Talk:Olaf/@comment-70.145.127.152-20120527041728/@comment-4952847-20120528064805

It depends on what enemies you are facing. Laning against a tough melee enemy who has good resists (normally anyone in the current solo top meta), maxing E first will guarantee lane dominance most of the time. However Q is less reliable in terms of dishing out damage.

And his E has no scaling but a great base damage. Why not make the most of this feature and max it first if you don't need the AoE damage anyway?