Is there any plans to fix Brolaf or are we letting him die?

BustyChicksFTW·Jul 9, 2015·2 votes·518 views

I feel like Olaf is completely dead and has been since his rework. He has no niche. He does nothing well that someone else can't do better.

He used to be THAT scary mother****** that would make your ADC squeal. Now he's just "Oh look, Olaf, let me 3 shot him". The W update killed his play style.

I'm an Olaf lover. I just wish he'd be more viable in team compositions. Everyone rages at me when I take Olaf because, truth be told, I could just take Aatrox or Jarvan and do a WAY better job.

3 Comments

djjomonJul 9, 20151 votes

He's not quite dead. He sees some competitive play here and there, mostly in EU (Reignover?) He's just not quite meta, not OP. But he is viable. You just have to know when and how to play him. Hell, I wanna pick him up soon. But there are other spots to fill in my champ pool first.

That being said, he is a bit lackluster. He's still quite the duelist, and will delete a squishy if he can get close. With the prevalence of hard engage comps last patch, he was in an underestimated spot. We'll see what happens with the item 3800 nerfs.

He does need some sort of update, but not too much. Number buffs might make him too strong, while a rework is always a make-or-break situation.

And I disagree that Aatrox would do his job better, but that's my opinion. Jarvan however... slightly different play pattern but similar result

BustyChicksFTWJul 9, 20151 votes

Thank you very much for your answer Djjomon.

He is kind of viable in my opinion too. I used to be a huge Olaf player (Season 1-2) then other champions came along that, I find, does the job way better than him.

I respect your opinion about Aatrox, I just feel like Aatrox is more of a viable alternative as an Anti-ADC (granted by his high mobility and passive)/Duelist than Olaf is.

For Jarvan, I'd say he gets results way faster way better. If you do not have a blink (which not many ADCs have) or flash up, you are essentially screwed, thus, in my opinion, makes him the best Anti-ADC.

BustyChicksFTWJul 11, 20151 votes

Bump :|?