Olaf runes masteries and items?

dolphinosplash24·Apr 9, 2017·2 votes·672 views

I just played a game with Olaf because the enemy team banned my 1st choice and picked my second. I had no idea how to play him and lost the game for my team. Can someone pls help me.

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SmitemuffinApr 9, 20171 votes

Summoners: summoner 6 summoner 11 . Never take summoner 4 unless you have a really specific reason like you're facing an Anivia or J4

**Runes:**AD marks, AS quints, armor seals, MR glyphs. You want all of these to be flat value runes because Olaf needs to get an early lead and snowball.

Masteries: Pretty much all keystone masteries are lackluster on Olaf, but your best bets are either 21/0/9 with Fervor or 9/0/21 for Stoneborn pact. I wouldn't go Grasp because you'll do more damage at basically all levels with 1 more basic attack, which 5% max hp from Stoneborn will give you. It also has the healing mark for your allies, which is good because Olaf doesn't have much utility.

Build: item 1401 is usually necessary as a first item because you need to have health to survive early ganks and dives. item 3047 are really OP right now so you'll almost always want those. Then it's usually a good idea to get either item 3071 item 3748 or item 3022 . If they're really AD heavy, you can get item 3025 . If they have 3 tanks, item 3153 can work. Olaf gets the most benefit from CDR and attack speed, which both give him more uses of Reckless Swings, which is a big boost to his damage output.

After your 2nd item, you need to build tank items for the rest of your build. Your job will usually be to run in and keep the most fed damage dealer from doing anything other than run from you.