How to win lane as Olaf against Yone · 50.55% win rate (1,725 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
R his knockup — axe to stick, true-damage him.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). He snaps back when it ends. Stick to him.
Read from Olaf's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
| 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 | Even / skill | Q-slow sticks him and E true damage bursts him before his cleave damage ramps in extended fights. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Axe resets perma-slow him while W's shield eats Spirit Cleave, which is only 14s. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Ragnarok cleanses his R knockup mid-air — you keep all-in diving while he can't peel. |
| First item | Olaf | Black Cleaver and Bramble make the slow constant, so his 4s Mortal Steel dash buys nothing. |
| 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 Undertow to slow him, walk up, and weave an auto — by 2-3 you add Reckless Swing for a true-damage chunk he cannot match before Mortal Steel stacks or Spirit Cleave ramps. Don't throw the axe into his two-stack dash. Bait Soul Unbound early: it is 22s at rank 1, and once it is gone he has no way out of your all-in.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Olaf's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Nobody on paper — a 50.55% win rate over 1,725 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Olaf vs Yone is a genuine skill matchup: 50.55% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Olaf vs Yone win rate is 50.55%, 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 Yone.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Sundered Sky (sustain spike) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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