Its season 5 and olaf is still not in a healthy spot

Affinity2·Jan 14, 2015·5 votes·698 views

Riot. with the new jungle this is a perfect chance for some re-balancing on everyone's favorite viking. Post your idea's on how to make olaf awesome below lets give him some love where he desperately needs it in this all damage mega tank meta

2 Comments

BijornJan 14, 20151 votes

I love Olaf. He is my favorite bruiser. Favorite champ in the game honestly. But it is difficult to balance him.

The issues:

His ULT
- He is immune to all forms of CC. That is HUGE. This is the main reason why Riot kind of ignores him/half asses him. It is extremely powerful and Riot most likely feels that if they give him any other weapons (like a gap closer) he will insta kill an ADC/backline.
His Q
- Low range, slow moving skillshot very easy to avoid. Small and short slow on it. Necessary to land multiple times to get onto target. You miss once, you are either dead or opposing champ got away. Mana heavy as well.
His W
- AS steroid is meh IMHO as it is redundant with his passive.

Other things: - VERY easy to kite. - No gap closer - Looses tanky stats when diving into opposing backline when he ults - Relies heavily on ghost to be effective at all - Needs to use "Q" to clear waves quickly - Needs to build tanky or will get blown up ** - Can NOT stick to target at all**

I really do hope that Riot even looks at him, for their rework did not fix any of the issues that us players were having with him. With the mobility creep, Olaf does not work in league anymore. There are less than half a dozen niche circumstances that he fits into at this point.

Disclaimer: These are my own opinions. Constructive criticism is invited. I am in no way an expert or a "great" player.

TerminatusOmegaJan 14, 20151 votes

im gonna emphasis the "Can not stick to target" because literally, league of mobility is the name of the game.. and janna helps counter the current meta.

Olaf is in a terrible spot, very very weak slow and his Q range and speed is pathetic.

his ult passive is worse than Ori's ball, and she can use it anyone.. etc etc

should make olaf back into being a caster melee and manaless