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.
Maokai Wild Rift champion guide
Champion guide
What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.
- In-game title
- The Twisted Treant
- Official role
- TANK
- Lane
- Support
- Difficulty
- Low
- Source tier
- A
Abilities
Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.
1 BRAMBLE SMASH
Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
2 TWISTED ADVANCE
Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
3 SAPLING TOSS
Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
ULTIMATE NATURE'S GRASP
Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
Reviewed build
The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.
Core build order
Runes
- Ice Overlord
- Courage of the Colossus
- Second Wind
- Perseverance
- Transcendence
Situational answers
One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.
- Enemy healingThornmail
- Enemy crowd controlMercury's Treads
- Enemy burstBone Plating
Matchups
- 5reviewed counter links
- 5reviewed synergy links
Harder matchups
Useful alongside this pick
- JinxDragon / ADCB
- Miss FortuneDragon / ADCS
- SamiraDragon / ADCA
- Kai'SaDragon / ADCA
- AsheDragon / ADCA
Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.
Quick answers
Who counters Maokai in Wild Rift?
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Maokai: Caitlyn (Dragon / ADC), Draven (Dragon / ADC), Janna (Support), Morgana (Support), Brand (Mid). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
How do you play against Maokai in Wild Rift?
Riot's ability text for Maokai describes crowd control (a stun, root, knock-up, pull or similar) in BRAMBLE SMASH (ability 1), TWISTED ADVANCE (ability 2). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Maokai is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
What is the best build for Maokai in Wild Rift?
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Maokai, in purchase order: Warmog's Armor then Force of Nature then Frozen Heart then Plated Steelcaps. Runes: Ice Overlord, Courage of the Colossus, Second Wind, Perseverance, Transcendence. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Thornmail; against enemy crowd control: Mercury's Treads; against enemy burst: Bone Plating. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Which lane and role does Maokai play in Wild Rift?
Maokai is a Tank by Riot's classification and is played in Support, Baron / Top. Riot rates the difficulty Low. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows A tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.