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
  마법 흡수

  마오카이는 기본 지속 효과로 기본 공격 시 체력을 회복하고 추가 피해를 입힙니다. 적 스킬에 맞거나 직접 스킬을 사용하면 기본 지속 효과의 재사용 대기시간이 감소합니다.

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

• Q
  덤불 주먹

  마오카이가 충격파를 일으켜 근처의 적을 뒤로 날려버리고 마법 피해를 입히며 둔화시킵니다.

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

• W
  뒤틀린 전진

  마오카이가 움직이는 뿌리 덩어리로 변신해 대상에게 도약해 속박합니다. 이때 마오카이는 대상으로 지정할 수 없습니다.

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

• E
  묘목 던지기

  마오카이가 묘목을 던져 해당 지역을 감시하게 합니다. 수풀에서는 효과가 향상됩니다.

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

• R
  대자연의 마수

  마오카이가 나뭇가지와 가시로 된 거대 벽을 소환합니다. 벽은 천천히 전진하며 벽에 닿은 적에게 피해를 입히고 속박합니다.

  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.