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Choose Champion Build:

C'mon, I won't hurt you.
The might of Lokfar approaches

Spells:

Ghost

Smite

Items

Starting items

Core

Situational Items

Build Example #1

Build Example #2

Wards win the game!

Ability Order

Olaf Passive Ability

More Olaf Counters

I - Introduction

Hello! I am mlha13, in game known as H.ornyHamster (withouth ".") (EUW) and Vukich (EUNE). This is my first guide on MobaFire. This guide will show you how to play in jungle and how to be a real man in late game! I hope it will help you. :)

Olaf is melee fighter and tank. He is usually played as jungler. His tankiness, damage and attack speed makes him to clear camps really fast. He is really good for ganks and securing kills.

II - Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Very storng
+ Great slow skill
+ Immune on CC
+ Dealing true damage without loosing HP
+ Good Jungler
+ Scales great with health items
+ The Berserker Rage and true man on battlefield!

Cons

- Hurts himself with
- is heavy to land and can be tricky
- No CC
- Can fall behind
- ruins him
- Cannot escape before Level 6
- Olaf from Frozen

III - Spells (Abilities)

Passive - Berserker Rage

For each 1% health missing, Olaf's attack speed is increased by 1%.

As you loose health, you go berserk and manlier that you gain more attack speed so your hits are faster than a lighting! Good thing: Beast on low health, bad thing: Slow as hell with full health. I would recommend you to buy some health or attack speed items, it all depends do you want to play tank (more attack speed while loosing health) or DPS (pure attack speed)

Q (1st ablility) - Undertow
Cooldown: 7 seconds

Olaf throws an axe to a target location, dealing 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to units it passes through and slowing them by 29 / 33 / 37 / 41 / 45 % for 1.5-2.5 seconds based on distance travelled.
If Olaf picks up the axe, the ability's cooldown is reduced by 4.5 seconds.

You're such a man that you are thorwing your beautiful axes on sissies like your enemy! Try to throw axes but not too far so you can pick them up with ease and harass alot. One minor con for this is low mana pool at the beginning so you will loose much mana after a couple of throws. Be patient and play it smart. Take it at level 1 and max it first.

W (2nd ablility) - Vicious Strikes
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds

For 6 seconds, Olaf gains 9 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 % lifesteal and 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 % attack speed. He gains 1% extra healing for every 2% health he is missing.

This ability is completely awsome, you're such a man that you get a high amount of lifesteal and attack speed so you don't hit like sissy anymore! On low health it will heal you in no time. In jungle, take one point at lvl 2 and max it 2nd. On lane, take one point early and max it last.

E (3rd ability) - Reckless Swing
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds

Olaf deals 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 40 % of total attack damage) true damage to his target. If he doesn't kill his target, he inflicts 30 % of the total damage dealt to himself as true damage.
Basic attack reduce the cooldown of this ability by 1 second.

You are so manly that you hurt yourself! It's great for lasthitting or clearing camps, nice amount of true damage (true damage = damage that completely ignores armor and magic resist and goes directly on health) which can be performed for finnishing low health targets (champions). In jungle, take one point early and max it last. On lane, take one point at level 2 and max it 2nd.

R (Ultimate) - Ragnarok
Cooldown: 100/90/80 seconds

Passive: Olaf gains 10 / 20 / 30 armor and magic resist.
Active: Breaks any crowd control effects. Olaf loses the passive bonus armor and magic resist, but gains 40/60/80 bonus attack damage.

Now you're 100% beast, not a man anymore, you're more than that! With passive you get armor and magic resist BUT when you activate yourself on BEAST MODE you "sacrafise" that amount to get more attack damage so you can become a buffed up viking!

IV - Runes

Gives your champion bonus amount of attack damage for the whole game
More AD means you're the bigger man from the bare start! AD scales with and . More damage = faster death of your enemy. Same goes for that one you've got there.

Gives your champion bonus amount of health which goes up as you level up (the maximum is reached at level 18)
All beasts are big and health makes you bigger! Health is great on because of his passive, you are able to take more damage and you are less likely to get killed and also, you are able to overcome armor and magic penetration.

Gives your champion bonus amount of magic resist for the whole game.
If you are going to be a man, you must be careful and take care of magic damage as same as you take care of physical damage! You never know who or what can deal magic damage. Better safe than sorry.

Gives your champion bonus amount of armor for the whole game.
Men are strong and they are not hurt easily. That's why they take armor into the battle. Armor is great against the champions who deal physical damage. Stack armor so their attacks are weak and useless.

V - Masteries

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FEROCITY

Tier 1: Five points in for full attack speed potential. needs attack speed in jugnle.

Tier 2: so can show who's the real man on the battlefield! If you don't feel safe for taking , take to restore health by killing creeps.

Tier 3: Five points in to gain bonus scaling attack damage. If you want to heal more, put all five points in .

Tier 4: Definately ! Targets slowed by will truly feel warrior's wrath.

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RESOLVE

Tier 1: All points in . A true man like is smart enough to combine his masteries and runes together. 5% armor and magic resists maybe sounds small but consider that champions level up and that number grows bigger.

Tier 2: Every single jungler should take for easier movement through bushes and river. Makes roaming between lanes faster.

Tier 3: provide 50 health at the bare start of the game. It gives more survivability at early level.

Tier 4: One point invested in means your summoner spells have lover cooldown. Great thing for , or .

Tier 5: Five points put in provide 3 bonus armor and magic resist for each champion nearby. Let's do some math: 5 champions = 15 bonus armor and magic resist (5*3=15, without adding bonus percentage from ). More armor and magic resist give an opportunity to survive fights and chance to get more kills.

Tier 6: ! Makes gain extra health by killing large monsters. That extra health can be combined with his passive (and items).

VI - Items

Starting Items

Hunter's Machete

Nothing special to say about this item, you're a melee jungler and every melee jungler starts with this item.

Rejuvenation Bead

A.K.A. Anal Bead. Extra health regen which might save your life. If don't like to take a risk, buy s or .

First Trip Back

Stalker's Blade - Cinderhulk

Buy it ASAP! It's good for jungling because of DOT (Damage Over Time) effect, Chilling Smite helps you hunt down your puny targets. Cinderhulk is also good because of it's bonus health.

Ninja Tabi

I like those boots because of it's passive and amount of armor you are getting with them. I don't have anything special to say about them, they're just useful for jungling.

Core Items

Titanic Hydra

With this item, the percentage of your health, which shows how manly you are, turns into AD which makes your enemies run away from your like herd of sheep.

The Black Cleaver

First always, but ALWAYS buy ! Health, physical damage and movement speed boost are great for , especially that boost for chasing. Finally is great because of it's 20% CDR, you'll be throwin' axes more than Draaaaven. Armor shread stack are good for those coky tanks you will face and you will make them beg for mercy.

Boots

Berserker's Greaves

They're good for clearing jungle camps faster. Makes you deal damage much faster against champions.

Boots of Mobility

Great boots, take them if you like to gank or roam alot and you're enough fed to stay away from your jungle/lane for a longer time.

Boots of Swiftness

You get more movement speed than you get with the other boots, reduces slow effect.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Those boots combined with from masteries and will give you 40% CDR which is awesome! Just do the math and you will see how much axes you'll be able to throw or how much s you will make.

Mercury's Treads

Take those boots depending if your enemies are dealing more magic damage or if they've got a lot of Corwd Control effects, if they don't, I recommend .

Other Items (without explanation)

Armor

Magic Resist

Health

Damage

VII - Summoner Spells

Main Spells

Ghost

It's good if you miss an enemy with you can still hunt him down. If you are good with landing your Q then you can use for chasing, slowing your enemy with plus if you have you are CC machine. Also goers great with , you can litteraly run through the units and don't have to be worried anout any CC that will be landed on you. It's better than because of lower cooldown and it's simply less compatible on .

Smite

If you're jungling you must have it, especially at the start when you are doing Elder Lizard (Red Buff) because you won't have anyone around you to help.

Other Viable Spells

Flash

This spell can be good if you need a quick dodge (against long distance skillshots for example) or an easy escape when you are in life-threatening situations (flashing over wall, 's , 's or 's ). It all depends on your playstyle are you going to take or .

Exhaust

Good for counter jungle, nice permaslow combined with , also reduces armor and magic resist.

Teleport

Here's the dilema: you can take for finnishing enemies or you can take to come fast on desired lane and clear the minion wave or slay an enemy. Teleport gives you an ability to stop an enemy on your lane from farming/pushing and if you choose a good timing you can clear your lane without loosing any minions, great for backdooring. It's good when your team is doing objectives like Dragon or Baron Nashor so you can rush on closest ward your teammate have placed before and give a backup to your friendlies.

Ignite

Burn, baby, burn! WHOOHOO!!! is a useful spell for snowballing on lane and is very good at it. Very few champions can go against 's raw damage, you can harass with , then go all in with (and sometimes) but still you will need that finishing touch. is also good against champions that heal alot like for example, so won't you regret taking it.

VIII - Creeping / Jungling

It's simple:

Start with The Frog
Attack blue
Recall OR try to clear Wolves and kill the Crab for vision on river
Continue jungling or gank (your choice)
Win the game as a true Viking!

IX - Summary

Olaf is so stronk! xD
With his great sustain and true damage burst, is great champion for fighting long fights and focusing squishy targets at the same time. Using + combo, you're immune on any CC and fast enough to hunt down your enemies.

I know that I didn't write a lot, build is not totally complete yet, there are few things to add...

I hope this guide helped you.