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
  吸元秘术

  茂凯的普通攻击也会治疗自身并造成额外伤害，此效果拥有一个中等的冷却时间。每当茂凯施放一次技能或被一个敌方技能击中时，这个冷却时间都会缩短。

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

• Q
  荆棘重击

  茂凯用一记冲击波击退附近的敌人，造成魔法伤害和减速效果。

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

• W
  扭曲突刺

  茂凯扭曲为一团移动根须，不可被选取并且向目标突进。在抵达后，他会禁锢住目标。

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

• E
  树苗投掷

  茂凯投出一颗树苗去目标地区戒备。在草丛中更加有效。

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

• R
  自然之握

  茂凯召唤一道荆棘和尖刺灌木组成的巨墙缓慢向前行进，对沿途的敌人造成伤害和禁锢效果。

  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.