Maokai·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Maokai Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Aftershock as your keystone, followed by Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Locket of the Iron Solari. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Trailblazer and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.9% winrate over 1 580 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Morellonomicon, Cryptbloom and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 47.2% win rate across 108 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Maokai Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind and Unflinching as your primary rune tree, and Hextech Flashtraption with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Move Speed and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Dead Man's Plate as third item. The last 3 options are Abyssal Mask, Locket of the Iron Solari and Thornmail. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 59.1% win rate over 88 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.