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Choose Champion Build:
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Tank Tree
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Lifesteal Tree
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Unkillable inspiration
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Jungle
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Support
Recommended Items
Runes: Tank Tree
1
2
Resolve
Sorcery
+10% Attack Speed
+6 Armor
+6 Armor
Spells:
1
2
The Passive top
Flash
Teleport
Items
Ability Order
Sap Magic (PASSIVE)
Maokai Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Vayne
Yuumi
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Yuumi






![]() Synergy: yuumi Jungler ganking potential: Self Heal God Speciality: Super Tank information: As some of you may have read my ![]() ![]() . |


My name is Freddy!
Hi everyone, my name is Freddy! Im part of the duo channel Timnfreddy We are 2 really old friends who play games together and share laughs while we stream.
We stream daily from 20:00 - 23:30 +1GMT (Brussels Time)(Times may vary but this is what we generally aim for). We have a Discord Server where you're more than welcome to come hang out or ask any questions you might have.
What can you expect from our channel? A fun duostream where Timmy and I try to tackle league together while being as interactive with the chat as we can! We also do RP giveaways to celebrate our milestones so try your luck on those!
Why did I start streaming?I studied multimedia & 3D animation and I thought this would be a good place to apply my knowledge and techniques. I got my friend Timmy to join me and we're making a go at it together! I also feel there is not enough positive content out there for league of legends. We may not be the best (yet!) but we try to add some sugar to the salt with our gameplay .



So as you may have noticed there are around 6 different rune pages to run! Now I will try to cover every single one but for the sake of the guide and keep it bareable I will do so by collour coding the parts and focus on the Resistant & Lifesteal builds which are the most prone! Either one of these builds can be run with inspiration and I will link the inspiration differences below. But like I have mentioned,
Maokai lives off 2 things, Lifesteal, and Resistance! It is up to you to chose in which one you want to master be mobile in. The essence of both builds will want you to spam
Bramble Smash for your passive
Sap Magic and then follow that up with a
Sapling Toss in the direction they run, followed by a
Twisted Advance to Crowd Control Them allowing your sapling to hit and catch up. Rinse and repeat







I personally love ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PASSIVE: After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of your Bonus Resists for 2.5s. Then explode, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PASSIVE: You generate stacks on enemy Turret icon turrets within 600 units, up to 6 after 3 seconds. Your next basic attack against a turret with 6 stacks deals 100 (+ 35% of your maximum health) bonus physical damage. |
![]() ![]() ![]() PASSIVE: After 12 minutes, gain Armor icon 9 bonus armor and Magic resistance icon 9 bonus magic resistance and increases your total armor and magic resistance by 5%. |

![]() ![]() PASSIVE: Hitting enemy champions with a spell grants 25 maximum mana, up to 250 mana. |
Now ![]() ![]() ![]() Gain 10% cooldown reduction at level 10. |


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![]() ![]() ![]() Pro Tip: Remember you can also use it to knock your own minions out of your towers range to freeze lane easier (please do keep in mind that Maokai is a very mana reliance champion and his abilities cost allot. So although I say spam the ability, keep a close eye on your mana pool and do not overuse it when its not nessecary lane control & wave freeze is much more important.) ![]() |
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Full Rotation


The rotation itself once you get the grasp is fairly obvious but I will quickly go into depth explaining each spell and why I use it.
If you get the chance you will want saplings in the nearby bush but I won't count it as its not always a given!
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Repeat


As mentioned above you will see the jungle rotation.
I will give a quick and brief explanation as to why this rotation & where to watch out.

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Full Tank VS Attack Damage
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spirit is huge, it allows your passive ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pro Tip: keep an eye out for ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Full Tank VS Ability Power
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Jungle Items

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Early Game with Maokai.I highly encourage you guys to check out my stream and ask me to play him for you because there is so much to cover. Minions:![]() ![]() Abilities:You will not want to spam your abilitieslike I said before your mana pool is tiny. So only when you see the enemy make a mistake like dive or get caught out will you want to use ![]() ![]() Kills:We do not go for the kills in the early game, Should your jungler see it fit to gank only then will we try to get a few![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summoners spells:Things get a little tricky for me to tell you when to use them. If you are in a little higher Elo the game is fairly slow paced and you can use your![]() |


Mid Game
Minions:





Abilities:
Use abilities accordingly :)Now although your mana pool Is still not ideal for spamming spells. You are allowed to make sure you have






Kills:
When it comes to mid game you have some serious engage potential and will almost ALWAYS win a 1V1 but this comes at a cost of wards usually. Just because you barely had to ward in the early game doesn't mean you won't have to ward now! So make sure to keep up vision.Pro tip: check bushes with

Summoners spells:
Although I will always tell you to prioritise lane farm over needless greed. The team fights will start rolling in so make sure to keep your


Late with Maokai.Minions:Minions are of little to no use to you now. Make sure to keep an eye on objectives and help ward up. Leaving minions to your alliesAbilities:Your kit is designed to both engage and save lives. It is up to you to decide wether or not there is a carry worth pealing for or wether you are able to go for the enemy carry keeping them out of the team fight. Either way you NEED to be with your team at ALL times. Wether you use![]() Kills:Kills at this point will do you little to no good except for feed your ego. Yes a free kill can be taken but try to distribute the gold a little more to your carries and provide some much needed crowd control for them. However a blue buff is always appreciated. :)Pro tip: check bushes with ![]() Summoners spells:I mentioned before that I like to save![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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CONCLUSION
In conclusion
![]() ![]() I believe ![]() I wanna thank you guys for all the support and love you have shown me in my guide writing and on our stream! If you want to ask some questions feel free to do so in the comment section or ask me live over on twitch. Upcoming ![]() |
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