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Maokai Top build & stats

TankSupport D 90 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
46.7%
Pick rate
0.3%
Ban rate
0.2%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
2,700 gold
Winter's Approach
Winter's Approach
2,400 gold
8,100 gold
60.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
59.1% 22 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
66.7% WR
9 games · 10% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
50.6% 79 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. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Maokai

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Maokai wins 46.7% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (90 games).
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 90% of games with a 48% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Thornmail
Thornmail
33.3% WR
3 games · 3% pick
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis
66.7% WR
3 games · 3% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
43.8% WR
48 games · 53% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
59.1% WR
22 games · 24% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
46.2% WR
13 games · 14% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 66.7% 7% (6)
Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen
 60.0% 6% (5)
Winter's Approach Winter's Approach
 60.0% 6% (5)
Hollow Radiance Hollow Radiance
 52.4% 23% (21)
Thornmail Thornmail
 51.9% 30% (27)
Sunfire Aegis Sunfire Aegis
 48.1% 30% (27)
Unending Despair Unending Despair
 47.2% 40% (36)
Spirit Visage Spirit Visage
 46.4% 31% (28)
Imperial Mandate Imperial Mandate
 40.0% 11% (10)
Heartsteel Heartsteel
 33.3% 7% (6)
Frozen Heart Frozen Heart
 33.3% 7% (6)
Iceborn Gauntlet Iceborn Gauntlet
 33.3% 3% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
54.8% WR
31 games · 34% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
66.7% WR
9 games · 10% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Second Wind Overgrowth Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
0.0% WR
3 games · 3% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Second Wind Overgrowth Transcendence Manaflow Band

Keystones

  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 48.1%90% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 33.3%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 50.6%88% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 11.1%10% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PSap Magic

    Maokai'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 Grasp

    Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.