How to win lane as Olaf against Heimerdinger · 48.18% win rate over 467 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Before his turrets stack you out-stat him at melee — Q-slow into auto and your passive attack speed win the very first contact. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Once a second turret is up the nest body-blocks your Q line and pokes you off CS — neither of you cleanly owns this beat. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | His E stun-grenade and W rockets punish every walk-up and you have no Ragnarok yet to wash off the turret damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Heimerdinger | The turret wall denies your Q-slow-stick all of levels 4-5, so your short-trade kit never gets to connect. |
| Level 6 | Heimerdinger | Even though Ragnarok cleanses his E, the stacked turret nest still chunks your dive and he can hold E for after R ends. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | His Liandry's + Rylai turret upgrade (R) turns the wave into a no-go zone your Black Cleaver bruiser core cannot push through. |
| Two+ items | Heimerdinger | Three upgraded turrets plus W rocket poke wall you off every objective while your flat true damage falls off — he scales past you. |
Level 1 is your only free moment — before he plants a second turret you can Q-slow him and auto him off a last-hit, so take that contact and crash the wave. The problem starts the instant his turret nest is up: it body-blocks your Q axe line, denies the slow-stick you live on, and chips you every time you walk up to CS. Do not facecheck into a stacked nest for a melee trade you cannot win, and respect his E stun-grenade — eating it level 2-3 means free turret-and-W damage with no Ragnarok to wash it off.
The full Olaf vs Heimerdinger 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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