Maokai Popular Build
The patch 26.1 Maokai most played build uses Mercury's Treads, Locket of the Iron Solari, Trailblazer, Bandlepipes, Knight's Vow, Redemption, Oracle Lens. This Maokai build has a 4.76% pick rate and a 61.64% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Maokai build choices below.
Sap Magic
Maokai's basic attack also heals him and deals additional damage on a moderate cooldown. Each time Maokai casts a spell or is struck by an enemy's spell, this cooldown is reduced.
Bramble Smash
Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
Cost:- 40
Cooldown:- 7/
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Range:- 600
Twisted Advance
Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
Cost:- 60
Cooldown:- 14/
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Range:- 525
Sapling Toss
Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
Cost:- 60/
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Cooldown:- 18/
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Range:- 1100
Nature's Grasp
Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 130/
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Range:- 3000
- Tank,
- Support
Best Maokai Build - Highest Win Rate Items
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.
These are Maokai's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Locket of the Iron Solari (53.6% WR, +2.8% WR diff, 35.8% pick rate) provides 25 Armor, 200 Health, 25 MR. Thornmail (52.3% WR, +1.4% WR diff, 32.3% pick rate) provides 75 Armor, 150 Health. Trailblazer (53.5% WR, +2.7% WR diff, 38.9% pick rate) provides 40 Armor, 250 Health, 0.04% Speed. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
2,200Maokai 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: Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage, Physical Damage.
Top situational items for Maokai include Bandlepipes, Unending Despair. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Maokai are Mercury's Treads. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Maokai is Farsight Alteration for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Maokai build.
Magic Resistance:65
Movement Speed:45
Armor:210
Health:1200- Movement Speed:4%
When facing Maokai's top counters like Soraka, Sona, Lulu, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Maokai needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Bandlepipes or Unending Despair based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Maokai performance.
This Maokai durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 60.7% win rate across 89 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, 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, Trailblazer 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.
Champions that use similar core items to Maokai. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current popular maokai build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
Maokai Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Maokai build?
The best Maokai build in this patch includes Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Trailblazer. This build has a 60.67% win rate and is picked 5.81% of the time.
What are Maokai's core items?
Maokai's core items are Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Trailblazer. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Maokai's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Maokai?
Mercury's Treads are the best boots for Maokai. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Maokai's playstyle. They are included in 5.8% of Maokai builds.
What is the best trinket for Maokai?
Farsight Alteration is the best trinket for Maokai. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Farsight Alteration helps Maokai maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Maokai builds?
Yes, alternative Maokai builds include options like Locket of the Iron Solari, Trailblazer, and Bandlepipes. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Maokai?
MetaBot sources its build data for Maokai directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Maokai builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Maokai. From there, we aggregate the Maokai builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.