Um RIOT? Maybe you need to RE-LOOK OLAF for a sec.

546f7047756e··1 votes·606 views

Ya olaf is flawed he's just Volibear, but nerfed version of Volibear. He moves so slow and his axe throw isn't reliable enough to catch down opponents and he has no escape so he gets kited so easily. Volibear's q is just more useful/reliable, as an escape and catching down opponents. Volibear's bite also do A LOT more damage than olaf's true damage E. At lvl 18 for example, Voli's bite can do well over 600 damage. While olaf's e does true damage, its only about 300. VOlibear's ult gives 75 damage at lvl 1 and lasts 12 sec plus its AOE magic damage, while olaf's ult at lvl 1 gives 40 physical damage and only lasts 6 seconds. And Despite olaf's decent lifesteal, volibears passive overall makes him more tanky.

So all in all, volibear is better than olaf as a dualist and more useful/reliable/tankier in team fights. Don't get me wrong, Olaf is a not a bad dualist, just that Volibear is a better dualist. If you think I'm wrong, please don't hesitate to enlighten me on why he's not inferior to Volibear.

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BlueVestGuy1 votes

Olaf can easely outdamage volibear AA-Wise, though. His attack speed can be quite high with his w and passive... If you're fighting a mana champ and he's low, that'll help. Plus, ragnarok's CC-immunity helps him chase/escape.

Well, I mean, I say that but i've never played volibear. I don't know if he also has all that.

546f7047756e1 votes

AS someone who mains volibear in ranked with over 400 volibear ranked games, and got me from Bronze 5 to gold, and onwards, I will say that volibear is a better dualist than Olaf and counters him from lvl 1 to lvl 18. as Olaf, you just cant 1 v 1 a volibear (when both item lvls are same).

Yandere Carry1 votes

Olaf scales better with items than volibear. The attack speed passive is deceptively strong on Olaf. Olafs E cooldown is reduced by auto-attacks so dueling olaf means eating a shitton of E's, which will be even more frequent as the duel progresses because he gains AS as his hp lowers.

Also, they aren't the same champ. Volibear tends to get kited a great deal more easily than olaf. (both have issues with it though)

546f7047756e1 votes

On paper all that looks good but in game its not as good. Actually, volibear can 1 v 1 olaf at anytime during the game that's why he counters him.

Yandere Carry1 votes

That's just the issue though. We can't just go "well he can't 1v1 so-and-so... clearly he needs buffs"

Volibear and Olaf are not the same champion. Olafs job isn't to 1v1 Volibear. Olafs job is to pop ulti, ignore volibear, and go murder his team's carries. That's my point. They are different.

546f7047756e1 votes

Ya problem is olaf cannot pin down their carries as well as volibear can.

Yandere Carry1 votes

Again... He isn't pinning anything down. He is literally running on top of them and murdering them. Generally, Volibear can't even get to their carries. At least, not till a good ways into the teamfight.

Take for example: Enemy has a Vayne. Everyone hates Vayne, tumblin 'n' shit.

Teamfight starts what can they do?

Volibear:Run towards her

Olaf: Run towards her

with each of their kits what can they do?

Volibear can be cc'ed(by vaynes team). Won't do nearly enough damage without his W up, and if he someone gets past their team, Vayne can just condemn him(possibly into a wall).

Olaf can press R and just run past their team. They can all turn on Olaf and try to Kill him before he outright kills vayne(all while his team is doing things mind you), or they can let Olaf just zone/murder vayne and try to 4v4 his team.

This is assuming they both are doing at the very least decent in the game.

My point is they do different jobs. Volibear gets kited super hard all the time. I love em, but they just have different skillsets.

PlayingDrunk1 votes

You're level 26...

546f7047756e1 votes

Or am I....

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