Maokai·Jungle Build

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 Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear 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 Liandry's Torment as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Unending Despair. For your last 3 items, you should build Spirit Visage, Thornmail and finish with Locket of the Iron Solari. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 50.6% winrate over 1 109 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: Haste 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 Liandry's Torment, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Unending Despair as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Sunfire Aegis. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.9% win rate over 542 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 Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear 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 Heartsteel as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Unending Despair as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Spirit Visage and Frozen Heart. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.0% win rate across 87 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 Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Unending Despair as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Spirit Visage as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Randuin's Omen and Abyssal Mask. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.3% win rate over 87 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.