Olaf Counters
Find Olaf counters, difficult matchups and champions Olaf performs well against.
Weak Against — Champions That Counter Olaf
Win rate shown from Olaf's perspective — lower means a harder matchup.
Strong Against — Champions Olaf Counters
All Olaf Matchups
| Opponent | Role | Type | Win Rate | Games | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sett | Top | Counter | 43.0% | 114 | — |
| Shen | Top | Counter | 46.1% | 102 | — |
| Yone | Top | Counter | 47.8% | 161 | — |
| Darius | Top | Counter | 48.4% | 153 | — |
| Gangplank | Top | Counter | 49.7% | 175 | — |
| Malphite | Top | Favorable | 56.8% | 125 | — |
| Ambessa | Top | Favorable | 56.4% | 117 | — |
| Teemo | Top | Favorable | 54.7% | 128 | — |
| Jayce | Top | Favorable | 54.6% | 198 | Matchup |
| Garen | Top | Favorable | 53.4% | 148 | — |
How to Use Olaf Counter Data
Everything on this page — who beats Olaf and who Olaf beats — is computed from live ranked matchup data for Top. The toughest lane opponents at the moment are Nidalee, Bel’Veth, Naafiri: against them Olaf posts its lowest win rates in the current data set. The single strongest counter is Nidalee, where Olaf wins just 34.9% of 109 recorded games. On the flip side, Olaf performs well into Xin Zhao, Varus, Jayce, making them safer picks to face.
Each card shows the win rate from Olaf’s perspective and the number of games behind it — a matchup with tens of thousands of games is far more trustworthy than one with a few hundred. The Easy/Even/Hard labels are computed from those win rates (below 48% reads as Hard, above 52% as Easy); they are a reading aid, not a separate source stat. Data comes from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions, currently on patch 16.13.1, and refreshes automatically every 48 hours, so the numbers move with the meta. Counters are only half the picture: check the current Olaf build for the strongest items and runes, or the Olaf champion page for abilities and full details.
Olaf Counters — FAQ
Sett is currently the strongest counter to Olaf — Olaf wins only 43.0% of 114 recorded games in that matchup. Other difficult opponents are listed in the Weak Against section above.
Olaf performs best against Malphite, winning 56.8% of those games — see the full Strong Against list above.
Automatically every 48 hours, from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions (currently patch 16.13.1).
Yes — every matchup record carries the patch it was collected on, and the whole page refreshes with each data update, so the numbers always describe the current patch rather than an old meta.