Maokai·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Maokai Mid 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 Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence 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 Hollow Radiance as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Unending Despair, Thornmail and finish with Randuin's Omen. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.9% winrate over 104 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Aftershock as your keystone, Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, 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, Liandry's Torment and Thornmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 44.4% win rate across 54 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.