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Spells:
Smite
Flash
Ability Order
Sap Magic (PASSIVE)
Maokai Passive Ability
Introduction

Hey guys and welcome to my

This won't be an in-depth guide, i just wanna show you the important facts.
So you'll be able to play Maokai well in jungle without reading a wall of text.
So let's start now. (:
First point : Why jungle


Well, with his passiv

But in my opinion

I also think that

Runes













Optional Runes
If you don't have the



In my opinion every tanky jungler should have the




In the Quintessence part you can really chose your own favorite runes.I took



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Sap Magic: This is the reason why you never can get down a
Maokai in teamfights. In generall there are +25 Skills in a teamfights, based on how many champs die in the start. And with the Greater Mark of Aclarity you'll be able to use 3 or more hits with the heal effect. In the end you should have 3000 Hp. So 7 % of them are 210 life with one hit. So with a bit of luck you'll get 830 Life with just autohits. Op?
- Arcane Smash Arcane Smash (Q): It knocks up which are close to
Maokai and slow'em down for 48 % at lvl 5. So the enemy won't be able to get away with just running.
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Twisted Advance (W): This skill is just wow. You "fly" to the enemy and stun him when you get him. The funniest part is, when the enemy try to get away with
Flash or any other escaping skill like
Graves
Quickdraw but your
Twisted Advance still works & you fly for him for the whole way.
And i don't know if it just was a bug but you can also dodgeJannas
Howling Gale :D
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Sapling Toss (E): This is your butter & bread in the start. With 1 autohit & 3 of them you just shut down wraiths in 1 sec. Later on this skill isn't the strongest one. But it is a free ward for 35 sec & if you throw it into a "dark" place you can easily use your
Twisted Advance to get on an enemy if he hides there and if your range is enough.
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Vengeful Maelstrom (R): Well, this is maybe one of the best ult in teamfights on a tank. You reduce the damage done to allied champions in the area by 20% and i promise you - 20% are just amazing. But this isn't enough ; if you end this ult with pressing R again you can deal 500 damage to every enemy in the who's still alive & and in the area. It's also good for fearing the enemies. If they see that you use it at any place before the enemies are the, they won't get on you that fast.
For the start you skill



Starting Items :
+
Explanation : Healt regen + one pot will bring you in combination with your passiv through the jungle very easy. If you finished your path you should have enough life to gank 1 time.
Follow up with :
+ Philosopher's Stone +
Explanation : Gp10 items are always good & these allows you to sustain for a long time. Boots are for more mobility in the jungle & better ganks.
Depending on Opposing Team's damage :
or
Explanation : Next lvl boots for more mobility again & more armor or magic resist.
Next :
Explanation : Just the best item on
Maokai. More life + regeneration & a free short
Ghost if you activate it. This will make the enemy cry if they see that you just activated it. You it to get on an enemy with your
Twisted Advance.
Depending on Opposing Team's damage :
-
or
-
Explanation :
Spirit Visage - Magic Resist + increasing your heal + life is really good for this low price & will make your passiv better but if enemies have really hard magic damge go
Force of Nature because you just get more Magic resist + movement speed which will make you horrible fast with
Shurelya's Battlesong.
Glacial Shroud - If you have kinda mana problems and want to reduce your ability cooldwons . But if the enemy have hard normal damage go
Randuin's Omen first because you can make it out of your
Heart of Gold and it has another great active + a good passiv which maybe slows the enemies who hit you.
Finally if you STILL have money :
or
or
Explanation :
Warmog's Armor if enemies stack Penetration ,
Zeke's Harbinger if both teams can really spam their skills, so you still can increase your healing with your
Sap Magic and its also good for your ads ,
Trinity Force if you are really fed.


Explanation : Healt regen + one pot will bring you in combination with your passiv through the jungle very easy. If you finished your path you should have enough life to gank 1 time.
Follow up with :


Explanation : Gp10 items are always good & these allows you to sustain for a long time. Boots are for more mobility in the jungle & better ganks.
Depending on Opposing Team's damage :


Explanation : Next lvl boots for more mobility again & more armor or magic resist.
Next :

Explanation : Just the best item on



Depending on Opposing Team's damage :




Explanation :






Finally if you STILL have money :



Explanation :




So this is the reason why you chosed this guide.
You only need to watch the first 4 minutes but if you wanna see the whole video; watch it. ;)
Start with 1
Regrowth Pendant + 1
Health Potion and skill
Sapling Toss. Go to wraiths and place your first sapling at 1:05 min. If ready, place your second. Get yourself in the middle of wraiths & throw your third sapling at 1:40 when wraiths appear. Hit the big wraith once and then go to blue cause saplings will bring him down. Please your mid or top to pull & maybe to hit blue one or two times. Throw one sapling on blue, autoattack him and smite him down when he has 445 Hp. Skill Arcane Smash and go to wolfes. Throw 1 Sapling smash them, autohit, smash them again & bring'em down. Wraiths should be up again, so go over to them, throw a sapling, smash,autohit the big one down & smash the 3 little down. Now your smite should have ca. 30 seconds colldown. Use your
Health Potion and go to red golem. Throw sapling,smash,autohit + bring him down with some smashs & autohits. Now go to little golems, sapling,smash, smite the big one, autohits, smash & finally you've finished your path. Now try to gank on the lane where you finished golems. If your team pushed the lane, go into the brushes on the lane & hide there till enemies get near to you.Throw a
Sapling Toss on him stun him with Twisted Advande, run behind him and knock him up with Arcane Smash. Meanwhile your mates should get him down easily. If the enemy got away with around 100 Hp, throw another sapling and get the kill. Now it's your decision what you'll do next. You can port back to get Philosopher's Stone and your
Boots or you gank on other lanes if you see it's possible.
From now on you can do what you want. If you gank, use the e-w-q combo. If not just go in jungle and smash your friends down. So this is how to jungle
Maokai very easy. :)
You only need to watch the first 4 minutes but if you wanna see the whole video; watch it. ;)
Start with 1






From now on you can do what you want. If you gank, use the e-w-q combo. If not just go in jungle and smash your friends down. So this is how to jungle

This isn't my main focus in this guide but I think that not everyone knows how to fight. Some players just use their

If you already got your





Thanks to jhoijhoi and his guide Making A Guide and for the line dividers/separators in my "Runes" chapter. ;P
Also thanks to TheOddOne from which I learned this path & the items.
Also thanks to Taneren for his feedback making me updating my guide. I still try to make some picture for a "Ganking" part as you said but it seems that WeGame crushs my Lol-client.
Oh and thanks to my english teacher (I'm german) but I think some readers will just think "What the ****, where did he leanred english"? :D
So good luck to you guys with this guide & thanks for reading.
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