General
Olaf is a Blue Moon CO. He has appeared in the Campaign mode of Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, but did not make a proper appearance in Advance Wars: Dual Strike. He is the leader of the Blue Moon and a specialized in winter combat, hence his CO powers are all winter related. He is also the father of Nell and Rachel, although he left them both before Rachel was born. Although his Units are unaffected by Snow, they act as though they are travelling through Snow when Rain is present. Described to be a pompous braggart whose tactical prowess has earned him the respect of his peers and the admiration of his people. Kind of a serious person, especially when compared to Grit.
Advance Wars
Olaf first appeared in the Original Advance Wars. He was commonly used in the training mission as to be the foe. But in the end Olaf had a change of heart and helped Orange Star unto victory against Enigma (Sturm).
Olaf was one of the first 4 unlocked.
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Olaf appears again in Advance Wars 2. Joins with Grit the sharpshooter and Colin the rich boy they fight to drive Lash out of the Blue Moon's lands. Olaf's missions are Toy Box and T-minus 15. (Neotanks!?! and Factory Blues are optional).
Olaf swears to take out Black Hole because they (especially Lash) destroyed his hometown in Toy Box misson.
CO abilities
Olaf's Units move unhindered in snow.
CO power
Blizzard - Causes snow to fall, which adversely affects all Units except his own.
Super CO power
Winter Fury - Causes a mighty blizzard, which reduces enemy Movement and deals 2 HP of damage to all enemy Units.
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Olaf has little to no role in Advance Wars: Dual Strike, instead he stays in Blue Moon and helps his country recover. His clone -made by Black Hole- appears in one of the later missions, though.
CO abilities
In Advance Wars: Dual Strike, the snowy weather actually rises Olaf's units' firepower, which according to some fans, has made Olaf just another firepower boosting CO. In addition, his units are not hindered by Snow.
CO power
Blizzard - Ho, ho, ho, your present from Olaf Claus is... Snow! Olaf opens his sack of presents for bad little children and even worse COs and causes Snow to fall for 2 days, forcing his foes to consume more Fuel. Does not affect their Movement anymore, however. All of his Units also get a 10% boost in offence and defence. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
Super CO power
Winter Fury - Olaf shows his foe that winter doesn't just mean Christmas Carols and presents; he causes a mighty blizzard, which deals 2 HP of damage to all enemy Units. Also forces his foes to consume more Fuel, but again, does not affect their Movement anymore. All of his Units also get a 10% boost in offense and defence.
Tag Breaks
Olaf has Tag Breaks with the following COs:
Quotes
Dual Strike
Victory
"For Blue Moon... for the motherland!"
Trivia
- It is heavily hinted that Olaf is the father of Nell (and Rachel) - in Advance Wars.
Olaf : Who am I, you ask? Throughout Orange Star I was known as...
Andy : Nell's papa?
Olaf : That's right, Nell's... What? No!
- Olaf is based on Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union in World War 2. Just as winter saved the Red Army, Olaf's powers can save the Blue Moon Army.
- One of Olaf's color changes makes him look like Santa Claus. Ho, ho, ho!
- In Black Hole Rising, Olaf's beard was brown.
| Orange Star | |
| COs: | Andy | Hachi | Jake | Max | Nell | Rachel | Sami |
| Former COs: | Grit | Olaf |