Maokai·Top Build

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 Hollow Radiance as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Iceborn Gauntlet. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 54.2% winrate over 59 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.