How to win lane as Malphite against Olaf · 47.42% win rate (1,474 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His %HP true + R immunity — anti-heal, kite his axes.
Track: Olaf's R — Ragnarok (100–80s cooldown). CC-immune — your R won’t hold him.
Read from Malphite's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Olaf.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Olaf's thrown axe slow plus true-damage autos punish your no-trade level 1, and Granite Shield barely buffers it. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | He hits a real level-2 power spike while you still have no trade button — eat poke and farm at range. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | His axe slow lets him walk you down with true damage; most lane bullies own pre-6 Malphite and Olaf is one of them. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | W armor-splash and E attack-speed slow finally come online so you can farm through his axes, but it is a stalemate not a win. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is your biggest spike, but Ragnarok is CC immunity — knock him up before he presses it, never after. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your armor spike (Frozen Heart/Sunfire) plus E slow lets you trade back, though his lifesteal keeps it close. |
| Two+ items | Olaf | Reckless Swing's true damage ignores armour and Granite Shield, so a fed Olaf reclaims the 1v1 — fight him only with your team. |
Olaf owns the opener and you just have to eat it. Undertow (Q, flat 9s) slows you and cuts your armour, and Reckless Swing (E, 11s at rank 1) is flat true damage that armour cannot touch. Do not trade back at Levels 1-3. Walk away from a landed axe so he cannot pick it up and reset the cooldown, and last-hit at max range. Never sit at low HP near his level 2-3 all-in — Berserker Rage feeds him attack speed as he loses health.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Malphite's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Malphite 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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Olaf, slightly — Malphite wins 47.42% of 1,474 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Olaf has a small statistical edge (52.58% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Olaf has the slight edge (Malphite wins 47.42%), though it stays close.
Malphite takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Olaf.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet / Frozen Heart first, then Thornmail / Abyssal Mask, with Plated Steelcaps.
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