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Olaf Build 26.22

Olaf only knows one direction, and that is forward. Throw an axe, walk over to pick it up so it comes right back, and keep the slow chained while you chase the kill. Playable but nothing scary at 49.6% and on the way down this patch, but his real trick is the ult, hit it and crowd control simply stops working on him. The lower his health drops, the faster he swings, so committing all the way in is the whole identity.

#78 of 135 top this patch · 4.6k games

Win rate49.6%−0.9Games4.6kPick rate4.0%Ban rate4.8%Last 8 patches−1.2 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 0%AD 70%True 30%DifficultyiLowForgiving

The 10-second answer standard · 49.6% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.5%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidB49.4%AkshanMidC49.0%AlistarSupportS52.4%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleC49.4%AniviaMidB49.9%AnnieMidA51.4%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryC48.9%Aurelion SolMidA51.8%AuroraMidA52.1%AzirMidD47.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleS52.7%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportC48.7%BraumSupportA50.8%BriarJungleB49.7%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidB49.9%Cho'GathJungleA51.4%CorkiAD CarryB50.7%DariusTopB50.5%DianaJungleB49.8%Dr. MundoTopB50.8%DravenAD CarryA51.4%EkkoMidA52.1%EliseJungleB50.5%EvelynnJungleA51.4%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.4%FioraTopA51.7%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB49.6%GangplankTopA52.1%GarenTopB50.6%GnarTopC48.9%GragasTopB49.9%GravesJungleB49.6%GwenTopB50.0%HecarimJungleB50.6%HeimerdingerTopB50.6%HweiMidS52.6%IllaoiTopB49.5%IreliaTopB50.0%IvernJungleB50.6%JannaSupportB50.6%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopC47.9%JhinAD CarryB50.5%JinxAD CarryA51.5%K'SanteTopD47.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.5%KalistaAD CarryB50.0%KarmaSupportC48.1%KarthusJungleB49.7%KassadinMidA51.3%KatarinaMidS52.8%KayleTopA51.6%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA52.0%Kha'ZixJungleC49.3%KindredJungleA51.4%KledTopB50.4%Kog'MawAD CarryA52.0%LeBlancMidA51.7%Lee SinJungleC48.7%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA52.0%LissandraMidB50.1%LockeMidB49.5%LucianAD CarryB49.4%LuluSupportB49.9%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.1%MalzaharMidB50.1%MaokaiSupportA52.2%Master YiJungleB50.0%MelMidD47.4%MilioSupportB49.9%Miss FortuneAD CarryB50.2%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.3%NaafiriJungleA50.8%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopB49.7%NautilusSupportB49.8%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.8%NilahAD CarryS53.5%NocturneJungleB49.8%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.6%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD46.7%OrnnTopA51.0%PantheonTopB50.4%PoppySupportS53.0%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.5%QuinnTopC48.0%RakanSupportS52.7%RammusJungleS53.0%Rek'SaiJungleA51.0%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB50.8%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC48.8%RivenTopB50.0%RumbleTopC48.1%RyzeMidD47.0%SamiraAD CarryB49.5%SejuaniJungleA51.0%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.7%SettTopA51.3%ShacoJungleA51.0%ShenTopS53.3%ShyvanaJungleA51.7%SingedTopA51.2%SionTopA51.2%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleA51.2%SmolderAD CarryA50.9%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.0%SwainSupportA50.9%SylasMidC48.3%SyndraMidB50.1%Tahm KenchSupportB49.7%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.1%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.9%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB50.3%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopB49.9%Twisted FateMidB50.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.1%UdyrJungleB49.7%UrgotTopA50.9%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC48.7%Vel'KozSupportA51.6%VexMidS53.1%ViJungleB49.7%ViegoJungleB49.5%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidA51.0%VolibearTopB50.1%WarwickJungleA51.9%WukongJungleB50.8%XayahAD CarryS53.3%XerathMidA51.6%Xin ZhaoJungleA51.7%YasuoMidC48.7%YoneMidC49.1%YorickTopD47.6%YunaraAD CarryB49.4%YuumiSupportD47.7%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleB50.7%ZedMidB49.2%ZeriAD CarryA51.7%ZiggsAD CarryA51.2%ZileanSupportA50.9%ZoeMidA51.1%ZyraSupportA51.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Olaf was built in the classic eraOlaf Classic Build

When Is Olaf Strongest?

The mid-game item window is the high point of the curve, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. Olaf wants to fight while he still out-scales the enemy frontline, so use the power window to force duels and dives, using the unstoppable ultimate to walk through crowd control and delete a priority target.

Game timeline · Olaf drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:15

Ambush zone7:54–9:24 Power spike 15:13

12:54

15:13

12:54

16:49

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 52/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~5.2k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Plated Steelcaps · 12:54

Olaf Item Build

Olaf is a relentless bruiser who grows stronger and faster the lower his health drops, so his build blends attack damage, attack speed, and health to let him trade recklessly and win extended duels. The point is to stick to a target and out-sustain them until they fall.

Standard loadout · Olaf The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Blade×1

Health Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps90% · 50.9%

Boots10% · 34.2%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.M

Maw of Malmortius57054.2%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.D

Death's Dance2.1k55.0%R

Randuin's Omen19553.3%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.L

Lord Dominik's Regards11665.5%M

Mortal Reminder10260.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens1.3k53.1%F

Farsight Alteration62950.1%S

Stealth Ward2.6k47.7%

Best Olaf Runes

Conqueror is the standard keystone, and it fits how Olaf fights, one target, sustained swings, no backing off. His attack speed climbing as his health drops means the longer a duel runs the more the rune pays out. Keep the rest built around raw dueling and sticking power. Landing on your target is the only hard part.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Triumph84% · 49.5%

Legend: Alacrity86% · 49.5%

Last Stand87% · 49.6%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Approach Velocity81% · 50.7%

Biscuit Delivery70% · 50.5%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Stridebreaker into Experimental Hexplate and rush the damage, because Olaf wants to be swinging early. The power is up front, so snowball while the lead is fresh. Experimental Hexplate comes online by roughly 17 minutes, and his low-cooldown axes start chunking anyone who tries to kite him. That window is where you force the fight, so trade toward it.

Olaf Skill Order

Undertow is maxed at level 9 and Reckless Swing finishes at 13, which stacks his true damage on top of a fully ranked slow right as Tough It Out is still holding the single point it took at level 3.

Skill order · Olaf R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W314151718max 18

E28101213max 13

R61116max 16

Olaf Abilities

Olaf keeps a defensive layer the all-in talk glosses over: Tough It Out stacks a shield with bonus attack speed so he trades and still swings fast. Reckless Swing pays health for true damage, refunding every point of that cost the moment it kills the target.

Abilities · Olafpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Berserker RagePassiveP

UndertowMax 1stQ

Tough It OutMax lastW

Reckless SwingMax 2ndE

RagnarokUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

UndertowPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+50 per rank+100% bonus ADlv 170lv 4120lv 5170lv 7220lv 9270Cost+5 per ranklv 150lv 455lv 560lv 765lv 970Constant at every rankCooldown9ssame at all ranks

Olaf Base Stats

Base stats · OlafPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD68+4.7AS0.72+2.7%MS350Range125HP645+119HP56.5+0.6Armor35+4.2MR32+2.05MP316+50MP57.5+0.6

Olaf Matchups

Olaf shreds immobile fighters and tanks who have to stand and brawl, since his true damage and unstoppable ultimate ignore their defenses and any attempt to peel him. He struggles against long-range pokers and kiters who never let him close, because if he cannot pick up his axe and chase, his whole pressure evaporates.

Lane matchups · Olaf click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Embrace low health fights; passive attack speed and W lifesteal sustain you02Build armor to reduce their physical damage and outlast extended duels03Punish with E true damage and force fights before Olaf falls off Win rate by game lengthOlaf overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min49.7%20–28 min50.8%28–35 min48.3%Over 35 min49.0%

Ranged pokers like Kled, Singed, and Vayne can whittle him down before he ever closes the gap, so respect the poke and time your engage. Save the ult for their crowd control, since it shrugs the lockdown off and lets you walk straight through. He runs over Sion, Urgot, and Shen once he is on top of them, so pick those lanes to snowball.

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