Riot has officially announced Olaf’s League of Legends mini-rework. The rework is presently being tested on the PBE server
Riot has done some fantastic mini-rework at the start of Season 12, restoring Ahri and Janna to their former glory.
And, up till now, Riot August has verified that Olaf and Swain’s mini-reworks are on the PBE. This update should let Olaf scale better into the late game and make greater use of the juggernaut items. While it is nice to hear some better scaling, the most fascinating aspect of the mini-rework appears to be his unlimited ultimate, which he can refresh indefinitely.
Base Stats
- Attack Damage: 68 (+3.5/level), 127.5 at level 18 >>> 68 (+4.7/level), 148 at level 18
- Health: 575 (+100/level), 2275 at level 18 >>> 575 (+105/level), 2360 at level 18
- Mana: 316 (+42/level), 1030 at level 18 >>> 316 (+60/level), 1336 at level 18
Passive – Berserker Rage
- Calculation reworked to grant max effectiveness at or below 30% health
- Maximum Attack Speed granted: 99% >>> 40-100% (levels 1-18)
- [NEW] Now gives up to 12-35% life steal (levels 1-18), based on his missing health
Q – Undertow
- [NEW] Shreds 25/27.5/30/32.5/35% armor for 4 seconds on champion hit
- Damage: 80/125/170/215/260 >>> 60/110/160/210/260
- Minimum Range :: Approximately 300 >>> 425
- Mana Cost: 60 at all ranks >>> 40/45/50/55/60
- Cooldown: 7 seconds >>> 8 seconds
- Cooldown refund on axe pickup: 4.5 seconds >>> 5 seconds
W – Vicious Strikes [Reworked]
- (ability may be renamed)
- [NEW] Resets basic attack
- [NEW] Olaf gains 70/115/160/205/250 (+25% of Olaf’s missing health) as a shield for 2.5 seconds
- [REMOVED] No longer grants Life Steal
- [REMOVED] No longer amplifies Olaf’s healing based on missing health
- Attack Speed: 50/60/70/80/90% for 6 seconds >>> 40/50/60/70/80% for 4 seconds
- Cooldown: 16 seconds at all ranks>>> 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds
R – Ragnarok
- [NEW] Hitting a champion with a basic attack or E – Reckless Swing extends the duration of Ragnarok to 2.5 seconds. Olaf can refresh Ragnarok indefinitely.
- Duration: 6 seconds >>> 3 seconds
- [REMOVED] R – Ragnarok’s passive’s bonus resistances are no longer lost for the duration of the cast
According to RiotAxes, Olaf has been the champion with the least amount of depth in League. Along with that, he’s been notably hit by system changes this season, much more so than other fighters, placing him in a particularly terrible situation with the new item system.
The aims of this update are to bring substantial excitement to his kit while also making him more durable for future system changes. The mini-rework is set to go live in patch 12.9.