Maokai·Top Build
Win rate | 50.4% |
Pick rate | 0.4% |
Ban rate | 9.3% |
Matches | 6 001- |
Maokai Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 58.3% based on 439 matches
Import this build directly into your game client:
Recommended builds
Most Popular
58.3%Optional
54.9%Alternative
57.0%Off-Meta
54.7%Top Players ALL
지혜롭고아름다운사람을포기하는법#8888 OTP
50.0%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 13 sec
Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 21 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 Frozen Heart as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Hollow Radiance. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Spirit Visage and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 58.3% winrate over 439 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 Hollow Radiance, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Frozen Heart as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Spirit Visage and Anathema's Chains. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 54.9% win rate over 368 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 Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Frozen Heart as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Unending Despair and Spirit Visage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 57.0% win rate across 307 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 Hollow Radiance as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Frozen Heart as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Liandry's Torment. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.7% win rate over 86 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
Check out the latest and best Maokai Probuilds used by pros from around the world, featured by lolvvv.
New Champion: Smolder
New champion is live! Check out the latest meta Smolder build now!
In-depth Build Stats
Dive into even more Maokai builds stats with additional analysis from our friends at LoLalytics.
Maokai Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.6 the best possible matchups for Maokai Top are:
- vs. Rengar - 68.8% win rate over 32 games.
- vs. Kennen - 61.1% win rate over 36 games.
- vs. Jax - 58.9% win rate over 197 games.
- vs. Kayle - 58.2% win rate over 79 games.
- vs. Pantheon - 58.2% win rate over 55 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. Warwick - 38.7% win rate over 31 games.
- vs. Cassiopeia - 40.5% win rate over 37 games.
- vs. Yorick - 41.8% win rate over 67 games.
- vs. Karma - 41.9% win rate over 31 games.
- vs. Tahm Kench - 42.2% win rate over 64 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.