
Maokai·Top Build





Win rate | 49.8% |
Pick rate | 1.8% |
Ban rate | 1.1% |
Matches | 16 782- |

Maokai Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 53.7% based on 6 598 matches
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Most Popular
53.7%

2nd Most Popular
53.1%

Alternative
56.8%

Off-Meta
51.3%Top Players ALL

SlayerSupr Pro
33.3%CvB Arbuz OTP
85.7%Zoxxa#1997 OTP
66.7%Matchup Specific

Garen
50.0%
K'Sante
56.6%runes





















spells

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F
items
Starter Items
Time Target


@ 13 sec
Early Items


@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 20 min
Full Build






ability order
Q
W
E
Skills





situational items






Maokai Matchups Overview
Maokai General information
Maokai tips and tricks
Use your Saplings E to scout for vision in nearby lane bushes. They will help protect you when your trinket is on cooldown.
Maokai’s Ultimate R is great in team fights. Once you engage with your Ultimate
R, fall back and peel your carries.
You’re not at your strongest in the early game. When playing against a strong early game champion, avoid fighting them until you’ve got some items under your belt.
Maokai combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Maokai Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
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 Overgrowth 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 53.7% winrate over 6 598 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 Overgrowth 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, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Winter's Approach, 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 Randuin's Omen. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 53.1% win rate over 1 012 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 Spirit Visage 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, Thornmail and Hollow Radiance. 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 604 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, Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Health Scaling 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 Randuin's Omen. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.3% win rate over 310 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 Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 15.3 the best possible matchups for Maokai Top are:
- vs. Yasuo - 59.4% win rate over 96 games.
- vs. Wukong - 57.0% win rate over 86 games.
- vs. Teemo - 56.7% win rate over 252 games.
- vs. Pantheon - 55.3% win rate over 244 games.
- vs. Karma - 53.9% win rate over 102 games.
Consider picking Maokai into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Maokai.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Maokai in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Swain - 41.7% win rate over 96 games.
- vs. Illaoi - 42.9% win rate over 161 games.
- vs. Rumble - 42.9% win rate over 170 games.
- vs. Olaf - 43.5% win rate over 138 games.
- vs. Tryndamere - 43.5% win rate over 216 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.