What exactly is Olaf's role and identity?
I know it's too soon in the season but the identity crisis has gone on for a while now. And based on my initial observation, the problem will persist for Olaf.
Q. Is he a juggernaut? -Everything about him screams it but he isn't
Q. Is he a caster? -No but funny how the most effective primary rune path for him now is Sorcery (whereas on paper Resolve and Precision would make sense, in practice they don't work for him anywhere near as well) where his axes do most of the dmg.
Q. Does his identity revolve around landing his axes? -No. I mean, I hope not. And I'm quite positive that wasn't the design intention (in terms of risk/reward) for him to land his axes
Q. Is he a lane bully? -No. A decent player isn't stupid enough to trade with you when your W is up. Unless you spend all your mana spamming those axes. If you want to use your W to sustain via creeps then you push your lane.
Q. Is he a late game char? -Also no. Statistically. But I do find it harder for him late game since mobility is insane.
Q. So what's his role in teamfight? To rush their squishes? -LOL. You can't catch up (on the basis that the other squishes/supports aren't complete new or incompetent players). EVEN IF YOU LAND YOUR AXES. The mobility is again, insane. You might land 2-3 autos before you're dead
Q. So now what? Do you peel? -You have a slow and that's about it. I mean unless Olaf's definition of "peel" is "I can't really keep my squishies alive anyway so I should just dish out as much dmg as I can since they're skipping me"
Q. What's with his Ult? -Idk about you guys but other champions' ults feel...satisfying, powerful and often time do not have a (huge) trade-off. Olaf's ult doesn't give me that "OH YEAH! HELL YA! IMA F*K SHYT UP" since losing your tankiness is basically a death spell in this high dmg meta. No matter how perfect your timing is for this ult you feel...punished. And the other team knows it. You die before doing anything meaningful (so much for that extra ad).
Q. What about the CC immunity? That's super helpful right? -Perhaps in a 1vs1 or gank situation. But not much in teamfight. CC Immunity alone is a very OP if not broken concept. However having that as part of Olaf's kit in combination with the high-dmg high-mobility meta, it's a non-impact
Q. So is OP QQing, listing a bunch of problems that might be caused by him being a sh*t player and not offering any solutions? -Yes. I'm sorry. But yes. I'm just frustrated so I felt like I had to voice my opinion
