Tryndamere vs Olaf
Skill matchup
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
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Olaf's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Olaf gains Attack Speed and Life Steal based on his missing Health.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9s | 16s | 11s | – |
| 6 | 9s | 16s | 11s | 1m40 |
| 9 | 9s | 15s | 11s | 1m40 |
| 11 | 9s | 14s | 11s | 1m30 |
| 16 | 9s | 12s | 9s | 1m20 |
| 18 | 9s | 12s | 7s | 1m20 |
Playing as Tryndamere
Tips to maximize your impact
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Dodge his axe
Dodge Undertow (Q): it's his only slow, and without a dash, he can only reach you on foot.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other Tryndamere matchups
Patch 16.21.1