Jungel Olaf And Black Cleaver

Lil Gr33n Ghouls·7/29/2015, 2:29:37 PM·3 votes·402 views

I've been playing Jungle Olaf alot the past few days and I really like rushing item 3071 on him, but I haven't seen any other people use\recommend it except I think ZionSpartan in the top lane. I actually see item 3022 reccamened more but Black Cleaver is much better. I think Black Cleaver makes sense as a core item because:

  1. Flat health is always good on Olaf do to his Ragnarok passive and sustain especially with item 3709 .
  2. the 40 attack damage is just the right amount to make his damage relevant throughout the game (with Ragnarok in late game); so he can focus on tank.
  3. The %20 CDR works fantastic with his kit by speeding up clear, increasing sustain with W, and increasing how often he can use his true damage E.
  4. The rage passive activates on physical damage rather than basic attacks like Frozen Mallet; meaning that when he hits his Q he get a slow AND a speed buff; which makes ganks all the more deadly. Not to mention with Stalkers Blade and his Q he has 2 slows and since slows don't stack anymore it doesn't make sense to add a third.
  5. The Cleave passive works great with his attack speed based kit and make ganking tanks more realistic. It also helps late game since the whole team benefits from the armor shred.

I've been rushing it as my second item after Cinderhulk, but I'm going to try rushing at least item 3044 , if not the whole thing, after Stalkers Blade but before Cinderhulk. Since Cinderhulk only has 300 health, and the +25% bonus health doesn't really do much before you have another item or two, the hp from Phage is comparable for a similar cost. In addition, you get the +20 AD and the Rage passive which helps with early ganks more so than Cinderhulk. With Olaf's Q and the +20 AD his clear should be fine with out the immolation passive anyway so it makes sense on paper for ganking, farming, and dragon\scuttle control.

Anyways I was wondering what other players think about a Black Cleaver rush so I decided to make a post here. Sorry if this is in the wrong sub forum, it's my first time making a post about gameplay.

2 Comments

junglerboy167/29/2015, 3:03:50 PM3 votes

Frozen mallet is an awful choice on Olaf for one simple reason: Slows don't stack anymore.

If slows stacked, I could let it slide that someone prefers having extra slow over extra MS, but now that the slow is pretty much useless on him, all it offers over the Black Cleaver is health, where the black cleaver offers armor shred and CDR, which are much more valuable than an extra couple hundred HP on an overpriced item.

Rito Staff7/29/2015, 2:48:29 PM1 votes

I build those two, item 3071 item 3022 , on Sion :D with item 3009 +20speed upgrade. Almost certain you get kills on your passive.

Olaf is pretty cool, I don't know why people don't play him so much as his ult is pretty decent. He has the tools to get to squishies, or he can just front line