# Olaf Counters Who counters Olaf? Best and worst picks against Olaf by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Olaf in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) ## Page Content [Olaf guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) [Play against Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/how-to-play-against/) [Olaf counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/counters/) Best and worst picks against Olaf in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Yorick, Tryndamere and Sett beat Olaf most often. Sett, Aatrox and Darius win the laning phase against Olaf by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Olaf Highest win rate versus Olaf in Top. - 1 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 205 games 56.1% - 2 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 363 games 55.9% - 3 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 495 games 54.5% - 4 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 239 games 54.0% - 5 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 164 games 53.7% - 6 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 369 games 53.4% - 7 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 233 games 53.2% - 8 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 145 games 53.1% - 9 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 257 games 52.9% - 10 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 242 games 52.9% - 11 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 155 games 52.3% - 12 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 444 games 52.2% - 13 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 382 games 52.1% - 14 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 214 games 51.9% - 15 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 216 games 51.4% ## Worst picks against Olaf Lowest win rate versus Olaf in Top. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 143 games 37.1% - 2 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 105 games 41.9% - 3 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 240 games 42.1% - 4 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 171 games 43.3% - 5 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 343 games 43.4% - 6 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 196 games 43.9% - 7 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 177 games 45.8% - 8 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 249 games 46.2% - 9 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 132 games 46.2% - 10 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 237 games 46.4% - 11 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 135 games 46.7% - 12 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 426 games 47.0% - 13 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 647 games 47.8% - 14 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 346 games 48.3% - 15 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 126 games 48.4% ## Best lane counters vs Olaf Largest gold lead over Olaf at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 167 games +690 - 2 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 129 games +464 - 3 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 170 games +460 - 4 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 105 games +424 - 5 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 135 games +149 - 6 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 236 games +118 - 7 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 146 games +43 ## How to play against Olaf Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Dodge Q and punish when the axe lands far behind him, before he can pick it up. - Avoid extended low-health trades; his passive and W turn close fights if you stay melee. - Bait R before committing major CC, then disengage until the immunity ends. - Fight around minion waves or terrain that make his Q retrieval awkward. - Kite backward as a group during R instead of scattering into isolated chases. ## Where Olaf is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Olaf has to run directly at targets, so slows, terrain, and disengage can waste his immunity window. - His durability depends on staying in combat at low health, making burst and kiting stronger than extended brawls. ## Olaf counters: questions ### Who counters Olaf in Top? At Gold+, Yorick (56.1%), Tryndamere (55.9%) and Sett (54.5%) have the highest win rates against Olaf. ### Who does Olaf counter? Olaf wins most often against Varus (37.1%), Rumble (41.9%) and K'Sante (42.1%). ### Who wins lane against Olaf? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Sett (+690), Aatrox (+464) and Darius (+460) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Olaf. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Sett counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/counters/) - [Aatrox counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)