Everything You Need to Know About Olaf in League of Legends

If you want to pick up a new Top Laner or Jungler that has a very low skill curve, meaning you can start gaining that important LP with them quickly, Olaf is your man!

As a diver, he's naturally very good at running enemies down. His ability to heal himself means this champion has some of the best self sustain in the game. Olaf wins almost every single 1v1 he'll come up against -  but only if you know how to play him correctly.

Here is everything you need to know about Olaf including his abilities, his lore, and hopefully you can become an Olaf god by the time you finish this League of Legends guide.

Passive: Berserker Rage

Olaf passively gains bonus Attack Speed and Lifesteal based on his missing health, which is between 50 to 100% bonus Attack Speed at the max, and up to 25% Lifesteal at 70% missing health.

This means that the lower health Olaf is, the faster he attacks, and the more heals with his auto attacks - making him even harder to kill and especially when you include his Ultimate! This makes him nearly impossible unless you burst him down quickly!

Q: Undertow

Perhaps Olaf's most iconic ability, Olaf throws an axe in the target direction that deals up to 265 Physical Damage plus 100% of Olaf's bonus AD. It also slows enemies for up to 2.5 seconds at max throwing distance.

This slow is up to 45% when this ability is at level five, and enemy champions that he hits with the axe also receive 20% armor reduction for four seconds.

The axe will then remain in place until the ability is back of cooldown, and Olaf can then go and pick up the axe to reduce the cooldown of the ability by 2.5 seconds.

W: Tough It Out

When Olaf uses this ability he gains up to 80% bonus Attack Speed for four seconds and he also grants himself a shield for 2.5 seconds, for an amount that is capped 70% of his missing health.

This shield has a base shielding power of 130 plus 17.5% missing health, as well and this ability also resetting his auto attacks.

E: Reckless Swing

Olaf calls down lightning onto the enemy he targets with Reckless Swing, which deals True Damage of up to 250 plus 50% of Olaf's AD.

If this ability kills the target, Olaf will heal himself equal to the health cost of this ability. That cost is 75% of Olaf's health, plus 15% of his AD in health at level five of this ability.

R: Ragnarok 

Every time Olaf upgrades his Ultimate Ability, he gains bonus Armor and Magic Resistance, being 10 at rank one, 20 at rank two, and 30 at rank three.

When you activate Ragnarok, Olaf becomes enraged for three seconds, which Cleanses himself of all Crowd Control and makes him immune to it. As well as gaining bonus attack damage and 10% increased size.

This bonus Attack Damage is up to 30 plus 25% of his AD,  and he also gains bonus movement speed about to 70% when he first uses the ability.

Every time Olaf hits an enemy champion with his E, Reckless Swing, or an auto attack he increases the duration of his Ultimate for 2.5 seconds!

When was Olaf released in League of Legends?

Olaf was released over 13 years ago on June, 2010! This was in Patch 1.0.0.87, alongside one of the most popular items in the game, ‘Needlessly Large Rod’ in the same patch.

Where is Olaf from in League of Legends?

Olaf comes from a place called Lokfar in the Freljord where he currently resides as part of the Winter’s Claw faction.

Lokfar is on the Western coast of the Freljord, and is one of the coldest regions in the whole of Runeterra.

Olaf’s Age in League of Legends

Olaf is getting on a bit now, considering he was born between 956 AN and 961 AN. He is approximately 36 to 41 years of age, and he has a hAD his true ice axes with him for almost all of this time!

Olaf’s Voice Actor in League of Legends