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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.

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.

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

  1. Warmog's Armor
  2. Force of Nature
  3. Frozen Heart
  4. Plated Steelcaps

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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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.