steal, which fits his gameplay, too and you get some AD for overall damage.
Anyways good guide.

@ Boom_Flame Riven is actually decently easy, you just have to be less predictable AND predict her as well. Axe when she runs at you with her shield, then use your E and disengage. If she goes in, then try to bait out her ult. After she uses it, you should easily win any battles following. She's rather easy to shut down, just wear her down and get some health. My key? A 2100 Elo Riven player once told me that getting ninja tabi = GG for riven. Hence, I always rush it and rarely lose my lane.

@Stirninator Thanks!

@XorD Against Yi, he is very squishy and easy to shut down. Just build some health and armor and he won't do much. If he builds AP, same thing. AD Yi is one of the easiest lanes to face, just don't build squishy to give him resets and you can often stand your ground even when you are low. Passive + your W really makes you sustainable.

you should defenitly get a Thornmail fast if you play solo top vs master yi

I really love this guide, especially the layout and the fact that you go in detail with everything, so it is really comprehensive. That's why I gave it a 1+.
However I am new on mobafire and recently published this Shaco guide:
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/shaco-quot-the-jokes-on-you-quot-thihihi-256426

I would like you to check it out, and if you like it, leave me a comment and a 1+

Thanks alot, Stirninator!

Thank you for the help! It's much appreciated. Can't wait for those top lane matchups to be completed. ;)

Sorry, one more question: how can I trade against Riven? My main problem is that stun. Usually I can bait things like that, but Riven can gap close up to four times.

I play a better Nidalee than I play an Olaf, so I understand your pain. Generally, you want to level your undertow and farm. You don't want to engage at her. She will just kite you pre-6 and if she gets phage early, whenever after. At 6 in her cougar form, she has a strong trade with you. If she goes for a fast Trinity, then you have a good chance of beating her in damage, if she gets a Giant's Belt or tanky, then I'd just advice farming.

Pre 6, hit her with your axe, force her pots and mana to heal. If she gets hit when you are close, follow up with your Reckless Swing and another axe. She relies on having that 'kiting' ranged advantage. After 6, just farm and push her tower if you can. You can kill her if you build tanky enough. Eventually your jungler and you can kill her or force her back, and you can take the tower if possible. At team fights, you beat her in terms of effectiveness.

I generally prefer going Chain Vest and HoG/Philo (Wriggles is debatable. Some prefer it) into either Sunfire Cape, Warmog, or a Frozen Mallet. Mallet if you have the advantage when trading and you trade often. Sunfire if farm lane. Warmogs if there isn't any extremes of both. I occasionally will build a Warden's Mail into Randuin's when 1) no one my team gets it/plans to get it for mid game 2) she builds AA style (Wit's End, Phantom Dancer, Frozen Mallet, etc). You can punish her AA's on you for it.

How about Nidalee? I've faced her a couple times, butthat's enough for me to learn to get my damage and ganks in pre-level 6. After that it's just too hard.

Don't force aggression by yourself. Likely, Wukong will fall off without going to you to trade, you hit harder, just avoid his clone. After his CDs, he can't do much. You can usually beat Wukong rather easy as long as you don't take too much damage without fair trade. Just avoid his clone, main thing.

Xin Zhao is a bit harder, his sustain is powerful, and his gap closer is fearful. Howewver, he tends to be rather squishy and after his initial damage burst, he won't be able to keep a lot of damage. Just abuse him.

Rumble is really tough, I do admit. you beat him until 4. Then he just really hurts, and with his shield, you'll likely lose. You want a jungler's help to put him behind before 6, then try to push his tower with taking minimal damage to you (and definitely not dying, that'll hurt you even greater).

Irelia is also pretty tough. Despite what anyone says, she is a tough match up. You win before 6 easily, she can't keep up. But after 6, it becomes a pure snowball match up. One kill will swing either side greatly, and skill plays a large part, as well as experience.

Generally though, for harder match-ups, Olaf just needs one snowbally momenty (gank, kill, enemy tower down, them missing two waves of farm, etc) to really get ahead.

Great guide, I've been using it for quite some time now for Olaf.

However, I was wondering how you normally play against champions with ranged harass/gap closers against Olaf (Wukong, Xin Zhao, Rumble, etc.). I find without a jungler's help I tend to lose the lane until midgame.

I'm just not sure how to play with aggressiveness while also keeping up my sustain. Farming under the tower is always an option, but I lose CS this way.

How would you approach it?

A tad bit for some. None of them are majorly changed.

thanks man i'm gonna read the updates :)

ps: did you change the builds??? they look completely different... especially the last one