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League of Legends Maokai Build Guide

Here is a post about Maokai champion from League of Legends. You will find brief information with tips and tips on how to play Maokai. Read our Maokai build and cheat sheet. In our League of Legends builds you will see the most popular and universal variation of any build.

All League of Legends Maokai Skins

Maokai is a rageful, towering treant who fights the unnatural horrors of the Shadow Isles. He was twisted into a force of vengeance after a magical cataclysm destroyed his home, surviving undeath only through the Waters of Life infused within his heartwood. Once a peaceful nature spirit, Maokai now furiously battles to banish the scourge of unlife from the Shadow Isles and restore his home to its former beauty.

The Twisted Treant Maokai is one of the most popular champions in LoL. His main role is tank and you will see him supporting on bot lane or in the jungle. Every champion in League of Legends has its uniqueness determined by his skills.

Passive
Sap Magic

Maokai’s basic attack also heals him on a moderate cooldown. Each time Maokai casts a spell or is struck by an enemy’s spell, this cooldown is reduced.

Q
Bramble Smash

Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.

W
Twisted Advance

Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.

E
Sapling Toss

Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.

R
Nature’s Grasp

Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.

Counter Picks and Maokai’s Win Rate

It is great when you know how to play a champion. But much in LoL depends on counter picks. On the stage when you choose and ban champions you should ban the ones that can counter Maokai and vice versa if you see that Maokai is strong against the enemy team’s carry you’ll need to pick Maokai.

Some players prefer to know the win and lose rate of the champion before trying to play him. You can see Maokai counter picks and win rate in the toolkit via the image above.

Maokai Best Build

Below you can see the best build for LoL Maokai which is calculated on the average winning builds in the Platinum+ league. All builds that we share automatically update when new changes or patches appear. What you see below is the build for Maokai as a support.

As you can see from the build above there is mentioned Maokai rune set with the best potential for Maokai. You can see what runes are main for the character and which are taken for some extra assistance. Also, there are mentioned minor nodes that you can take to play Maokai in League of Legends.

Under the rune set, you can see the best summoner spells used with Maokai. The overall tier for the champion is mentioned just next to the summoner spells.

As for the best item set, you can see starting items. These are the items that you need to buy at the start of the game before you go on your lane. Next to it, there are early items, later you will upgrade them to the whole items for Maokai build. Finally, you can see Mythical and Core items that you’ll need to focus on to win the game.

Skill order or skill priorities are very important in the game so that you will start winning the lane before you buy any powerful items. The skill priority and order for Maokai is mentioned under the items. Skill order shows what skill you should upgrade on every level.