Maokai Build Guides, Runes and Items

Maokai The Twisted Treant

Find the best Maokai build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.10. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Maokai build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Maokai's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Maokai Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Maokai we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Maokai, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Maokai this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 13.10. However, if you are a new Maokai player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Maokai!

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Patch 13.11: 4732 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Domination

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 3415 Games

Inspiration

Domination

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 1825 Games

Resolve

Precision

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 110 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 34883 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 7285 Games

Second Best

84%

Win Rate 156 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 2320 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

79%

Win Rate 144 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

72%

Win Rate 390 Games

Passive Ability

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Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

64%

Win Rate 59 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

62%

Win Rate 79 Games

Resolve

Sorcery

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 147 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 109 Games

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 4346 Games

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 1778 Games

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 2972 Games

Third Best

55%

Win Rate 1015 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

72%

Win Rate 105 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

69%

Win Rate 435 Games

Passive Ability

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Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 1245 Games

Resolve

Precision

Third Best

56%

Win Rate 243 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 1660 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 155 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 5849 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 3455 Games

Second Best

34%

Win Rate 439 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

72%

Win Rate 288 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

71%

Win Rate 65 Games

Passive Ability

Maokai Counters

Learn Maokai's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Maokai guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Maokai Jungle in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Maokai. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Maokai Maokai Jungle

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Maokai Skins

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Find Maokai's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Maokai skins and chromas on Maokai's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Astronaut Maokai

July 1, 2021

+ Wishlist

1350

Worldbreaker Maokai

April 9, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Victorious Maokai

Special Events

October 11, 2016

+ Wishlist

Meowkai

Special Events

April 1, 2016

+ Wishlist

1350

Goalkeeper Maokai

Special Events

June 18, 2014

+ Wishlist

750

Haunted Maokai

Special Events

October 26, 2012

+ Wishlist

975

Festive Maokai

Special Events

December 13, 2011

+ Wishlist

975

Totemic Maokai

February 16, 2011

+ Wishlist

520

Classic Maokai

Original

Wishlist

Charred Maokai

February 16, 2011

+ Wishlist

975

Maokai's Abilities

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Sap Magic Maokai's Passive

Self

Maokai's attacks restore 4−34 (+4-12% of maximum health) health (depending on level).

Using an ability or being hit by an enemy champion's ability reduces the cooldown by 4 seconds. Being hit by large or epic monster's attacks or abilities reduces the cooldown by 1.5 seconds.

Bramble Smash Maokai's Q Ability

600

8 / 7.25 / 6.5 / 5.75 / 5

Maokai smashes his fist into the ground, dealing 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+40% of ability power) plus (+2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% of the target's max health) magic damage and briefly slowing. Nearby enemies are also knocked back.

Twisted Advance Maokai's W Ability

525

13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9

Maokai transforms into a moving mass of roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to an enemy. Upon arrival, he roots the enemy for 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 seconds and deals 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+40% of ability power) magic damage.

Sapling Toss Maokai's E Ability

1100

45 / 55 / 65 / 75 / 85

Maokai flings a sapling, which stands watch for 30 seconds. Saplings chase nearby enemies, detonating on arrival to deal 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+25% of ability power) (+5% bonus health) magic damage and slow surrounding enemies by 45% for 2 seconds. Sap Magic's cooldown is reduced by an additional 4 seconds if the sapling hits an enemy champion or epic monster.

If placed in brush, Saplings instead last for 30 (+2.5% bonus health) seconds and cause a larger explosion, dealing 36.67 / 53.33 / 70 / 86.67 / 103.33 (+23.33% of ability power) (+3.33% bonus health) magic damage over 3 seconds (for a total of 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 / 310 (+70% of ability power) (+10% bonus health) magic damage) and slowing enemies by 45% (+1% per 100 ability power) (+1% per 100 bonus health).

Nature's Grasp Maokai's Ultimate (R) Ability

3000

100

120 / 110 / 100 / 100 / 100

Maokai summons a colossal wave of brambles and thorns, rooting enemies for 0.8 to 2.6 seconds, increasing with distance travelled, and dealing 150 / 225 / 300 (+75% of ability power) magic damage. Hitting a champion gives Maokai 40 / 50 / 60% movement speed, decaying over 2 seconds.

Questions About Maokai

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Latest Questions

Why does 50% of Maokai skins have the old splash art when showing in the gu

Asked by Fan22 on February 3, 2021

Some Maokai skins splash art's have old pictures of the skins, for example charred or christmas tree mao, can this get fixed? it just looks strange to see the old art..

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Maokai new

Asked by whybother34 on May 17, 2016

What is the best item on support maokai?

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Top Laner

Asked by IntroBot on October 8, 2015

Is Maokai in the meta for a good top lane champion?

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good tank junglers

Asked by mjskid on February 8, 2015

who are some of the best tank junglers right now?

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Least played champions?

Asked by dudm on April 30, 2014

I have just been curios guys about why some champions are not played that much. I know that unpopular picks like swain, galio, mao'kai, and yorick are all strong picks in their respective fields. What I am trying to get to in this is why some...

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Advice on using Maokais ultimate?

Asked by androsynth on February 2, 2013

I've been jungling a lot with [[Maokai]] lately. I love his ganking, but I still haven't figured out how to use [[vengeful maelstrom]] effectively. The problems I have: [list] [*] It is hard to figure out the best place to place it. Should I...

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Maokai Build Guides, Runes and Items

Maokai The Twisted Treant

[11.6] Maokai from one champ QAB

meowkai for wexsi

{Season 11.4 Maokai Guide} Climb from low ranks!!!

Maokai S11 TOP GUIDE

[S11] LMAOKAI (Top)

[10.25] Tank & AP Maokai Support | By GMGZ2 {Build Only}

Batatas de GELOOO

Nature Strikes Back! Maokai Top, Jungle & Support S10

TiltKai

THE COOL TREE

Nobrain Meta, thx riot.

[10.22] Maokai Top and support guide

Super Spicy Tanky Tree mid

Maokai Support

(S10 Support) Pet shop Maokai - Open a cute kitten shop

Maokai 4 U (TR)

Maokai is USEFUL

MAO FUNNY SUPPORT

Full tank Maokai

maokai is stronger than he looks because he is the god of na

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Trinket

Second Best

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Mythic

Maokai's Core Items

Boots

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Maokai's Ability Order

Sap Magic (PASSIVE)

Bramble Smash (Q)

Twisted Advance (W)

Sapling Toss (E)

Nature's Grasp (R)

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Sap Magic (PASSIVE)

Bramble Smash (Q)

Twisted Advance (W)

Sapling Toss (E)

Nature's Grasp (R)

Third Best

Sap Magic (PASSIVE)

Bramble Smash (Q)

Twisted Advance (W)

Sapling Toss (E)

Nature's Grasp (R)

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Maokai's Summoner Spells

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Trinket

Second Best

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Mythic

Maokai's Core Items

Boots

Maokai's Luxury Items

Maokai's Ability Order

Sap Magic (PASSIVE)

Bramble Smash (Q)

Twisted Advance (W)

Sapling Toss (E)

Nature's Grasp (R)

Second Best

Sap Magic (PASSIVE)