How to win lane as Olaf against Warwick · 53.74% win rate over 977 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | He is one of the weakest level-1s and your Q-slow-into-auto wins first contact while his passive heal does nothing at full HP. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | Q plus E lands a guaranteed true-damage burst he can't sustain through this early — chunk him before his Q heal matters. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | Your axe-reset slow keeps him stuck so he can't peel with W, and E's true damage cuts straight through his bulk. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Your passive attack speed and W omnivamp win the short trade his drain wants to make long — keep it short. |
| Level 6 | Olaf | Ragnarok cleanses his R suppress mid-channel: he commits his ult, you walk out CC-immune, and E finishes him. |
| First item | Olaf | Your Bramble/Cleaver spike with Grievous Wounds caps his passive lifesteal exactly when your lane pressure peaks. |
| Two+ items | Warwick | Past two items his drain and W chase out-heal your flat true damage in a long fight — don't duel him, play for objectives. |
Warwick is one of the weakest level-1s and has no answer to your Q-slow into auto — stick the axe, walk him down, and don't let him get free Q heals off minions. At Levels 2-3 your E true damage is the whole lane: it ignores his bulk and chunks him for more than his passive can heal back while he's near full HP. Trade in short bursts and pick your axe back up to keep the slow refreshing so his W move speed never lets him peel off.
The full Olaf vs Warwick 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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