How to win lane as Olaf against Ziggs · 54.97% win rate over 584 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 you have no answer to his long-range Q bomb yet, so he chips you walking up while you only farm — genuinely his window. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | With Q-slow and E online you stick him and land guaranteed true damage his single bomb cannot trade back. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | Axe-reset slows let you chain a second Undertow into E before his Q cooldown is up, and he has no dash to escape. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | Your W-omnivamp heals the minefield chip while short axe-reset trades out-damage his poke through levels 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Olaf | Ragnarok cleanses his W knockback and E slow, so you ignore his entire zone and all-in him uncontested. |
| First item | Olaf | Black Cleaver plus perma-slow is your peak — he cannot open the distance his artillery poke depends on. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | From 2+ items your true damage falls off and his bomb out-ranges you from safety, so the late game neutralizes your dive. |
Level 1 is the only awkward part: Ziggs just chucks his long-range Q bomb at you while you walk up to farm, and you have no tool to answer poke yet, so take CS at max range and don't flame the chip damage. The lane flips at 2-3 — once you have Undertow plus Reckless Swing, you land a Q to slow him, pick the axe up for the cooldown refund, and chain a second slow into your E true-damage nuke. He cannot kite that, and his bomb cooldown is too long to trade back.
The full Olaf vs Ziggs 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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