User blog comment:Kait-zero/Olaf: First item to build?/@comment-195.69.193.12-20120516091029

My order, taking into consideration a short game and little gold:

Berserker (920) or Mercury if facing a Magic/CC heavy enemy

Phage (1315) - health, a bit damage and some form of additional CC

Vamp Scepter (450) - there is your life steal part.

Brutalizer ( 1337), Chain Vest (700)

good all around package and can all be built into useful items lategame or kept as they are (depending on gold available)

Philo is a good item for support casters, but I just cant see it with Olaf - you dont need Mana in Lane, you have in built health regeneration (and the Scepter helps with that) and you get your gold killing enemy champs.

But I agree with Frozen as item after the boots - Great (and not overly expensive) item for him. People can argue that your Q already has a slow effect, but I find the slow in longer chases too handy not to use.