Maokai Counters

How to play against Maokai

To beat Maokai in Support on patch 26.20, start by knowing what you are up against: Maokai is a situational pick this patch with a 50.2% win rate across 25,235 ranked games at a 1.6% pick rate. The champions that beat Maokai hardest right now are Leona, Braum, Rakan: Leona wins 54.6% of the lane against it. Any of these is a safe counter pick. Maokai performs consistently across game lengths, so there is no single window to wait for, win lane on fundamentals. Playing the matchup itself: Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous. The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him. Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells. Pick a counter from the list above, respect Maokai's power spikes, and track its cooldowns so you only commit to trades when its key abilities are down. Counter data updates automatically every patch.

Pros have picked Maokai in 9 of the last 111 recorded games (8%), winning 33% of them. See the pro build.

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