Garen vs Olaf

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

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Kite his R

Always kite his R if he all-ins you: never face-tank Ragnarok unless you're certain you can burst him through it.

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Short Q-E trades

From level 5 with points in Q, auto-Q-E for a short trade then run on Stormraider's Surge: leave straight away so he can't land multiple Q slows on you.

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Respect his early levels

Olaf has an incredibly strong early game: respect him for the most part until you have a few points in Q.

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Never get baited into short trades once he has Vampiric Scepter: he heals to full off one wave and there's no way to beat him without a lead.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERY

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 52% WR - 798 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

Garen vs Olaf in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: kite his Ragnarok all-in, face-tanking his R is how you die.

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