Talk:Olaf/@comment-176.58.246.212-20120523144847/@comment-4952847-20120524174549

While all champions can stand their own grounds to a certain extent against any other champions, there are champions that fare better than others. This does not mean the one at a disadvantage is bound to lose and has no way of making a comeback.

Nasus is certainly not a counter to Olaf. In fact it is safe to say no melee champions are legit counters to Olaf. However, the outcome of the laning phase largely depends on the players' skills. Some players may be able to win against Olaf as Nasus, Sion or Xin Zhao, but in situations assuming the two players are of equal skills in an even fight without interference of turrets or minions or other factors, Olaf does have the upper hand during the laning phase thanks to his huge true damage.

It is completely valid to hug turrets against champions that are strong and is a completely valid way to keep tedious opponents in control, but that does not mean you've countered them, that just means you didn't feed them. Some players will attempt tower diving and feed you instead, that still doesn't constitute as countering them, but could only be said that the opponent is unskilled or overconfident.

A legit counter does not only keep the enemy in control, but completely shuts down the opponent's abilities leaving very little chances for the enemy to make a comeback. Generally this means zoning the enemy's exp and gold, forcing the enemy to be underleveled and underfarmed, and possibly even killing the opponent a few times. By that definition, Sion, Xin Zhao and Nasus are still not valid counters to Olaf.