Tryndamere vs Olaf

Tryndamere
vs
53.6%

over 386 games

Olaf

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageSustained DPSHigh burstHeavy poke

Build vs Olaf

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Tryndamere: Ravenous Hydra, Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge, Berserker's Greaves, Yun Tal Wildarrows, Mortal Reminder, Lord Dominik's Regards, Blade of The Ruined King.

Starting items

Doran's Bow
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Ravenous Hydra
1
Phantom Dancer
2
Infinity Edge
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Yun Tal Wildarrows
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot76%
ExhaustFlash11%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Yun Tal Wildarrows
Mortal Reminder
Lord Dominik's Regards
Blade of The Ruined King
Endless Hunger
Navori Flickerblade
B. F. Sword
Death's Dance
Profane Hydra
Executioner's Calling
The Collector
Kraken Slayer
Quicksilver Sash
Tiamat
Stridebreaker
Serylda's Grudge
Serrated Dirk
Guardian Angel
Hullbreaker
Essence Reaver
Mercurial Scimitar
Serpent's Fang
Wit's End
Experimental Hexplate
Randuin's Omen
62.3% WR53 games
DominationDomination
Hail of BladesHail of Blades
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Grisly MementosGrisly Mementos
Treasure HunterTreasure Hunter
PrecisionPrecision
Last StandLast Stand
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Olaf's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Berserker Rage (P)

Olaf gains Attack Speed and Life Steal based on his missing Health.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s16s11s–
69s16s11s1m40
99s15s11s1m40
119s14s11s1m30
169s12s9s1m20
189s12s7s1m20

Playing as Tryndamere

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Manage your Fury

    Keep your Fury high before a trade: with Battle Fury (passive), it raises your critical strike chance. Spend it with Bloodlust (Q) when you need health.

  2. Mocking Shout before the trade

    Cast Mocking Shout (W) before a trade against a physical damage champion: it lowers their attack damage, and slows enemies who turn their back on you.

  3. Reset Spinning Slash with crits

    Count on Spinning Slash (E) to stick to your target or to escape: each critical strike lowers its cooldown, more so on a champion.

  4. Use your ult at the last moment

    Wait until you're close to death to cast Undying Rage (R): you can't die during the effect, and delaying it pushes the enemy to take risks to kill you.

  5. Split push far from your team

    Split push in a distant lane to draw several enemies: Undying Rage (R) helps you hold them off while your team takes an objective.

Playing against Olaf

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge his axe

    Dodge Undertow (Q): it's his only slow, and without a dash, he can only reach you on foot.

  2. Trade while his axe is away

    Take a trade when his axe has landed far from him: until he picks it up, Undertow (Q) keeps its 9-second cooldown.

  3. No long trades when he's low

    Avoid long trades when he's low on health: Berserker Rage (passive) gives him attack speed and life steal based on his missing health.

  4. Save your CC for after Ragnarok

    If you have CC, save it for after Ragnarok (R): while it lasts, no CC stops him, and it has a 100 to 80 second cooldown.

Patch 16.21.1