Talk:Olaf/@comment-5266525-20121222010316

So, after neglecting the mighty berserker for a while after going on a massive losing streak with him, I decided to start playing him a little again, trying out some wacky new stuff instead of my cookie-cutter playstyle, and holy crap my faith in him has been restored. I've started maxing Q and W first instead of E now and it really does seem to help me kill people a lot better - in fact, I don't take points in E at all now unless I have to. The extra true damage really doesn't seem to make up for the massive damage I can output with my Q and the extra sustain from W is so lovely to have.

On top of that, the new items and mechanics seem to work really well on him. Blade of the Ruined King is an amazing item that goes well on practically any tanky DPS and works doubly so for Olaf as he doesn't have any CC beyond his axes. Last Whisper is GODLY on him now that they've resynergized flat and percentile penetration, especially since they haven't nerfed the penetration innate to champions themselves. I even tried out a Sword of the Divine a match or two ago when I was REALLY fed and annihilating the opposing carry/mage was basically a walk in the park from then on. I'm sure there are loads of other funky things to try out on him but I've just scratched the surface.