Varus vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Varus
based on 1,466 Varus vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Olaf
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Advice to Win Against Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Varus vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several important Varus against Olaf matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Varus often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Olaf. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Olaf
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Who is Better, Varus or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Olaf, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter to Olaf.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Olaf.
Furthermore, Varus also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Olaf. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Olaf. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Varus versus Olaf build consist of Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Olaf than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Olaf with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Olaf as Varus, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Varus vs Olaf LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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