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Olaf

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

23.8%#18 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.3%picked in 256 of 3,103 games
Ban: 15.5%348 bans over 2,251 games, against 3.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top47.0% between 41.2% and 52.8% over 198 gamesSoloQ 50.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.8 min

Amateur: 2,961 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 163,618 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Stridebreaker, Experimental Hexplate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 85% of top laners.DuelistDamage
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.1%
SoloQ
1.5%
3.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
15.4%
SoloQ
3.8%
15.4% ban rate in amateur play over 1,746 games, against 3.8% in soloQ over 116,542 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.8 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Experimental Hexplate, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror91% · 6,795

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost57% · 4,286

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 48 games

Core (3 legendaries)19% · 748

19%of soloQ games

Stridebreaker
Experimental Hexplate
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 85% of top laners.

Team damagetop15%24% · top laners: 20%
Takes its kills in duelstop24%31% · top laners: 28%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist
Damage

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights

What it is not

Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 36 in lane, 46 in mid game and 48 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

585-14 vs 599

856-12 vs 868

1,078-1 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Olaftop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 89% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 36 of 100 among top laners585 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 46 of 100 among top laners856 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 48 of 100 among top laners1,078 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 87 of 100 among top laners+485 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 89 of 100 among top laners+759 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 72 of 100 among top laners1,159 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 55 of 100 among top laners54% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 76 of 100 among top laners31% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 16 of 100 among top lanersrank 16 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 25 of 100 among top laners0.5 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 85 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.