Support

Maokai Build 26.22

Maokai brings more reliable crowd control than almost any tank: a point-and-click dash root, a long-range root wave to open fights, and saplings that zone whole chokes. A fine but unremarkable pick at 49.6% and slipping this patch, he wins by locking a target down and simply not dying while his team collapses onto it. His passive healing and natural bulk let him facecheck and soak for the group. Land the roots and the fight is decided before it starts.

#34 of 66 support this patch · 351 games

Win rate49.6%−0.3Games351Pick rate1.7%Ban rate0.2%Last 8 patches−1.7 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 81%AD 12%True 6%DifficultyiLowForgiving

The 10-second answer standard · 49.6% WR

Boots of Swiftness SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopA50.9%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidC48.6%AkshanMidD45.0%AlistarSupportS52.8%AmbessaTopC48.5%AmumuJungleB50.2%AniviaMidC49.0%AnnieMidC48.7%ApheliosAD CarryC48.8%AsheAD CarryC48.5%Aurelion SolMidS53.5%AuroraMidS53.3%AzirMidD46.4%BardSupportC48.6%Bel'VethJungleS+55.2%BlitzcrankSupportA51.7%BrandSupportB49.9%BraumSupportA51.6%BriarJungleS54.1%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidD45.6%Cho'GathJungleS52.9%CorkiAD CarryA51.2%DariusTopB50.1%DianaMidA51.1%Dr. MundoTopS52.6%DravenAD CarryB50.2%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleS53.0%EzrealAD CarryD47.1%FiddlesticksJungleC48.2%FioraTopA51.5%FizzMidC48.0%GalioMidB50.1%GangplankTopB50.6%GarenTopB50.0%GnarTopC48.8%GragasTopC47.8%GravesJungleB50.7%GwenTopA51.7%HecarimJungleB49.9%HeimerdingerTopA51.2%HweiMidB50.5%IllaoiTopB50.3%IreliaTopD47.4%IvernJungleS54.1%JannaSupportB50.4%Jarvan IVJungleD47.0%JaxTopB50.0%JayceTopC48.5%JhinAD CarryB50.7%JinxAD CarryB50.1%K'SanteTopC48.5%Kai'SaAD CarryB50.3%KalistaAD CarryB50.3%KarmaSupportC48.4%KarthusJungleS52.9%KassadinMidS+57.7%KatarinaMidA51.3%KayleTopB49.8%KaynJungleC48.0%KennenTopS53.8%Kha'ZixJungleB49.5%KindredJungleS52.8%KledTopS53.9%Kog'MawAD CarryB49.5%LeBlancMidS53.0%Lee SinJungleC48.6%LeonaSupportA51.6%LilliaJungleB49.3%LissandraMidC49.1%LockeMidC48.8%LucianAD CarryD47.7%LuluSupportB50.2%LuxSupportC48.3%MalphiteTopS52.4%MalzaharMidC49.1%MaokaiSupportB49.6%Master YiJungleC48.3%MelMidC47.8%MilioSupportC47.8%Miss FortuneAD CarryC48.3%MordekaiserTopA50.9%MorganaSupportB50.8%NaafiriJungleB50.2%NamiSupportA51.1%NasusTopA50.9%NautilusSupportB49.7%NeekoSupportD44.6%NidaleeJungleB50.7%NilahAD CarryS+60.9%NocturneJungleD46.9%Nunu & WillumpJungleD47.0%OlafTopC48.5%OriannaMidC49.1%OrnnTopA52.3%PantheonTopB49.9%PoppySupportS+54.7%PykeSupportB50.4%QiyanaJungleC48.1%QuinnTopD43.5%RakanSupportS53.6%RammusJungleS+58.7%Rek'SaiJungleS53.7%RellSupportS53.4%Renata GlascSupportS52.9%RenektonTopB50.4%RengarJungleA51.6%RivenTopC48.9%RumbleTopB50.7%RyzeMidD47.1%SamiraAD CarryC47.9%SejuaniJungleA52.4%SennaSupportS52.7%SeraphineSupportB49.5%SettTopB50.4%ShacoJungleC48.7%ShenTopS52.7%ShyvanaJungleS52.6%SingedTopC47.9%SionTopS53.3%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleB50.5%SmolderAD CarryC49.0%SonaSupportB50.9%SorakaSupportB50.4%SwainSupportS+55.0%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidC48.4%Tahm KenchSupportC47.7%TaliyahJungleB50.7%TalonJungleA52.2%TaricSupportD47.1%TeemoTopS53.3%ThreshSupportB49.6%TristanaAD CarryA51.4%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopA51.3%Twisted FateMidB49.5%TwitchAD CarryB50.4%UdyrJungleB51.0%UrgotTopD47.4%VarusAD CarryC48.7%VayneAD CarryC48.6%VeigarMidB49.4%Vel'KozSupportS53.5%VexMidS+55.5%ViJungleB50.3%ViegoJungleD47.1%ViktorMidC48.1%VladimirMidC48.8%VolibearTopB49.6%WarwickJungleS54.1%WukongJungleA51.7%XayahAD CarryS53.2%XerathMidA52.2%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.0%YasuoMidC48.2%YoneTopD46.9%YorickTopC48.0%YunaraAD CarryC48.2%YuumiSupportD47.3%ZaahenTopC48.9%ZacJungleA52.0%ZedMidC48.2%ZeriAD CarryB50.8%ZiggsAD CarryS+56.3%ZileanSupportB50.2%ZoeMidS+55.3%ZyraSupportA51.4%

LoL ClassicSee how Maokai was built in the classic eraMaokai Classic Build

When Is Maokai Strongest?

The win rate runs highest in the opening minutes and eases off later, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Maokai wins by using that window to catch enemies out with his roots and force early objectives, since his crowd control lets his team turn one pick into a dragon or a tower before the game scales.

Game timeline · Maokai drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:51

Ambush zone2:18–3:48 Power spike 10:09

10:09

15:43

19:18

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 62/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~3.7k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Locket of the Iron Solari · 15:43

Maokai Item Build

Maokai is a durable engage tank who roots targets in place and drags fights toward his team with relentless crowd control. The build stacks health, armor, and magic resist so he survives the dive while his sustain keeps him topped off between skirmishes.

Standard loadout · Maokai The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 100g

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Boots of Swiftness71% · 52.7%

Plated Steelcaps29% · 50.0%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.S

Spirit Visage3056.7%Z

Zeke's Convergence1850.0%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.U

Unending Despair3560.0%K

Knight's Vow9459.6%Z

Zeke's Convergence1850.0%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens34450.3%

Best Maokai Runes

Aftershock is the standard pick here, and his kit gives him easy ways to trigger it, whether he is poking with saplings or committing with a root. He lands his crowd control before the enemy can respond, so he gets his value the instant a fight starts. Keep the rest of the page tuned so he survives the counterattack after he dives in.

The pre-game page Aftershock · Resolve + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Resolve Primary

AftershockAfter immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.

Font of Life89% · 49.2%

Bone Plating63% · 49.3%

Unflinching70% · 50.4%

Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Biscuit Delivery38% · 52.3%

Cosmic Insight63% · 52.7%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +9Adaptive Force+20–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Locket of the Iron Solari into Bandlepipes to become the frontline that never falls over. Stalling out hurts, so press any early edge you get. Bandlepipes comes online at about the 19-minute mark, and after it his roots buy enough time for your team to delete whatever he catches. Prioritize that item so your engages actually stick.

Maokai Skill Order

Maokai opens with Twisted Advance at one, which gives him lockdown before anything else. Bramble Smash arrives at two for the knockback and slow, Sapling Toss at three, and points four and five both feed Q.

Skill order · Maokai R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 1.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q24579max 9

W181012max 12

E3max 3

R611max 11

Maokai Changes This Patch

Stat & ability changesPatch 26.22

Q Max Health %2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5Buff

Maokai Abilities

Sap Magic is doing quiet work every fight, turning one basic attack into a heal and extra damage on a timer that ticks faster each time he casts a spell or eats one. That means spamming Bramble Smash into a clustered enemy line keeps his healing auto coming back sooner.

Abilities · Maokaipatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Sap MagicPassiveP

Bramble SmashMax 1stQ

Twisted AdvanceMax 2ndW

Sapling TossMax lastE

Nature's GraspUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Bramble SmashMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+45 per rank+50% APlv 275lv 4120lv 5165lv 7210lv 9255Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 27slv 46.5slv 56slv 75.5slv 95sConstant at every rankCost40same at all ranks

Maokai Base Stats

Base stats · MaokaiPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD64+3.3AS0.8+2.125%MS335Range125HP665+109HP55+0.75Armor35+5.2MR32+2.05MP375+43MP56+0.6

Maokai Matchups

Maokai wants to close the gap and root someone, so hard disengage and ranged poke that keep him at bay before he commits give him trouble. Immobile targets he can dash onto and root, then trap under his advancing wall, are where his lockdown shines.

Lane matchups · Maokai click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs supports 01Poke with Bramble Smash to pressure the low-range enchanter early.02Ward chokes with saplings and roam; enchanters cannot punish absence.03All-in with Twisted Advance when their shields and heals are down. Win rate by game lengthMaokai overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min55.1%20–28 min46.7%28–35 min51.1%Over 35 min46.9%

Respect Seraphine, Lux, and Swain, who can poke him down from range or sidestep his root before he can commit. Bait the dash root out of their sightline, since a whiffed root leaves him exposed. Against Pyke, Blitzcrank, and Pantheon his layered crowd control locks them out of the fight entirely, so look to engage onto them and let your team follow up.

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