Olaf Jungle Build Guide

Core Build

• Summoner Spells: Ghost, Smite
• Starting Items: Emberknife, Refillable Potion
• Core Items: Stridebreaker → Plated Steelcaps → Sundered Sky
• Final Items: Sterak's Gage → Death's Dance → Spirit Visage

Optimal Runes

• Primary (Precision): Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand
• Secondary (Inspiration): Approach Velocity, Magical Footwear
• Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Skill Order: Q > E > W

Key Strategies

1. Pick up your Q (axe) after throws to reset cooldown
2. Manage mana consumption with axe throws
3. Leverage early game power for aggressive ganks
4. Invade enemy jungle when ahead

Strong Against:

• Smolder (65.2% WR)
• Yasuo (57.0% WR)
• Jayce (56.9% WR)

Weak Against:

• Elise (41.1% WR)
• Ivern (42.3% WR)
• Master Yi (42.3% WR)

Best Synergies:

• Rammus (58.7% WR)
• Udyr (58.6% WR)
• Rek'Sai (54.2% WR)

Alternative Build

• Core: Ravenous Hydra → Plated Steelcaps → Sundered Sky
• Final Items: Sterak's Gage → Death's Dance → Jak'Sho, The Protean (56.7% WR over 60 matches)

Off-Meta Build

• Core: Experimental Hexplate → Plated Steelcaps → Stridebreaker
• Final Items: Death's Dance → Sterak's Gage → Jak'Sho, The Protean (54.9% WR over 51 matches)

Teamfight Role

• Focus frontline to protect teammates when behind
• Target enemy backline when ahead
• Utilize ultimate to avoid crowd control

All win rates and statistics based on Emerald+ ranked games from current patch.

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