MaokaiBuild for Support - Patch 26.17
The patch 26.17 Maokai top build uses Boots of Swiftness, Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, Spirit Visage, Bandlepipes, Unending Despair, Oracle Lens. This Maokai build has a 8.87% pick rate and a 55.95% win rate in LoL patch 26.17. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Maokai build choices below.
Best Maokai Build - Highest Win Rate Items
Full Build
Early Build Order
Top Summoner Spells
Ignite + Flash54.8%Win Rate73.8%Pick Rate
Exhaust + Flash53.3%Win Rate17.9%Pick Rate
Build Stats
This Maokai build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
The core items for this Maokai build are Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Spirit Visage. This item combination achieves a 56.0% win rate across 84 matches analyzed.
At full build, Maokai gains a total of 1350 Health, 175 Armor, and 100 MR, giving a strong power profile for a balanced playstyle.
Best Maokai Runes
Resolve
Inspiration
Maokai Abilities
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Maokai build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health, Magic Resistance. Lower in: Magic Damage, Physical Damage.
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- Win rate by rank & game length
The most popular starting items for Maokai are Health Potion, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 59.5% win rate and 45.1% pick rate.
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Locket of the Iron Solari
2,20049.76%Win Rate-0.82%WR Diff51.84%Pick Rate - S
Thornmail
2,45050.49%Win Rate-0.09%WR Diff42.99%Pick Rate - S
Spirit Visage
2,70050.41%Win Rate-0.17%WR Diff20.53%Pick Rate
Maokai players complete Heartsteel first in 12% of games, winning 58.1% of them. The median first item is finished at 14:54 (25th to 75th percentile: 13:30 to 16:30).
First item
- Win Rate
- 58.1%
- Pick Rate
- 12.0%
- Median completion
- 14:54
- Games
- 74
- Win Rate
- 54.5%
- Pick Rate
- 16.4%
- Median completion
- 13:18
- Games
- 101
- Win Rate
- 49.1%
- Pick Rate
- 45.9%
- Median completion
- 12:36
- Games
- 283
First two items
- Win Rate
- 65.4%
- Pick Rate
- 4.9%
- Median completion
- 23:12
- Games
- 26
- Win Rate
- 52.6%
- Pick Rate
- 10.7%
- Median completion
- 21:24
- Games
- 57
- Win Rate
- 46.6%
- Pick Rate
- 21.7%
- Median completion
- 21:54
- Games
- 116
Three-item core
- Win Rate
- 37.5%
- Pick Rate
- 11.6%
- Median completion
- 30:18
- Games
- 32
- Win Rate
- 35.3%
- Pick Rate
- 6.2%
- Median completion
- 29:36
- Games
- 17
- Win Rate
- 61.5%
- Pick Rate
- 4.7%
- Median completion
- 28:54
- Games
- 13
Stages keep purchase order, so "A then B" and "B then A" are counted separately. Completion time is the minute the last item of the stage was bought. Boots are tracked separately.
Maokai players max Q > W > E in 80% of games, winning 49.9% of the 501 games that followed that order. The grid shows the most common ability at every level.
Q
W
E| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Q > E > W: 9% of games, 46.4% win rate
- W > Q > E: 6% of games, 51.3% win rate
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Bandlepipes
2,30054.93%Win Rate+4.35%WR Diff29.63%Pick Rate - S
Unending Despair
2,80047.86%Win Rate-2.72%WR Diff19.53%Pick Rate
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Boots of Swiftness
1,00052.51%Win Rate+1.93%WR Diff48.16%Pick Rate
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Oracle Lens
050.48%Win Rate-0.10%WR Diff86.48%Pick Rate
Combined statistics from all items in this Maokai build.
Movement Speed:55
Armor:175
Health:1350
Magic Resistance:100
Build Comparison
SpeedArmorHealthMR
This Maokai durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. Its 56.0% win rate comes from only 84 games, so treat it as an observation rather than a proven edge. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, excellent magic damage resistance, and substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Maokai build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. This build's moderate gold investment allows Maokai to spike earlier in the game. Prioritize completing Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Spirit Visage to maximize your mid-game impact. For optimal results with this Maokai build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Strengths
- Strong physical damage mitigation
- Excellent magic damage resistance
- Substantial health pool for survivability