Maokai Support build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.8%
- Pick rate
- 2.1%
- Ban rate
- 0.1%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Resolve +
Inspiration 
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Bone Plating
Unflinching
Cosmic Insight
Biscuit Delivery
Summoner spells
57.5%
134 games
Max order
Q
W
E
58.6%
29 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Maokai
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Maokai wins 50.8% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (378 games).
- Most common core: Bandlepipes → Knight's Vow → Locket of the Iron Solari — 53% win rate over 17 games.
- Take Aftershock as keystone: picked in 90% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Braum (70% over 10 games). Hardest: Nami (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 66.7% | 6% (21) | |
| 63.3% | 8% (30) | |
| 60.0% | 3% (10) | |
| 58.9% | 25% (95) | |
| 53.8% | 38% (143) | |
| 52.4% | 11% (42) | |
| 50.2% | 53% (201) | |
| 50.0% | 12% (46) | |
| 50.0% | 7% (26) | |
| 43.8% | 4% (16) | |
| 37.5% | 4% (16) | |
| 20.0% | 3% (10) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Resolve +
Inspiration
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Bone Plating
Unflinching
Hextech Flashtraption
Cosmic Insight
Resolve +
Inspiration
Resolve +
Inspiration
Keystones
-
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
52.2%90% pick
-
Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
40.0%5% pick
-
Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
44.4%2% pick
-
Unsealed Spellbook
Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps.
50.0%1% pick
Summoner spells
-
Flash + Ignite
45.6%52% pick
-
Flash + Heal
57.5%35% pick
-
Exhaust + Flash
53.1%13% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
58.6%29 games
W
Q
E
50.0%4 games
E
Q
W
100.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: W → Q → E (43%), Q → W → E (59%), E → Q → W (40%).
-
PSap MagicMaokai's basic attack also heals him and deals additional damage on a moderate cooldown. Each time Maokai casts a spell or is struck by an enemy's spell, this cooldown is reduced.
-
QBramble Smash
Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
-
WTwisted Advance
Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
-
ESapling Toss
Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
-
RNature's GraspMaokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.