User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Olaf, the Berserker/@comment-4888212-20150728232419/@comment-1330314-20150729014943

Olaf scales with attack speed, and would have sufficient innate attack speed to be able to thrive without items. He'd scale well with both damage and tankiness, too.

I also disagree: as a jungler, he'd be able to bring a lot of damage, and what gank potential he'd lack early on he'd make up for with tremendous teamfighting and pushing power later in the game. In top lane, he'd have free poke, which is a plus, phenomenal dueling power, which is highly desirable on top laners, and on-demand true damage, which would work tremendously well against armor stacking. I don't see your issue with him there.