Darius vs Olaf in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: dodge his Q axe — landing it is how he runs you down. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPOLAFthe Berserker

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 EasyTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his Q

Space around his Q axe — the whole matchup is dodging it, because landing it lets him run you down.

Outscale him

He falls off hard — once you pick up items and armor you beat him easily in the sidelane, especially if he's not ahead.

Short trades only

Don't walk up too far early; the wave sits on your side, so perma short-trade and run him down, or kill him with your jungler.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never walk up too far early — that lets Olaf run you down with his axes.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 698 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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