Why is it always Fiora and Darius? I reaally don't get it. At least when Fiora and Darius come charging into your team you can stop them. When Olaf does it there's NOTHING you can do. So, for those of you complaining about Darius and Fiora, all I have to say is "Just CC them LOL". Too bad that doesn't work with Olaf. If you need more proof of how broken he is, look at the game where he was played at worlds. Completely destroyed Irelia.
Raoul3 votesBecause a) Olaf hurts himself to do true damage and b) he needs his Ultimate to do anything, which, again, weakens him resistance wise, otherwise hes kited way too easy c) he doesnt dash to you or pulls you to him, he relies on an not so hard to dodge skillshot that drains his mana freaking hard (other than Darius and Fiora who could as well dont have any mana costs at all) and d) he doesnt have the totaly insame self healing power of Fiora and Darius, since his only sustain is a short time life steal, which he wont max until the very end.
TL;DR: Olaf has COUNTERPLAY!
Asayake 5150glow2 votesAnd Olaf gets stronger the more you hit him...
Ralanr2 votesBecause Olaf hurts himself with his true damage? Personally I think he has the best application of it in the game.
Leadpaintchips2 votesyet Olaf has no real gap closers, no pulls, if he builds tanky, you just need to focus down his friends, and if he goes damage, he melts.
Cloud2731 votesyet Olaf has no real gap closers, no pulls, if he builds tanky, you just need to focus down his friends, and if he goes damage, he melts.
He gets a massive MS boost when he ults. How can you possibly tell me he has no gap closer? And he gets a ranged harass (which is also a slow) that basically resets when he picks up his axe. Fiora and Darius don't have ranged harass, so it's much easier for Olaf to catch someone than it is for Darius and Fiora. Also, Olaf has righteous glory, dead man's plate, ghostblade, etc, so he has plenty of ways of catching people.
yukumari1 votesIt's generally accepted that Olaf beats Irelia pretty well, so no surprise there.
As for his true damage, I agree with you as far as complaining about darius but not Olaf goes.
With Fiora, I think it's different. She does %MaxHP True damage. She can also negate hard CC pretty well on her own. (Not as well as Olaf's ult, but it's up more consistently in lane). I Feel as though Fiora is more of a problem than darius in that way, which is why complaining about her is one thing, while complaning about Darius is another thing.
(Funny enough though, I always ban Darius, and never ban Fiora when I can. I feel like, as an Irelia main, fighting Fiora is a better matchup than Darius).
SaltyKracka1 votesBecause true damage is not actually a large portion of Olaf's damage.