Olaf vs Garen TOP Matchup Guide

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Overview

Use your early high agency to force extended melee trades against Garen's short trades.
Deny Garen's passive healing by pushing the wave and preventing safe resets.
Snowball by leveraging your all-in strength to stop Garen from scaling and executing low-health targets.

Start trades by landing and picking it up to keep Garen slowed and locked down.
Use shield and true damage to extend fights beyond Garen's short trade window.
Activate only when Garen cannot disengage to ignore his silence and execute threat.

Beware when Garen's silence is up, as it blocks your defensive and offensive spells.
Avoid extended fights without since Garen's silence and execute become deadly.
Respect Garen's execute range post-level 6, especially if you are low health and vulnerable.

At level 6, use to gain crowd control immunity and force all-ins Garen can't escape.
After your first fighter item, increase side-lane pressure to punish Garen's low mobility and weak disengage.
Respect Garen's level 6 execute with by avoiding low-health extended trades.

Land repeated slows to prevent Garen from disengaging and force extended fights.
Use strategically to ignore Garen's silence and engage when he can't kite.
Pressure side lanes after your first fighter item to snowball leads and deny Garen safe scaling or executes.

Tactical tip

For Olaf vs Garen, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Top lane check.

Updated Jul 4, 2026