How to win lane as Trundle against Olaf · 49.19% win rate (675 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Bite his AD — anti-heal, deny axes, duel in your W.
Track: Olaf's R — Ragnarok (100–80s cooldown). CC-immune. Bait it before committing.
Read from Trundle's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Olaf.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Olaf | Undertow is a flat 9s that resets the moment he picks the axe back up, and it strips Armor as well as move speed — at 1 he owns the trade range outright. |
| Level 2 | Olaf | He kites you with axe slows and adds Reckless Swing's true damage on an 11s — your Frozen Domain tempo is irrelevant until the axe is down. |
| Level 3 | Olaf | Full kits, but Berserker Rage scales his attack speed and lifesteal off missing health, so the lower the fight runs the better he gets — and you cannot force it cleanly yet. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Chomp's AD sap starts to blunt him, but Ragnarok is up at 100/90/80 against your 120/100/80 — his ultimate returns first at ranks 1 and 2, so the duel is coin-flip. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Subjugate is online and it is a stat theft, not a disable, so it lands through Ragnarok — and takes a slice of the Armor and MR his ultimate passively grants. |
| First item | Even / skill | Trinity Force Spellblade closes the damage gap, and Ragnarok's immunity lasts only while he keeps attacking — break contact and Pillar's slow starts landing again. |
| Two+ items | Trundle | Full Subjugate theft plus Trinity Force burst inside Frozen Domain — you out-duel Olaf decisively in any extended side-lane fight once his resistances are on you. |
Olaf's thrown axes are the whole early story, and they do more than slow: Undertow strips Armor as well as move speed, and picking the axe back up RESETS its flat 9s outright. He wins level 1 by throwing the instant he retrieves, holding you in the slow from 1000 without ever entering Chomp's 300. That reset is his engine, so Pillar of Ice between him and the thrown axe is real value — impassable terrain means he walks the long way round for it. Level 3 he completes the kit and can stand in your face: Berserker Rage scales his attack speed and lifesteal off his MISSING health, so a low Olaf is a faster Olaf, and Reckless Swing is flat true damage on an 11s that costs him health he refunds on a kill. Farm safely and hold the wave on your side.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Trundle's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Trundle vs Olaf 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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Olaf, slightly — Trundle wins 49.19% of 675 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Olaf has a small statistical edge (50.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Olaf has the slight edge (Trundle wins 49.19%), though it stays close.
Trundle takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Olaf.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Trinity Force (the duel spike) first, then Sterak's Gage / Spirit Visage, with Plated Steelcaps.
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