Maokai·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Maokai Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Unending Despair as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Spirit Visage, Thornmail and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 58.9% winrate over 5 695 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Maokai Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Move Speed in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Spirit Visage, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Winter's Approach as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Unending Despair, Thornmail and Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 55.7% win rate over 1 265 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hollow Radiance as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Unending Despair, Spirit Visage and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 56.8% win rate across 475 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Maokai Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Move Speed and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Unending Despair as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Winter's Approach as third item. The last 3 options are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Liandry's Torment. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 61.9% win rate over 126 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.