Maokai

the Twisted Treant

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Lore

Maokai is a rageful, towering treant who fights the unnatural horrors of the Shadow Isles. He was twisted into a force of vengeance after a magical cataclysm destroyed his home, surviving undeath only through the Waters of Life infused within his heartwood. Once a peaceful nature spirit, Maokai now furiously battles to banish the scourge of unlife from the Shadow Isles and restore his home to its former beauty.

At a glance

Attack: 3 / 10
Defense: 8 / 10
Magic: 6 / 10
Difficulty: 3 / 10

Abilities

Passive
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.
Q
Bramble Smash
Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
Cooldown
7/6.5/6/5.5/5s
Cost
40 ?
Range
600
W
Twisted Advance
Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
Cooldown
14/13/12/11/10s
Cost
60 ?
Range
525
E
Sapling Toss
Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
Cooldown
18/17/16/15/14s
Cost
60/65/70/75/80 ?
Range
1100
R
Nature's Grasp
Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
Cooldown
130/110/90s
Cost
100 ?
Range
3000

Base stats

Health: 665 (+109/lvl)
Health regen: 5 (+0.75/lvl)
Resource: 375 (+43/lvl)
Resource regen: 6 (+0.6/lvl)
Attack damage: 64
Attack speed: 0.8 (+2.13/lvl)
Armor: 35 (+5.2/lvl)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.05/lvl)
Move speed: 335
Attack range: 125

Playing as Maokai

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Playing against Maokai

Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.

Skins (11)

Charred Maokai
Totemic Maokai
Festive Maokai
Haunted Maokai
Goalkeeper Maokai
Meowkai◆
Victorious Maokai
Worldbreaker Maokai◆
Astronaut Maokai◆
DRX Maokai◆
Corrupted Petricite Maokai