Olaf

Olaf Build

the Berserker

Role: Top Pick Rate: 2.7% Win Rate: 52.74%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Ghost Ghost

Skill Priority

Q E W

Items

Start
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Core
Stridebreaker Stridebreaker
Plated Steelcaps Plated Steelcaps
Experimental Hexplate Experimental Hexplate
Late
Death's Dance

Runes

Most Played
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 96.9% · 53% WR
Triumph
Triumph 94.4% · 53% WR
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity 96.7% · 53% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 98.2% · 53.1% WR
Resolve
Approach Velocity
Approach Velocity
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery
Attack Speed
Attack Speed
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 96.9% · 53% WR
Triumph
Triumph 94.4% · 53% WR
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity 96.7% · 53% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 98.2% · 53.1% WR
Inspiration
Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic
Cash Back
Cash Back
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health
Health

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 41.12%
Bronze Bronze 47.76%
Silver Silver 49.46%
Gold Gold 51.07%
Platinum Platinum 51.87%
Emerald Emerald 52.24%
Diamond Diamond 53.34%
Master Master 54.26%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 59.55%
Challenger Challenger 58.53%
All Elos All Elos 53.01%

Best Counters and Matchups for Olaf

See all counters for Olaf

Top 5 Counters Against Olaf

Kled
42.6% WR -4.2%
Vladimir
Vladimir Matchup detail
46.8% WR -2.1%
Tahm Kench
Tahm Kench Matchup detail
46.9% WR +0.1%
Trundle
47.1% WR -2.1%
Tryndamere
Tryndamere Matchup detail
47.6% WR +0.3%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Olaf

Twisted Fate
Twisted Fate Matchup detail
64.2% WR +13.0%
Sylas
62.4% WR +13.6%
Anivia
59.2% WR +12.3%
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia Matchup detail
58.6% WR +11.5%
Varus
58.5% WR +9.3%

Patch History

V14.9
  • Undertow Base damage reduced to 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 from 65 / 115 / 165 / 215 / 265. Bonus monster damage increased to 10 / 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 from 5 / 15 / 25 / 35 / 45.
  • Ragnarok Bonus resistances reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 from 10 / 20 / 30.
V14.8
  • Undertow Bonus monster damage increased to 5 / 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 from 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25.
V14.7
  • Undertow New Effect: Now deals 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 bonus physical damage against monsters.
  • Tough It Out Attack speed duration increased to 5 seconds from 4. Mana cost increased to 50 from 30.
  • Reckless Swing New Effect: Cooldown reduction against monsters is now doubled to 2 seconds.
  • Ragnarok Mana cost increased to 100 from 0.
V13.18
  • General Updated ability icons.
V13.7
  • Berserker Rage Maximum bonus attack speed reduced to 50% − 100% (based on level) from 60% − 100% (based on level).
  • Undertow Base damage reduced to 65 / 115 / 165 / 215 / 265 from 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270.
V12.13
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 6.5 from 8.5. Health regeneration growth reduced 0.6 to 0.9.
  • Berserker Rage Maximum bonus attack speed increased to 60% − 100% (based on level) from 40% − 100% (based on level).
  • Undertow Mana cost increased to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60. Tooltip now clarifies the cooldown refund mechanic better.
V12.12
  • Tough It Out Bug Fix: Now refreshes a stack of Hail of Blades for being an attack time resetting cast.
  • Reckless Swing Bug Fix: Can no longer heal other units instead of himself if they gain the kill credit on the target of Reckless Swing after it dealt damage without killing it.
  • Ragnarok Bug Fix: No longer prevents a Blast Cone triggered by an ally from knocking him back.
V12.11 - June 9th Hotfix
  • Undertow Armor reduction reduced to 20% at all ranks from 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30%.
  • Tough It Out Shield health ratio reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)17.5% missing health from 22.5%.
V12.11
  • Berserker Rage Maximum health threshold reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)70% missing health from 77.5%. Maximum life steal reduced to 8% − 25% (based on level) from 10% − 30% (based on level).
  • Undertow Base damage increased to 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260. Minimum cooldown reduced to 2.5 seconds from 3.
  • Tough It Out Cooldown increased to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10.
  • Ragnarok Bonus resistances reduced to 10 / 20 / 30 from 10 / 25 / 40.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 645 from 575. Health growth increased to 119 from 105. Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
  • Berserker Rage Maximum health threshold increased to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)77.5% missing health from 70%.
  • Tough It Out Base shield reduced to 10 / 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 from 10 / 45 / 80 / 115 / 150. Shield health ratio reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)22.5% missing health from 25%.
V12.9 - Gameplay Update
  • Stats Attack damage growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5. Health growth increased to 105 from 100. Mana growth increased to 50 from 42.
  • Berserker Rage New Innate: Olaf gains Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)bonus attack speed and life steal based on his Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)missing health. At Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)70% missing health, he gains a maximum of 40% − 100% (based on level) bonus attack speed}} and 10% − 30% (based on level) life steal. Old Innate: Olaf gains Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 100% (based on missing health) Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)bonus attack speed.
  • Undertow New Effect: Now reduces the armor of enemy champions hit by 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30% for 4 seconds. New Effect: Picking up the axe now sets Undertow's current cooldown to 3 seconds if it is not already below that amount. This is affected by ability haste. Removed: No longer reduces Undertow's cooldown by 4.5 seconds when picking up the axe. Base damage reduced to 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 from 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260. Minimum cast range increased to 425 units from 300. Mana cost reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 from 60 at all ranks. Cooldown increased to 9 seconds from 7. Now grants ghosting more consistently to jungle monsters that are hit or are nearby when cast.
  • Tough It Out Renamed to Tough It Out from Vicious Strikes. New Effect: Now grants a 10 / 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)(+ 25% missing health) shield for 2.5 seconds, health ratio capped at Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)70% of his missing health. New Effect: Cast now resets Olaf's basic attack timer. Removed: No longer grants 16 / 18 / 20 / 22 / 24% life steal. Removed: Healing is no longer increased by Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 33% (based on missing health). Bonus attack speed reduced to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90%. Bonus attack speed duration reduced to 4 seconds from 6. Cooldown reduced to 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10 seconds from 16 at all ranks.
  • Ragnarok Duration reduced to 3 seconds from 6. Bonus resistances reduced to 10 / 25 / 40 from 20 / 30 / 40. Base bonus attack damage changed to 10 / 20 / 30 from 15 / 20 / 25. AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)25% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)30% AD. New Effect: Duration is now increased by and up to 2.5 seconds for each basic attack on-hit or Reckless Swing cast against an enemy champion. Removed: Bonus resistances are no longer lost upon cast.
V12.4
  • Ragnarok Undocumented: Now displays the Unstoppable state on the health bar interface while active.
V11.24 - December 15th Hotfix
  • Berserker Rage Bonus attack speed increased to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 100% (based on missing health) from Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 75% (based on missing health).
V11.23
  • Ragnarok Undocumented: No longer displays the Unstoppable state on the health bar interface while active.
V11.14
  • Ragnarok Undocumented/Bug fix: Can once again remove the grounded and silence debuffs from the Cassiopeia's Miasma, Singed's Mega Adhesive and Soraka's Equinox fields.
V11.13
  • Stats Health growth increased to 100 from 93. Base mana regeneration increased to 7.5 from 7.47. Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.6 from 0.58.
V11.3
  • Stats Base health reduced to 575 from 597.
  • Berserker Rage Bonus attack speed reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 75% (based on missing health) from Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 100% (based on missing health). New Effect: The amount of attack speed being granted is now displayed on his passive icon.
V11.2
  • Vicious Strikes Life steal increased to 16 / 18 / 20 / 22 / 24% from 14 / 16 / 18 / 20 / 22%. Healing amplification reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 33% (based on missing health) from Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 50% (based on missing health).
V11.1
  • Stats Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1. Base health reduced to 597 from 597.24.
V10.25 - December 15th Hotfix
  • Undertow Slow reduced to 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% from 29 / 33 / 37 / 41 / 45%.
  • Vicious Strikes Bonus attack speed reduced to 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% from 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95%.
V10.23
  • Stats Base mana regeneration reduced to 7.465 from 7.466.
V10.6
  • General Recommended items updated.
V9.16
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Butcher Olaf.
V9.12
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Pentakill Olaf.
V9.4
  • General Updated visual effects. Basic attacks now have swipe VFX. Basic attacks hit VFX updated.
  • Undertow Now has hitbox and pick-up range indicators. Pick-up VFX updated.
  • Vicious Strikes Buff and healing VFX updated. Floating runes removed.
  • Reckless Swing On-hit VFX updated.
  • Ragnarok New lightning VFX on activation. Buff VFX updated.
  • Brolaf Has skin-specific Graggy VFX on Q, E, and R. Has the Graggy Ice logo on Q's pick-up indicator and a keg on E hit.
  • Pentakill Olaf Has firey VFX recoloring. Has the Pentakill logo on E hit and R activation.
  • Butcher Olaf Q hitbox indicator recolored to be meatier.
  • SKT T1 Olaf Has golden VFX recoloring. SKT T1 logo added to Q pick-up indicator, E hit, and R activation.
V9.1
  • Vicious Strikes New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.
  • Ragnarok New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.
V8.15
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Butcher Olaf.
  • Vicious Strikes Bonus attack speed increased to 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% from 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80%.
V8.7
  • Ragnarok Bonus movement speed towards enemy champion reduced to 20 / 45 / 70% from 50 / 60 / 70%.
V8.5
  • Reckless Swing Cooldown reduced to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8. AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)40% AD.
  • Ragnarok Active bonus AD reduced to 15 / 20 / 25 from 40 / 60 / 80. New Effect: Active bonus AD now scales with Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)30% AD.
V8.3
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 8.5 from 8.512.
V8.2
  • Reckless Swing New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
  • Pentakill Olaf Undertow Bug Fix: Once again makes a cymbal crash sound.
V7.22
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 68 from 59.98. Base armor increased to 35 from 26.04.
  • Undertow Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250.
V7.16
  • General Texture update to Pentakill Olaf (continuation from V7.15).
V7.15
  • General Texture update to Pentakill Olaf (continued in V7.16).
V7.14
  • SKT T1 Olaf Undertow Bug Fix: On-hit particles no longer become a massive disco if Undertow hits a moving target.
V7.10
  • General Texture update to Brolaf.
V6.22
  • Ragnarok Bug Fix: Brolaf no longer plays two VO lines at once when activating Ragnarok.
V6.18
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Pentakill Olaf.
V6.9
  • General New splash artwork for Glacial Olaf.
V6.8
  • Vicious Strikes Life steal increased to 14 / 16 / 18 / 20 / 22% from 9 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21%.
  • Ragnarok Passive armor and magic resist increased to 20 / 30 / 40 from 10 / 20 / 30.
V5.22
  • Stats Base mana increased to 315.6 from 265.6. Mana growth reduced to 42 from 45.
V5.17
  • Ragnarok Fixed a bug where Olaf was knocked back by Scatter the Weak
V5.9
  • Ragnarok Now grants 50 / 60 / 70% bonus movement speed towards enemies for 1 second.
V4.18
  • General Texture update to Classic, Brolaf, Forsaken and Glacial.
V4.13
  • General Splash artwork for Forsaken Olaf and Glacial Olaf updated to the Chinese art.
  • Undertow Cooldown reduced to 7 seconds from 8.
  • Vicious Strikes Healing amplification increased to +1% per 2% missing health from +1% per 2.5% missing health.
  • Ragnarok Cooldown reduced to 100 / 90 / 80 seconds from 120 / 100 / 80.
V4.9
  • General New splash artwork for Pentakill Olaf.
V4.5
  • General Base armor increased to 21 from 17.
V4.1
  • Undertow Slow reduced to 29 / 33 / 37 / 41 / 45% from 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55%.
V3.14 - November 22nd Hotfix
  • Undertow Bugfix: Fixed a bug where dropping a ward after using Undertow would create new axes that would both do damage and reduce Undertow’s cooldown.
V3.13
  • Undertow Slow duration increased to 1.5-2.5 seconds from 1-2 seconds. Mana cost changed to 60 from 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75.
  • Vicious Strikes Bonus attack speed increased to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80%.
  • Reckless Swing Health cost reduced to 30% of the damage dealt from 40%.
V3.12 rework
  • General New splash artwork for Original Olaf. Base mana reduced to 235 from 270.
  • Undertow Base damage reduced to 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 from 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260. Slow percent increased to 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% from 24 / 28 / 32 / 36 / 40%. Slow duration reduced to 1-2 seconds based on distance traveled (from 2.5 seconds flat). Slow no longer decays. Minimum throw distance added (400). Axes now stick in walls and structures only if they would land in impassible terrain. Axes now make jungle monsters ignore unit collision (to better enable Olaf's axe pickup play in the jungle).
  • Vicious Strikes Mana cost reduced to 30 from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60. Now grants 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80% attack speed. Now provides 1% extra healing for every 2.5% health that Olaf is missing Bonus life steal retained. Bonus attack damage and spell vamp removed.
  • Reckless Swing Cooldown increased to 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5. Base damage reduced to 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 from 100 / 160 / 220 / 280 / 340. Bonus damage ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+40% AD) from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+0% AD). Health cost is equal to 40% of total damage dealt (unchanged ratio). Health cost is now refunded if it kills the target. Basic attacks lower the cooldown of Reckless Swing by 1 second.
  • Ragnarok Cooldown changed to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 100. Mana cost removed. Now passively provides 10 / 20 / 30 armor and magic resist. Active reworked: now removes the bonus armor and magic resist passive and grants 40 / 60 / 80 bonus attack damage while active. Olaf now turns red when Ragnarok is active. Crowd control immunity retained.
V3.6
  • Reckless Swing Can be cast at any health value, but will not reduce health below 1.
V3.01
  • Undertow Slow now fades over the duration.
  • Vicious Strikes Cooldown increased to 16 seconds from 12.
  • Ragnarok No longer passively grants bonus armor penetration. Now only grants bonus armor penetration while active.
V1.0.0.152
  • General Movement speed increased to 350 from 325.
V1.0.0.139
  • Reckless Swing Cooldown increased to 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds from 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4.
V1.0.0.136
  • Ragnarok Updated buff tooltip to reflect that it now grants armor and magic resist instead of flat damage reduction.
V1.0.0.135
  • General Movement speed increased to 325 from 320.
  • Undertow: Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210. Scaling changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+100 bonus AD) from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+50% bonus AD). Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds from 10. Cooldown refund from picking up the axe reduced to 4.5 seconds from 6.
  • Ragnarok Now grants 30 / 45 / 60 armor and magic resist instead of 20 / 30 / 40 flat damage reduction.
V1.0.0.129
  • Ragnarok Olaf is now immune to blinds and silences for the duration.
V1.0.0.128
  • Undertow Missile speed increased to 1600 from 1500.
  • Ragnarok It now breaks crowd control effects upon activation. Duration changed to 6 seconds at all ranks from 5 / 6.5 / 8.
V1.0.0.125
  • Stats Base armor increased to 17 from 14.
  • Reckless Swing Mana cost reduced to 0 from 50.
V1.0.0.115
  • Ragnarok Fixed a bug where it was reducing true damage.
V1.0.0.111
  • Undertow Fixed a bug where it could hit the same target twice.
V1.0.0.110
  • Undertow Fixed a bug where could not deal damage to the same target within 1 second of the previous hit.
V1.0.0.109
  • Undertow Base damage reduced to 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 from 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 / 245. Attack damage scaling increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+50% bonus AD) from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+30% bonus AD). Fixed a bug where it was dealing too much damage.
V1.0.0.108
  • Vicious Strikes Base damage reduced to 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 / 35 from 10 / 17 / 24 / 31 / 38. Health scaling increased to 1% from 0.5%.
V1.0.0.107
  • Undertow Now deals physical damage instead of magic damage.
  • Vicious Strikes Health scaling changed to 0.5% at all ranks from 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.2 / 1.5%. Base damage changed to 10 / 17 / 24 / 31 / 38 from 12 / 18 / 24 / 30 / 36.
  • Ragnarok Damage reduction reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 from 25 / 45 / 65.
V1.0.0.98
  • Undertow Slow increased to 24 / 28 / 32 / 36 / 40% from 16 / 22 / 28 / 34 / 40%.
V1.0.0.96
  • Ragnarok Now displays "Cannot be Disabled!" when it blocks a debuff.
V1.0.0.87
  • Added
  • Berserker Rage (Innate) For each 1% of health missing, Olaf's attack speed is increased by 1%.
  • Undertow (Q) Olaf throws an axe into the ground at a target location, dealing damage to units it passes through and slowing their movement speed. If Olaf picks up the axe, the ability's cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds.
  • Vicious Strikes (W) Olaf's attack damage is increased, based on his health, and he gains massive lifesteal and spell vamp.
  • Reckless Swing (E) Olaf attacks with such force that it deals true damage to his target and himself.
  • Ragnarok (Ultimate) Olaf is immune to disables, has increased armor penetration and reduces incoming damage by a flat amount.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Olaf on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Olaf's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Olaf struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Olaf's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Olaf, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.