How to win lane as Olaf against Yone · 54.78% win rate over 1,632 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Even at 1, but your Q-slow-into-auto wins first contact before his Q stacks or W ramps. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | Your level-2 Q+E gives a guaranteed true-damage chunk he can't trade back into. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | Q-slow sticks him and E true damage bursts him before his cleave damage ramps in extended fights. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Axe-reset perma-slow plus W-omnivamp out-sustain his spirit-cleave short trades. |
| Level 6 | Olaf | Ragnarok cleanses his R knockup mid-air — you keep all-in diving while he can't peel. |
| First item | Olaf | Black Cleaver / Bramble make your slow constant and shut off his Q-dash spacing entirely. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Full crit plus E-rewind resets let him kite your slow and outscale your flat true damage — sidelane is lost. |
Yone is genuinely even at level 1, but you spike harder fast. Land Q to slow him, walk up, and weave an auto — by 2-3 you add E for a guaranteed true-damage chunk he can't match before his Q stacks or W damage ramp. Don't whiff Q into his dash window: if he Q-dashes you, your slow misses and he resets free. Bait his E spirit-rewind early, because once it's down he has no way out of your all-in.
The full Olaf vs Yone 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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