Olaf Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 52.2%
- Pick rate
- 7.3%
- Ban rate
- 5.6%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Gathering Storm
Legend: Alacrity
Last Stand
Summoner spells
64.7%
17 games
Max order
Q
E
W
57.9%
271 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Olaf
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Olaf wins 52.2% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (1,315 games).
- Most common core: Stridebreaker → Experimental Hexplate → Death's Dance — 67% win rate over 36 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 77% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Varus (73% over 11 games). Hardest: Garen (33% over 21 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 70.8% | 2% (24) | |
| 61.5% | 10% (130) | |
| 60.0% | 2% (20) | |
| 58.4% | 45% (594) | |
| 57.1% | 12% (154) | |
| 55.0% | 25% (333) | |
| 54.7% | 57% (749) | |
| 54.5% | 3% (44) | |
| 53.6% | 4% (56) | |
| 52.9% | 63% (830) | |
| 52.7% | 4% (55) | |
| 52.0% | 2% (25) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Inspiration 
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Last Stand
Biscuit Delivery
Approach Velocity
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Precision +
Inspiration
Keystones
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
50.9%77% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
56.4%22% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
51.0%47% pick
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Flash + Ignite
55.9%26% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
50.9%24% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
57.9%271 games
E
Q
W
52.6%19 games
Q
W
E
0.0%3 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (52%), Q → W → E (55%), Q → E → Q (57%).
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PBerserker RageOlaf gains Attack Speed and Life Steal based on his missing Health.
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QUndertow
Olaf throws an axe into the ground at a target location, dealing damage to enemies it passes through and reducing their Armor and Move Speed. If Olaf picks up the axe, the ability's cooldown is reset.
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WTough It Out
Olaf's Attack Speed is increased and he gains a Shield.
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EReckless Swing
Olaf attacks with such force that it deals true damage to his target and himself, refunding the Health cost if he destroys the target.
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RRagnarokOlaf passively gains increased armor and magic resist. He can activate this ability to become immune to disables for as long as he keeps attacking.