How to win lane as Gangplank against Olaf · 49.61% win rate over 770 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Olaf throws Undertow, retrieves the axe for move/attack speed, and walks you down behind the slow — you have no waveclear and your barrels aren't online to zone him. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | At level 2 the Undertow slow plus auto pressure beats your short trades, and your low-HP keg gets free-hit and denied before it arms — concede CS and play safe. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your second keg point and lower Q cooldown bring Parrrley-into-keg poke online, evening out his walk-up to farm. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | At 6 Ragnarok makes him CC-immune so your kegs and Cannon Barrage can't peel, but it adds no damage and Remove Scurvy cleanses the slow — the window trades to roughly even. |
| Level 6 | Gangplank | Sheen/Essence Reaver-empowered Parrrley plus a chained keg detonation finally out-trades his axe-throws — your first-item spike flips the lane in your favor. |
| First item | Gangplank | Chained keg detonations let you zone and burst him from range before he can stack an all-in, so the mid-game farm phase tilts to you. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Kegs one-shot him from range, but a fed Olaf with Ragnarok up can still all-in through your slows and Reckless Swing you down — genuinely even by full items. |
Levels 1-3 are his — Olaf throws Undertow, runs over to retrieve the axe for the move and attack speed, and walks you down behind the slow before you have any waveclear or barrel HP to answer. Don't force a Q-into-keg trade here: your Powder Keg (E) has barely any health and he'll just free-hit it to pop it before it arms. Last-hit at the tip of Parrrley (Q) range, concede a little CS, and never let the Undertow slow stick you in his auto range — that's how you feed a level-2 all-in.
The full Gangplank vs Olaf report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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