Maokai·Jungle Build
Win rate | 48.8% |
Pick rate | 0.5% |
Ban rate | 1.2% |
Matches | 7 497- |
Maokai Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 49.3% based on 446 matches
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Most Popular
49.3%2nd Most Popular
49.8%Alternative
50.6%Off-Meta
54.4%Top Players ALL
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spells
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 21 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Maokai Matchups Overview
Maokai General information
Maokai tips and tricks
Maokai’s Ultimate R is great in team fights. Once you engage with your Ultimate R, fall back and protect your carries.
Place down as many Saplings E as possible before your first camp spawns. Place them in a bush when possible.
Your goal in the early game is to gank as much as you can with your point and click CC W. Try and get your allies ahead from the get-go.
Maokai combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Maokai Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Maokai Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Waterwalking in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hollow Radiance as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Abyssal Mask. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 49.3% winrate over 446 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Maokai Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Aftershock as your keystone, Font of Life, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Legend: Tenacity with Triumph in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hollow Radiance, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Thornmail as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Frozen Heart, Knight's Vow and Kaenic Rookern. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 49.8% win rate over 297 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Frozen Heart as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Spirit Visage and Knight's Vow. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.6% win rate across 271 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Maokai Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Waterwalking as your primary rune tree, and Cheap Shot with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Knight's Vow as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Locket of the Iron Solari as third item. The last 3 options are Frozen Heart, Abyssal Mask and Thornmail. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.4% win rate over 182 matches played.
Situational Maokai Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Maokai build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Maokai runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Maokai Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Jungle in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Maokai Jungle are:
- vs. Shyvana - 65.5% win rate over 58 games.
- vs. Wukong - 59.2% win rate over 76 games.
- vs. Evelynn - 54.8% win rate over 115 games.
- vs. Bel'Veth - 54.8% win rate over 126 games.
- vs. Ekko - 54.0% win rate over 137 games.
Consider picking Maokai into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Jungle matchups that currently are in favor of Maokai.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Maokai in the current patch into the following Jungle matchups:
- vs. Volibear - 34.2% win rate over 117 games.
- vs. Talon - 34.2% win rate over 38 games.
- vs. Brand - 34.6% win rate over 136 games.
- vs. Fiddlesticks - 42.7% win rate over 117 games.
- vs. Skarner - 43.2% win rate over 190 games.
These champions are considered as Maokai counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Maokai counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.