Just bought olaf and did not understand how the axes work. Sometimes it bounces off minions and reach the enemy champion, but if there is no minion does that mean it can not bounce off? How can you make the axe land in a loner distance when your chasing a enemy? Also when your cs'ing is the axe the only way to cs ? or do you need to buy tiamat? When your ganking with olaf is it best to throw the axe first? or use ghost and get close then start using the skills?
Notice how the marker on the ground stretches?
It has an adjustable distance.
If you haven't already, you should play with the cast style that makes you hold down Q to adjust the distance/angle and then release the key to launch the ability.
The axe stops if it hits terrain- that means walls, turrets, inhibitors, and player-created walls such as Anivia's ice wall, Jarvan IV's wall, and Trundle's pillar. In order to make the axe go further, move your mouse further up. When you're CSing, try to save your axe since it costs a lot of mana to use and you're usually better off using it to harass the enemy laner. (Also you should really try him in the jungle- he's super fun and you get to spam your axes more so you can get more practice in using them.) Tiamat isn't necessarily the greatest item on him, IMO, but it can work- I suggest just building mostly tank with 1 or 2 damage items. And if you do decide to do that, you can actually pick up that Tiamat and turn it into a Titanic Hydra for more damage from bonus health. When ganking, yes it is ALWAYS best to throw the axe first, since it gives you a free slow and makles the enemy much easier to chase down. ALSO the cooldown resets when you pick it up, so even if you miss you can just walk up to it, pick it up, and throw it again. Try to save your ghost for when you use your ult, that way you can basically just run up to anyone on their entire team and smack them to death for free. Hope this helps! Any more questions feel free to ask :D
