How to beat Maokai

Common role: Top / Support / Jungle

A twisted treant whose saplings ambush and whose roots find everyone.

What makes Maokai dangerous

Maokai heals constantly off his passive, knocks back and slows (Q), dashes with a root (W), hurls sapling bombs that AMBUSH from brush with huge damage, and his ultimate is a creeping wall of roots that CCs your entire team at once.

How to play against Maokai

• 1Clear brush saplings — they hit for double from cover.
• 2Dodge or block the ult wall with distance — it's slow and telegraphed.
• 3His passive heal has a cooldown per proc — trade inside it.
• 4Grievous + %HP damage answer the tank-heal loop.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Sapling zones are avoidable with map discipline.
• ✓The ult travels slowly — spread or step aside.
• ✓Low real damage vs armored bruisers.
• ✓Kited hard when W is on cooldown.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Maokai's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Absorción de magia

  Los ataques básicos de Maokai también lo curan e infligen daño adicional tras un enfriamiento moderado. Cada vez que Maokai lanza un hechizo o es golpeado por un hechizo enemigo, este enfriamiento se reduce.

  Strong: periodic spell-vamp autos sustain his trades. Weak: per-proc cooldown — trade during the downtime.

• Q
  Zarzal opresor

  Maokai derriba a los enemigos cercanos con una onda de choque que les causa daño mágico y los ralentiza.

  Strong: a knockback slam that peels and pokes in one. Weak: short line — spacing beats the shove.

• W
  Avance retorcido

  Maokai se retuerce para convertirse en una masa de raíces móviles, se vuelve invulnerable y se lanza hacia el objetivo. Al llegar, enraíza al objetivo.

  Strong: an untargetable dash-root onto your carry. Weak: fixed range — hold peel for the landing.

• E
  Lanzamiento de pimpollo

  Maokai lanza un pimpollo a la zona seleccionada para que la vigile. Es más efectivo en la maleza.

  Strong: sapling bombs AMBUSH from brush with doubled damage. Weak: visible in the open — sweep brush and they're weak poke.

• R
  Garras de la naturaleza

  Maokai invoca un muro de zarzas y pinchos enorme que avanza lentamente hacia delante y enraíza y daña a los enemigos en su camino.

  Strong: a creeping root wall that CCs whole teams. Weak: slow crawl — walk out sideways before it locks.

Itemization

Sweep brush lines, sidestep the root wave, Grievous the sustain. He's CC, not damage — don't overrespect solo.

This guide covers Maokai's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.