How to win lane as Olaf against Graves · 50.74% win rate (3,104 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bait his key tool — stick with axes and run him down — his Quickdraw can’t stop Ragnarok.
Track: Graves's E — Quickdraw (16–12s cooldown). His dash + armor stacks. Engage when it's down.
Read from Olaf's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Graves.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | No E-dash unlocked at level 1, so Q-slow into autos sticks him and your passive ramps as his shotgun chips you — you win first contact. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | His E-dash and smoke-blind come online and let him reset and kite your Q, but you can still bait-and-punish — genuinely even who gets the read first. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | You have Q-slow plus E true damage to burst, but his E-dash plus True Grit poke can trade back if he kites clean — comes down to baiting his dash. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Your axe reset perma-slows him and missing-health lifesteal out-lasts his poke — Quickdraw cannot reset the gap fast enough. |
| Level 6 | Olaf | Ragnarok keeps you disable-immune while you swing, and Smoke Screen only cuts your vision — it never stops an attack, so Reckless Swing finishes. |
| First item | Olaf | Your bruiser core (Bramble/Cleaver) plus axe-reset slows is your most oppressive point while his tanky build is still half-finished — dive him now. |
| Two+ items | Olaf | You stay ahead of his item timing in this window — force the all-in before his Eclipse/Maw + E-dash lets him burst-and-disengage from late-game range. |
Graves can't really kite you yet — Quickdraw is his only reset and at level 1 it isn't even unlocked, so land Undertow to slow him, walk on top, and let your attack speed ramp as his shotgun chips you. The catch is the resists: every Quickdraw toward you stacks True Grit, and Smoke Screen slows you and cuts your sight, so you lose him mid-chase. Bait the dash or the smoke, then commit — once those are down he has no answer to your speed.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Olaf's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Olaf vs Graves 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.74% win rate over 3,104 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Olaf vs Graves is a genuine skill matchup: 50.74% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Olaf vs Graves win rate is 50.74%, an even lane decided by execution.
Olaf takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Graves.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Sundered Sky (sustain spike) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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