How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Olaf · 47.91% win rate over 2,200 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Olaf out-trades you at level 1 — his E axe deals true damage with a cooldown that refunds on pickup, while you have only Q and no Darkness Rise aura yet. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Your Q+W spike arrives: Obliterate single-target poke banks into an Indestructible shield you recast as a heal, letting you trade back evenly for one window. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | His axe true damage and reckless dueling out-pace your W sustain at 4-5, and Ragnarok shrugs off the E pull and slow you'd kite him with. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Even with Darkness Rise online his axes chunk through your shield with true damage and the slow lets him kite your aura's move-speed. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death isolates him 1v1 with no jungle peel — you stack Darkness Rise and out-DPS him, your guaranteed flip even in a losing lane. |
| First item | Olaf | His first bruiser item plus lifesteal lets his true-damage all-in out-grind your W heal once Ragnarok is back up. |
| Two+ items | Olaf | Extended fights favour him — Ragnarok's true damage ignores your HP-scaling aura and shield, and you can't peel or escape a CC-immune Olaf. |
"Olaf owns the opening levels. His E axe-throw does true damage and slows, and picking the axe back up refunds the cooldown, so he chips you for free while you have only Q and no Darkness Rise aura online yet. Your window is level 2-3: poke with Obliterate, bank the damage into your Indestructible shield, and recast it to heal off the trade. Do not greed an all-in — if he pops Ragnarok mid-trade your E pull and aura do nothing, and his axe true damage carves straight through your shield."
The full Mordekaiser 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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