Help on Olaf
I want to be really good at Olaf. Right now I'm okay, but not amazing. If you have any advice post it here, but what I would really like is someone who could play against my in a custom game and give me advice to what I'm doing wrong.
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Olaf is a juggernaut and there are tons of items you can build on him.
Your item variety should depend on the circumstances which will be given by your matchup.
Another important thing is that you should not bother putting some points early on into your w, if your laner is strong against your or something. Ghost ignite gives you huge kill pressure on lane, Flash TP gives you more pressure on the map, you have to look at the matchup on botlane. Vayne/Morgana vs Lucian/Braum? Tp might help them.
Titanic hydra into a spirits visage, righteous glory and dead mans plate gives you a lot of tank and damage. With your life steal you shouldnt die easily. If you're the one frontlining as you should, pop your ult as soon as things get rough and use it to chase down a carry or two. If you wanna go a kill lane max e, the true damage is very good. If you want a safe lane, max q. If chasing pop your ult then righteous glory if you have it built. Olaf when he gets ahead is a force to be rekand with, he gets tanky while putting out great damage with the build i have above. If you want add me (Ign : tprisque) and when im on ill gladly help you out.
Im an old Olaf main, before I picked up Mord.
The preseason is a massive Olaf buff, he's sleeper OP I promise.
Grasp of the Undying Keystone. Focus as much masteries on lifesteal and regeneration.
AD reds, MR or CDR blues, scaling health yellows, 1AD quint, 1 MS Quint, 1 AS quint.
Run TP and ghost for top, smite and ghost jungle.
Jungle start w and hunters machette.
Top start q, and Dorans blade. Use q conservetivly as it eats mana. Get good with the axe. Pokeeee and focus farm above all.
Get LS items and some resistances.
My Olaf build:
Ravenous Hydra(rush), Bloodthirster, BoRK, DMP, Swifty boots, SV.
Poke, and when you have an advantage flip ghost, ult and go HAM
LOL
Yull have more Lifesteal than Dracula and be pretty tanky and do stupid damage very fast
Spam e and w
play him mid like faker and you'll do awesome
JK, dont do it, mages will rape you a lot
I would love to play against you, man. It's always great to see players try to get better with their favorites, and I'd love to see some more Olaf out there
Olaf is generally only a good pick against CC reliant team comps, which makes him a bit risky in blind queues, but when the composition is in his favor he can walk all over the enemy team.
Olaf is very reliant on his sustain to keep him in a fight, and his HP pool to protect him from big bursts. As far as I'm concerned, Titanic Hydra is his core item. Hybrid AD/HP items are also a solid choice, as are Mogs+Visage. Building him straight AD can work but I wouldn't advise it, especially if you're struggling a lot with him. Grasp of the Undying is probably his best keystone buy he works well built out of any tree.
Finally, pay attention to your CS/ lasthitting. Olaf is threatened by a huge spectrum of different toplane champions, so try to keep the lane to your side and never give the enemy enough room to go in for the kill. The opposite if true if you managed to counter your opponent--the more-frail melee champions like Riven or Jax don't fare well against Olaf at all so push the lane, deny them farm and mess them up.
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Remember to finish minions with E, poke with Q, W only when you know you can heal off of it rather safely, and that your ult isnt the best way to run into the enemy team, Run in and then ult when they go after you. The extra armor and MR it offers lets you wade into the enemy team and when you ult lets you capitalize on your damage once near the carry and make it hard for you to be peeled.
And dont be afraid to split push when low, with more AS and decent damage you can push extremely hard and heal off the jungle if need be
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When you find that you need to dive or that they are hard turtle, the MS under tower helps with a the burst of speed and can let you push top while teamfightting mid or jungling for health or gold.
If you want to solo a baron for fun.
I don't play Olaf, but when my friend does, he builds two items almost every time. and
What up buddy! I'm a top lane Olaf main at D2 elo at your service!
Not sure if you're checking this post still so, if you respond to this, I'll make sure to answer any questions you've got! I also stream over at www.twitch.tv/dralas46 if you end up wanting to swing by there as well.
Looking forward to chatting with ya!