Wild Rift: MAOKAI Build Guide (7.3A)
League of Legends: Wild Rift MAOKAI, role - Support / Tank. Use the guidelines to take your MAOKAI Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position MAOKAI is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 66 (3.5) |  690 (128) |  10 (0.65) |
 0.8 (0.020) |  380 (60) |  33 (0.79) |
 345 (0) |  49 (4) |  36 (2) |
 200% (0) |
(PASSIVE) SAP MAGIC
Every 24 seconds, Maokai's next attack restores 28 Health (
)
Using an ability or being hit by an enemy champion's ability reduces this ability's cooldown by 3 seconds.
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
8/7/6/5s 
60
Smashes his fist into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that deals 60 magic damage (60/115/170/225 + 50% 
) plus 2.5/3/3.5/4% of the target's max Health and slows them briefly for 0.25 seconds. Nearby enemies are also knocked back.
Deals 120 bonus damage to monsters.
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
14/13/12/11s 60
Transforms into a moving mass of roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to an enemy champion target. Upon arriver, he roots them for 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25 seconds and deals 60 magic damage (60/95/130/165 + 50% ).
Deals 180% damage to monsters.
(E) SAPLING TOSS
12s 45
Flings a sapling, which stands watch at where it lands for 20 seconds. Saplings chase nearby enemies, detonating on arrival to deal 60 magic damage (60/90/120/150 + 25% + 6% bonus ) and slow nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds.
If placed in brush, saplings stand watch for 30 seconds and cause a larger explosion upon catching up to targets, dealing 200% magic damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% (+1.5% per 100 bonus and +1% per 100 bonus ) for 3 seconds.
Saplings deal 130% damage to minions regardless of whether they are placed in brush or not.
Saplings deal a maximum of 300 damage to monsters.
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
75/70/65s 100
Summons a slow-moving colossal wave of brambles, dealing 175 magic damage (200/250/325 + 65% ) and rooting enemies hit for 0.8 seconds. Root duration increases with distance traveled by the brambles.
Hitting an enemy champion with this ability grants Maokai 40/50/60% Movement Speed, which decays over 2 seconds. Hitting a new target refreshes this duration.
MAOKAI Meta Overview — Ranks & Performance Analytics
This meta overview presents MAOKAI’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where MAOKAI performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
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Jungle MAOKAI Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Jungle Line MAOKAI. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Amplifying Tome. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Amplifying Tome
+20 Ability Power
500
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage
+300 Max Health +70 Ability Power
Torment: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage for 3 seconds.
Madness: Deals 2% more damage for each second in combat against champions, capped at 6% after 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item excels in extended fights. Your abilities and empowered attacks ignite enemies, dealing damage over time based on their maximum health, while your overall damage steadily increases the longer you remain in combat. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and AP bruisers who want to wear down even the toughest frontline champions.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health
+20 Armor
+45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Bloodletter's Curse
Reduces enemy's Magic Resist +350 Maximum Health +65 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Vile Decay: Dealing magic damage with abilities or passives to champions reduces their Magic Resist by 7.5% for 6 seconds (max 30%). 2900
Bloodletter's Curse TIPS: This item greatly enhances your magic damage by gradually reducing the target's magic resistance whenever your abilities or passive effects deal damage. It excels in extended fights, allowing both you and your AP teammates to deal increasingly higher damage to the same target. An excellent choice for AP bruisers, damage-over-time mages, and champions who can consistently keep the debuff active on multiple enemies.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health
+25 Magic Resistance
+30 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Armored Advance
Grants Armor and a shield +150 Max Health +30 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduce damage from champion attacks by 10%.
Noxian Endurance: After taking physical damage from a champion grants a physical shield that absorbs damage equal to 10-140 plus 8% max Health. (12s Cooldown) 2200
Armored Advance TIPS: These boots provide excellent protection against physical damage. They reduce damage taken from enemy champion attacks and grant a protective shield after taking physical damage from a champion, helping you survive extended trades and heavy bursts of physical damage. They are an excellent choice against marksmen, fighters, and other champions who rely primarily on physical attacks.
Chainlaced Crushers
Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage +150 Max Health +30 Magic Resistance +30% Tenacity +45 Move Speed
Noxian Persistence: After taking magic damage from a champion, gain a magic shield that absorbs 10-120 plus 5% maxfor 5s. (12s Cooldown) 2200
Chainlaced Crushers TIPS: These boots greatly improve your survivability against magic damage. After taking magic damage from an enemy champion, you gain a magic shield that helps absorb follow-up spells, while the bonus Magic Resistance and Tenacity make you far more resilient against AP threats and crowd control. They are an excellent choice against teams with heavy magic damage and strong CC.
Liandry's Torment (Abilities deal bonus damage) as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps (Reduces damage from champion attacks) or Mercury's Treads (Reduces Magic Damage) depending on the situation. (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Bloodletter's Curse (Reduces enemy's Magic Resist).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Armored Advance (Grants Armor and a shield). You may want to replace it with Chainlaced Crushers (Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +300 Max Health +70 Ability Power
Torment: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage for 3 seconds.
Madness: Deals 2% more damage for each second in combat against champions, capped at 6% after 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item excels in extended fights. Your abilities and empowered attacks ignite enemies, dealing damage over time based on their maximum health, while your overall damage steadily increases the longer you remain in combat. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and AP bruisers who want to wear down even the toughest frontline champions.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Bloodletter's Curse
Reduces enemy's Magic Resist +350 Maximum Health +65 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Vile Decay: Dealing magic damage with abilities or passives to champions reduces their Magic Resist by 7.5% for 6 seconds (max 30%). 2900
Bloodletter's Curse TIPS: This item greatly enhances your magic damage by gradually reducing the target's magic resistance whenever your abilities or passive effects deal damage. It excels in extended fights, allowing both you and your AP teammates to deal increasingly higher damage to the same target. An excellent choice for AP bruisers, damage-over-time mages, and champions who can consistently keep the debuff active on multiple enemies.
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage +60 Ability Power
+50% Mana Regen +20 Ability Haste
Control: Your crowd control abilities gain 20 Ability Haste.
Command: Crowd controlling an enemy champion marks them for 4 second(s), causing them to take 7% increased damage. 2600
Imperial Mandate TIPS: This item combines Ability Power, Mana regeneration, and Ability Haste, especially empowering champions with strong crowd control. Crowd control abilities can be used more frequently, while affected enemy champions temporarily take increased damage. An excellent choice for mages and supports who regularly slow, immobilize, or otherwise control enemies and help their team eliminate key targets faster.
Unending Despair
Increases tanks' sustain in teamfights +300 Max Health +40 Armor +40 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Anguish: Every 4 second(s) while in combat with a champion, deal 3% of your max Health as magic damage to nearby champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt. Anguish is unaffected by Item Ability Haste. 3000
Unending Despair TIPS: This item turns you into a self-sustaining frontline: while fighting you periodically deal magic damage around you and heal for a portion of that damage. Great for tanks and frontliners — it helps you soak focus, remain in the heart of fights longer, and excel in extended team engagements. Less effective in very short burst trades or on champions that avoid standing in the center of combat.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Situational items
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage +60 Ability Power +50% Mana Regen +20 Ability Haste
Control: Your crowd control abilities gain 20 Ability Haste.
Command: Crowd controlling an enemy champion marks them for 4 second(s), causing them to take 7% increased damage. 2600
Imperial Mandate TIPS: This item combines Ability Power, Mana regeneration, and Ability Haste, especially empowering champions with strong crowd control. Crowd control abilities can be used more frequently, while affected enemy champions temporarily take increased damage. An excellent choice for mages and supports who regularly slow, immobilize, or otherwise control enemies and help their team eliminate key targets faster.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health
+100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Kaenic Rookern — This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage +60 Ability Power +50% Mana Regen +20 Ability Haste
Control: Your crowd control abilities gain 20 Ability Haste.
Command: Crowd controlling an enemy champion marks them for 4 second(s), causing them to take 7% increased damage. 2600
Imperial Mandate TIPS: This item combines Ability Power, Mana regeneration, and Ability Haste, especially empowering champions with strong crowd control. Crowd control abilities can be used more frequently, while affected enemy champions temporarily take increased damage. An excellent choice for mages and supports who regularly slow, immobilize, or otherwise control enemies and help their team eliminate key targets faster.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Thornmail — This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage +60 Ability Power +50% Mana Regen +20 Ability Haste
Control: Your crowd control abilities gain 20 Ability Haste.
Command: Crowd controlling an enemy champion marks them for 4 second(s), causing them to take 7% increased damage. 2600
Imperial Mandate TIPS: This item combines Ability Power, Mana regeneration, and Ability Haste, especially empowering champions with strong crowd control. Crowd control abilities can be used more frequently, while affected enemy champions temporarily take increased damage. An excellent choice for mages and supports who regularly slow, immobilize, or otherwise control enemies and help their team eliminate key targets faster.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +300 Max Health +75 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Morellonomicon — This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Unending Despair
Increases tanks' sustain in teamfights +300 Max Health +40 Armor +40 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Anguish: Every 4 second(s) while in combat with a champion, deal 3% of your max Health as magic damage to nearby champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt. Anguish is unaffected by Item Ability Haste. 3000
Unending Despair TIPS: This item turns you into a self-sustaining frontline: while fighting you periodically deal magic damage around you and heal for a portion of that damage. Great for tanks and frontliners — it helps you soak focus, remain in the heart of fights longer, and excel in extended team engagements. Less effective in very short burst trades or on champions that avoid standing in the center of combat.
Abyssal Mask
Deal increased magic damage +350 Max Health +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Unmake: Magic damage against enemy champions within 650 units of you is increased by 12%. (Unmake's damage bonus does not stack.) 2400
Abyssal Mask TIPS: This item combines Health, Magic Resistance, and Ability Haste, improving survivability against magic damage. Nearby enemy champions take increased magic damage, amplifying both your own damage and the magic damage dealt by your allies. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters who stay close to enemies and play in teams with significant magic damage.
Abyssal Mask — This item combines Health, Magic Resistance, and Ability Haste, improving survivability against magic damage. Nearby enemy champions take increased magic damage, amplifying both your own damage and the magic damage dealt by your allies. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters who stay close to enemies and play in teams with significant magic damage.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +300 Max Health +50 Armor +50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Amaranth's Twinguard — This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Smite as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Smite
Jungle Expertise:
On cast, Smite deals 600 true damage to minions and monsters and causes your attacks against a monster to deal 30 true damage(
) every second in an area around them for 2 seconds. This damage is increased by 10% bonus Attack Damage
, 12% bonus Ability Power, 25% bonus Armor, 25% bonus Magic Resist, and 4% bonus Health.
Deals 10% more damage against monsters.
Hunter's Resource:
- Gain Hunter's Resource stacks over time. After clearing a monster camp, 1 stack(s) are consumed for 40 bonus gold.
- Restore 5–35 Health every second () when attacking monsters. Health restored is based on your missing Health.
- When Smite is equipped, take only 50% damage from non-epic monsters.
Upgraded Smite:
- After consuming 8 and 20 stacks, Smite upgrades, increasing its damage to 1,000 and 1,400 respectively.
- When Smite is fully upgraded, gain Movement Speed while in the jungle or river: 10% Movement Speed out of combat, and 5% Movement Speed in combat.
- Upgraded Smite can be cast on champions to deal 40 true damage damage and steal 25% of their Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Gains one charge every 45 seconds, up to a max of 2.
Cooldown: 45s
Runes BUILD
Ice Overlord (Immobilizing an enemy champion causes beams to form around them, slowing them. After that, you gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.) as your keystone, followed by 
Courage of the Colossus (Gains a shield after immobilizing an enemy champion.), 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) and 
Overgrowth (Gains bonus scalable max Health.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Transcendence (Grants more Ability Haste the higher your level is and also returns ability cooldown duration.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Ice Overlord
Control, Slow
Immobilizing an enemy champion causes 3 beams to form around them, creating ice beneath them for 3 second(s) and slowing enemies inside. The slow lingers on enemies for 1.5 second(s) after they’ve left the ice zone. Gain a protective layer of ice around yourself, increasing your defenses. After a brief delay, the ice explodes, dealing a burst of magic damage around you.
Slow: (1% of your bonus Health + 15%).
Defenses: 35 + 75% bonus Armor and Magic Resist. Lasts 2.5 second(s).
Magic damage: 15–100 () + 5% max
Cooldown: 20s
Courage of the Colossus
Immobilize enemies to gain shields
Gains a shield that absorbs up to 25-45 () + 1% of max Health for 3s when immobilizing an enemy champion.
Cooldown: 18s
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Transcendence
Reduces ability cooldowns
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 5 Ability Haste;
at level 5, gain bonus 5 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 8% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Situational Runes
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Second Wind — The rune restores health every 5 seconds and significantly boosts regeneration after taking damage from an enemy champion. This rune is especially useful for champions who are often in the thick of the fight, such as tanks or fighters, as it helps sustain health during battles. The effect is doubled for melee champions, making it even more effective in extended fights, improving survivability.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Increase survivability when crowd controlled
Gain 10% Tenacity. Gain 10-15 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds when mmobilized. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Perseverance — The rune increases your tenacity by 10%. When immobilized, it grants you bonus armor and magic resistance for a short period. The effect refreshes if you are immobilized multiple times, making the rune especially useful for champions who often find themselves under crowd control. It is ideal for tanks and fighters, enhancing their survivability in fights when they are subjected to multiple crowd control effects.
Transcendence
Reduces ability cooldowns
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 5 Ability Haste;
at level 5, gain bonus 5 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 8% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Hextech Flashtraption
Gain short-range movement while Flash is on cooldown
While Flash is on cooldown, it is replaced by Hexflash. Dash a distance based on charge time (max 2s). Entering combat with enemy champions to trigger a 6-second cooldown.
Cooldown: 18s
Hextech Flashtraption — This rune provides extra mobility and creative movement options, especially when your main blink is unavailable. It is ideal for aggressive play, engage potential, and unpredictable positioning, allowing you to approach from unexpected angles or quickly close the gap. It works best on supports, tanks, and some fighters where engage, control, and playmaking are key.Skills Order
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
8/7/6/5s 60
Smashes his fist into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that deals 60 magic damage (60/115/170/225 + 50% ) plus 2.5/3/3.5/4% of the target's max Health and slows them briefly for 0.25 seconds. Nearby enemies are also knocked back.
Deals 120 bonus damage to monsters.
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
14/13/12/11s 60
Transforms into a moving mass of roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to an enemy champion target. Upon arriver, he roots them for 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25 seconds and deals 60 magic damage (60/95/130/165 + 50% ).
Deals 180% damage to monsters.
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
(E) SAPLING TOSS
12s 45
Flings a sapling, which stands watch at where it lands for 20 seconds. Saplings chase nearby enemies, detonating on arrival to deal 60 magic damage (60/90/120/150 + 25% + 6% bonus ) and slow nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds.
If placed in brush, saplings stand watch for 30 seconds and cause a larger explosion upon catching up to targets, dealing 200% magic damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% (+1.5% per 100 bonus and +1% per 100 bonus ) for 3 seconds.
Saplings deal 130% damage to minions regardless of whether they are placed in brush or not.
Saplings deal a maximum of 300 damage to monsters.
(E) SAPLING TOSS
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
75/70/65s 100
Summons a slow-moving colossal wave of brambles, dealing 175 magic damage (200/250/325 + 65% ) and rooting enemies hit for 0.8 seconds. Root duration increases with distance traveled by the brambles.
Hitting an enemy champion with this ability grants Maokai 40/50/60% Movement Speed, which decays over 2 seconds. Hitting a new target refreshes this duration.
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
Jungle MAOKAI Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Jungle MAOKAI. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Jungle MAOKAI Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Jungle MAOKAI in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against MAOKAI combo.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health +25 Magic Resistance +30 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +400 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance +5% Move Speed
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds (max 4 stacks). Dealing damage to an enemy champion refreshes the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 6% Movement Speed and 70 bonus Magic Resistance. 2800
Force of Nature TIPS: This item combines Health, high Magic Resistance, and Movement Speed, providing strong protection against magic damage. Taking ability damage from enemy champions gradually builds a defensive effect, while damaging enemies refreshes its duration. At maximum stacks, it significantly increases Magic Resistance and Movement Speed, making it especially effective against teams with heavy magic damage.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain 
+10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Penetration
Items with a high indicator Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration neutralize MAOKAI's some of the armor and magic resistance.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage
+30% Armor Penetration
+25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +50 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies below 60% current Health by 30% Movement Speed for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage through percentage Armor Penetration while allowing you to use abilities more frequently. Damaging wounded enemies with active abilities or empowered attacks also slows them, making it easier to chase or keep targets at a distance. An excellent choice for AD champions who rely on abilities and need effective Armor Penetration combined with additional control.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist() for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 10% Armor Pen and 
10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff. 3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +110 Ability Power +15 Magic Penetration
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 40% Health. 3100
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item greatly enhances a mage's finishing power. It provides a large boost to Ability Power and magic penetration while allowing your abilities and empowered attacks to deal increased damage to low-health enemies. An excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who want to execute targets more reliably and maximize their burst potential.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
% Health Damage
Items that can help to deal with high Health points tanks.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health +25 Attack Damage +25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage. If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health. (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structure. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item offers a strong blend of survivability and damage: after using an ability your next basic attack is empowered to deal bonus damage based on the target’s max health, and it heals you when used on enemy champions. Perfect for fighter-bruisiers and solo laners who weave abilities into autos and need sustain versus tanks and duelists.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +300 Max Health +70 Ability Power
Torment: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage for 3 seconds.
Madness: Deals 2% more damage for each second in combat against champions, capped at 6% after 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item excels in extended fights. Your abilities and empowered attacks ignite enemies, dealing damage over time based on their maximum health, while your overall damage steadily increases the longer you remain in combat. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and AP bruisers who want to wear down even the toughest frontline champions.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +40 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
+12% Lifesteal
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 8%). Minimum damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 100.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities slows them by 30% for 1.5s. (30s Cooldown) 3100
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Quicksilver Sash
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 1100
Quicksilver Sash TIPS: This enchant instantly removes most crowd control effects and briefly grants immunity to further disables. Once the effect ends, it provides increased resistance to crowd control and slows, helping you escape dangerous situations or continue fighting without interruption. It is an excellent choice against teams with heavy crowd control, allowing you to stay mobile and effective in crucial moments.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control +45 Attack Damage +12% Lifesteal +40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +12 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Banshee's Veil
Blocks an enemy ability +105 Ability Power +40 Magic Resistance
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. (30s Cooldown) 3000
Banshee's Veil TIPS: This item provides strong protection against magic damage while granting a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. It is especially effective against champions who rely on landing a single key spell to start their combo or burst you down. A great choice for mages and AP fighters who need to maintain safe positioning and deny enemy engage or pick potential.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Jungle MAOKAI Strengths and Weaknesses
Jungle MAOKAI Strategy and Tactics
Jungle MAOKAI Power Spikes
MAOKAI Jungle Pathing
Jungle Pathing represents the choices Junglers make in regards to when and where to gank. These choices include how they involve farming camps and buffs between their ganks, anticipating counterganks, and looking for opportunities to invade. It involves understanding the different abilities the champions in the game have and how they interact, as well as the overall interactions between the two team compositions.
full clear with a lvl 3 gank from a Raptor start
Gromp
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Blue Sentinel
Large Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 150 second(s).
The Blue Sentinel, sometimes called the blue buff, is a common starting monster for junglers thanks to its powerful Crest of Insight buff.
REWARDS
Upon dealing the killing blow to the Blue Sentinel, the player will receive the Crest of Insight Buff effect that lasts 90 seconds. Recover an amount of Mana or Energy every second.
Get 15 Ability Haste.
When a player who possesses the Crest of Insight buff is defeated by an enemy champion, the buff is transferred to the champion who defeated that player.
Greater Murk Wolf
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
Wolves tend to be easier and safer to bees at than other monsters. They are commonly s ight by junglers when passing by or while the higher priority monsters are respawning.
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Crimson Raptor
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
Crimson raptors deal surprising damage t but the small ones can be quickly dispatched. Junglers commonly seek them out while pre| to gank the middle lane or while waiting for hi; priority monsters to spawn.
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Red Brambleback
Large Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 150 second(s).
After completing the final strike to the Red Brambleback, you can obtain the Crest of Cinders buff effect; when the player with this buff is defeated, the buff effect will be transferred to the enemy champion who defeated them.
REWARDS
Upon dealing the killing blow to the Red Brambleback, the player will receive the Crest of Cinders Buff that lasts 90 seconds.
For Melee Champions, basic attacks burn targets on hit, reducing their movement speed by 20% for 3 seconds, and dealing True Damage every second. For non-Champion units, this only deals 50% of the burn damage.
For Ranged Champions, basic attacks burn targets on hit, reducing their Movement Speed by 6% for 3 seconds, and dealing True Damage every second. For non-Champion units, this only deals 50% of the burn damage.
When a player who possesses the Crest of Cinders buff is defeated by an enemy champion, the bufs is transferred to the champion who defeated player.
Ancient Krug
Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 20 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 110 second(s).
Ancient Krugs split into two upon defeat until they are so small they can split no more. Junglers oftem fight these monsters for extra gold and XP while waiting for gank opportunities or higher priority monster spawns.
REWARDS
Earn XP and gold upon defeating them.
Rift Scuttler
Large Monster
ABOUT
Spawn time: 85 second(s) into game.
Respawn interval: 120 second(s).
REWARDS
The Rift Scuttler grants XP and gold on takedown. A Speed Shrine also spawns at a fixed location on the same side of the river which provides the following buffs to your team:
Grants vision of the area.
Vision radius: 4.5m. Enemy champions who pass through this area will be maked and revealed.
Allied champions who pass through the area receive a 40% out-of-co Movement Speed boost for 2 second(s).
The Pro Maokai Jungle Path is a route that optimizes Maokai's abilities for a full clear but with an early level 3 gank. Start by unlocking (Q) BRAMBLE SMASH as your first ability. This will provide you with AoE damage and crowd control to efficiently clear the Raptors without needing a leash. As you clear Raptors, you'll reach level two and unlock (E) SAPLING TOSS. Next, move to the Red Brambleback camp. After Red Brambleback, proceed to the Krugs camp and upon finishing the Krugs camp, you should reach level three and unlock (W) TWISTED ADVANCE. (W) TWISTED ADVANCE is a valuable tool for ganking, providing gap-closing and crowd control. Proceed with a level three gank onto the lane connected to your Krugs. After the gank, recall back to base to replenish health and mana, and purchase items if necessary. Once you return to the jungle, proceed to clear the Murk Wolves, Blue Sentinel, and Gromp camps on the Blue side. Reaching level four, upgrade (Q) BRAMBLE SMASH and head to the river to secure the Rift Scuttler after which you can look for opportunities to gank a nearby lane.
This Pro Maokai Jungle Path emphasizes a methodical approach to clearing camps and utilizing ganking opportunities to apply early pressure on the map.
Support MAOKAI Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Support Line MAOKAI. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Relic Shield (Kill minions to earn bonus gold). Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Relic Shield
Kill minions to earn bonus gold +125 Max Health
This item is for support players. When equipped, it will reduce the gold you receive from killing minions and monsters. If there are multiples of this item within the party, only one of them can take effect at any given time.
Tribute: Gain 1 encircling energy orb(s) every 30 seconds (max 3 orbs). While near an ally, the actions below will trigger Tribute, consuming 1 energy orb(s) to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health 20-80:
1. Using abilities or attacks to damage enemy champions or structures.
2. Attacking minions below 65% Health. This also executes them, and the gold generated from the minion kills is given to the ally nearest to you. 3. A nearby minion is killed while you have 3 orbs. Upon triggering Tribute, the ally nearest to you gains Tribute stacks.
Sentry: Deal 1 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom.
Restraint: You do not earn gold generated from minion kills, but you earn gold equal to 50% of the bounty. The gold generated from your minion kills will be given to the ally nearest to you. Gold earned from monster kills is reduced by 50%.
Quest: After earning 750 gold, this item upgrades into Bulwark of the Mountain and binds you and the ally with the most Tribute stacks as Perfect Partners. 500
Bulwark of the Mountain
Kill minions to earn bonus gold +175 Max Health +10 Ability Haste
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%. 0
Bulwark of the Mountain TIPS: This item is designed for support players and grants passive gold income every 60 seconds along with Soulforce stacks that boost your health, attack damage, or ability power. At 10 stacks, you gain a significant adaptive stat bonus. While it reduces gold from killing minions and monsters, it accelerates your team’s economic pace. An additional effect deals extra damage to revealed Sight Wards, making it easier to clear vision and maintain map control.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Team shield +200 Max Health +30 Armor +30 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 250-370 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds. 2600
Locket of the Iron Solari TIPS: This item provides powerful team-wide protection during fights. Its active grants a shield to you and nearby allies, helping your team survive burst damage and reducing the impact of enemy engages. It is an excellent choice for tanks and supports who stay close to their teammates and want to maximize their team's survivability in teamfights.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health +25 Magic Resistance +30 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Armored Advance
Grants Armor and a shield +150 Max Health +30 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduce damage from champion attacks by 10%.
Noxian Endurance: After taking physical damage from a champion grants a physical shield that absorbs damage equal to 10-140 plus 8% max Health. (12s Cooldown) 2200
Armored Advance TIPS: These boots provide excellent protection against physical damage. They reduce damage taken from enemy champion attacks and grant a protective shield after taking physical damage from a champion, helping you survive extended trades and heavy bursts of physical damage. They are an excellent choice against marksmen, fighters, and other champions who rely primarily on physical attacks.
Chainlaced Crushers
Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage +150 Max Health +30 Magic Resistance +30% Tenacity +45 Move Speed
Noxian Persistence: After taking magic damage from a champion, gain a magic shield that absorbs 10-120 plus 5% maxfor 5s. (12s Cooldown) 2200
Chainlaced Crushers TIPS: These boots greatly improve your survivability against magic damage. After taking magic damage from an enemy champion, you gain a magic shield that helps absorb follow-up spells, while the bonus Magic Resistance and Tenacity make you far more resilient against AP threats and crowd control. They are an excellent choice against teams with heavy magic damage and strong CC.
Bulwark of the Mountain (Kill minions to earn bonus gold) as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps (Reduces damage from champion attacks) or Mercury's Treads (Reduces Magic Damage) depending on the situation. (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Locket of the Iron Solari (Team shield).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Armored Advance (Grants Armor and a shield). You may want to replace it with Chainlaced Crushers (Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Bulwark of the Mountain
Kill minions to earn bonus gold +175 Max Health +10 Ability Haste
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%. 0
Bulwark of the Mountain TIPS: This item is designed for support players and grants passive gold income every 60 seconds along with Soulforce stacks that boost your health, attack damage, or ability power. At 10 stacks, you gain a significant adaptive stat bonus. While it reduces gold from killing minions and monsters, it accelerates your team’s economic pace. An additional effect deals extra damage to revealed Sight Wards, making it easier to clear vision and maintain map control.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Team shield +200 Max Health +30 Armor +30 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 250-370 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds. 2600
Locket of the Iron Solari TIPS: This item provides powerful team-wide protection during fights. Its active grants a shield to you and nearby allies, helping your team survive burst damage and reducing the impact of enemy engages. It is an excellent choice for tanks and supports who stay close to their teammates and want to maximize their team's survivability in teamfights.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Knight's Vow
Redirect damage to yourself and restore Health +200 Max Health +100% Health Regen +40 Armor +10 Ability Haste
Sacrifice: While your Worthy ally is nearby, redirect 12% of the damage they take to you and heal for 10% of the damage dealt by them to champions.
Pledge: When you buy or re-buy this item, designate an ally who is Worthy. 2450
Knight's Vow TIPS: This item combines Health, Health regeneration, Armor, and Ability Haste, improving durability and the ability to protect allies. A designated ally gains additional protection while nearby: part of the damage they take is redirected to the item holder, while damage they deal to champions restores the holder’s Health. An excellent choice for tanks and supports focused on protecting a key carry.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +300 Max Health +50 Armor +50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Situational items
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field +300 Max Health +50 Armor +250 Max Mana +30 Ability Haste
Spellblade: Using an ability causes your next attack within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to (100% base AD + 25% Bonus Armor ) in an area and creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures. 3000
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Iceborn Gauntlet — This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Hollow Radiance
Deals damage in an area +400 Max Health +40 Magic Resistance +15 Ability Haste
Immolate: While in combat, deal magic damage equal to 20–30 plus 1% of bonus per second for 5 second(s) to nearby enemies. Deals 125% damage against monsters and 200% damage against minions.
Desolate: Killing a neutral monster or an enemy deals magic damage equal to 30 plus 2% of bonus in an area around them. 2800
Hollow Radiance TIPS: This item turns you into a steady source of pressure in fights: while engaged, it emits an area magic damage aura that helps clear waves and punish nearby small targets. On killing a neutral or enemy, it detonates for area damage, making it great for fast clears and threat creation when entering skirmishes. Perfect for tanks and frontline bruisers who need to hold the center of fights and force opponents into mistakes.
Hollow Radiance — This item turns you into a steady source of pressure in fights: while engaged, it emits an area magic damage aura that helps clear waves and punish nearby small targets. On killing a neutral or enemy, it detonates for area damage, making it great for fast clears and threat creation when entering skirmishes. Perfect for tanks and frontline bruisers who need to hold the center of fights and force opponents into mistakes.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Thornmail — This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Knight's Vow
Redirect damage to yourself and restore Health +200 Max Health +100% Health Regen +40 Armor +10 Ability Haste
Sacrifice: While your Worthy ally is nearby, redirect 12% of the damage they take to you and heal for 10% of the damage dealt by them to champions.
Pledge: When you buy or re-buy this item, designate an ally who is Worthy. 2450
Knight's Vow TIPS: This item combines Health, Health regeneration, Armor, and Ability Haste, improving durability and the ability to protect allies. A designated ally gains additional protection while nearby: part of the damage they take is redirected to the item holder, while damage they deal to champions restores the holder’s Health. An excellent choice for tanks and supports focused on protecting a key carry.
Unending Despair
Increases tanks' sustain in teamfights +300 Max Health +40 Armor +40 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Anguish: Every 4 second(s) while in combat with a champion, deal 3% of your max Health as magic damage to nearby champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt. Anguish is unaffected by Item Ability Haste. 3000
Unending Despair TIPS: This item turns you into a self-sustaining frontline: while fighting you periodically deal magic damage around you and heal for a portion of that damage. Great for tanks and frontliners — it helps you soak focus, remain in the heart of fights longer, and excel in extended team engagements. Less effective in very short burst trades or on champions that avoid standing in the center of combat.
Unending Despair — This item turns you into a self-sustaining frontline: while fighting you periodically deal magic damage around you and heal for a portion of that damage. Great for tanks and frontliners — it helps you soak focus, remain in the heart of fights longer, and excel in extended team engagements. Less effective in very short burst trades or on champions that avoid standing in the center of combat.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +300 Max Health +50 Armor +50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Randuin's Omen — This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Heal (Restore Health to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Heal
Restore 110 Health (110–400 ) to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion, and grants both of you 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Healing is halved for champions recently affected by Heal.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Ice Overlord (Immobilizing an enemy champion causes beams to form around them, slowing them. After that, you gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.) as your keystone, followed by Courage of the Colossus (Gains a shield after immobilizing an enemy champion.), Second Wind (Heals you after taking damage.) and Overgrowth (Gains bonus scalable max Health.) in the primary tree, as well as Hextech Flashtraption (Able to dash multiple times even after using Flash.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Ice Overlord
Control, Slow
Immobilizing an enemy champion causes 3 beams to form around them, creating ice beneath them for 3 second(s) and slowing enemies inside. The slow lingers on enemies for 1.5 second(s) after they’ve left the ice zone. Gain a protective layer of ice around yourself, increasing your defenses. After a brief delay, the ice explodes, dealing a burst of magic damage around you.
Slow: (1% of your bonus Health + 15%).
Defenses: 35 + 75% bonus Armor and Magic Resist. Lasts 2.5 second(s).
Magic damage: 15–100 () + 5% max
Cooldown: 20s
Courage of the Colossus
Immobilize enemies to gain shields
Gains a shield that absorbs up to 25-45 () + 1% of max Health for 3s when immobilizing an enemy champion.
Cooldown: 18s
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Hextech Flashtraption
Gain short-range movement while Flash is on cooldown
While Flash is on cooldown, it is replaced by Hexflash. Dash a distance based on charge time (max 2s). Entering combat with enemy champions to trigger a 6-second cooldown.
Cooldown: 18s
Situational Runes
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Bone Plating — The rune reduces damage from enemy attacks and abilities when you take damage from an enemy champion. It lowers damage from the next few attacks or abilities for a short period, making it useful for most champions, including tanks, fighters, and even some mages. The rune helps improve survivability by mitigating damage in critical moments of the fight, making it suitable for heroes who find themselves in the heart of battles.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Increase survivability when crowd controlled
Gain 10% Tenacity. Gain 10-15 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds when mmobilized. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Perseverance — The rune increases your tenacity by 10%. When immobilized, it grants you bonus armor and magic resistance for a short period. The effect refreshes if you are immobilized multiple times, making the rune especially useful for champions who often find themselves under crowd control. It is ideal for tanks and fighters, enhancing their survivability in fights when they are subjected to multiple crowd control effects.Skills Order
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
8/7/6/5s 60
Smashes his fist into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that deals 60 magic damage (60/115/170/225 + 50% ) plus 2.5/3/3.5/4% of the target's max Health and slows them briefly for 0.25 seconds. Nearby enemies are also knocked back.
Deals 120 bonus damage to monsters.
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
14/13/12/11s 60
Transforms into a moving mass of roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to an enemy champion target. Upon arriver, he roots them for 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25 seconds and deals 60 magic damage (60/95/130/165 + 50% ).
Deals 180% damage to monsters.
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
(E) SAPLING TOSS
12s 45
Flings a sapling, which stands watch at where it lands for 20 seconds. Saplings chase nearby enemies, detonating on arrival to deal 60 magic damage (60/90/120/150 + 25% + 6% bonus ) and slow nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds.
If placed in brush, saplings stand watch for 30 seconds and cause a larger explosion upon catching up to targets, dealing 200% magic damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% (+1.5% per 100 bonus and +1% per 100 bonus ) for 3 seconds.
Saplings deal 130% damage to minions regardless of whether they are placed in brush or not.
Saplings deal a maximum of 300 damage to monsters.
(E) SAPLING TOSS
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
75/70/65s 100
Summons a slow-moving colossal wave of brambles, dealing 175 magic damage (200/250/325 + 65% ) and rooting enemies hit for 0.8 seconds. Root duration increases with distance traveled by the brambles.
Hitting an enemy champion with this ability grants Maokai 40/50/60% Movement Speed, which decays over 2 seconds. Hitting a new target refreshes this duration.
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
Support MAOKAI Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Support MAOKAI. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Support MAOKAI Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Support MAOKAI in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against MAOKAI combo.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health +25 Magic Resistance +30 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +400 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance +5% Move Speed
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds (max 4 stacks). Dealing damage to an enemy champion refreshes the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 6% Movement Speed and 70 bonus Magic Resistance. 2800
Force of Nature TIPS: This item combines Health, high Magic Resistance, and Movement Speed, providing strong protection against magic damage. Taking ability damage from enemy champions gradually builds a defensive effect, while damaging enemies refreshes its duration. At maximum stacks, it significantly increases Magic Resistance and Movement Speed, making it especially effective against teams with heavy magic damage.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Penetration
Items with a high indicator Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration neutralize MAOKAI's some of the armor and magic resistance.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage +30% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +50 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies below 60% current Health by 30% Movement Speed for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage through percentage Armor Penetration while allowing you to use abilities more frequently. Damaging wounded enemies with active abilities or empowered attacks also slows them, making it easier to chase or keep targets at a distance. An excellent choice for AD champions who rely on abilities and need effective Armor Penetration combined with additional control.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist() for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 10% Armor Pen and 10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff. 3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +110 Ability Power +15 Magic Penetration
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 40% Health. 3100
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item greatly enhances a mage's finishing power. It provides a large boost to Ability Power and magic penetration while allowing your abilities and empowered attacks to deal increased damage to low-health enemies. An excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who want to execute targets more reliably and maximize their burst potential.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
% Health Damage
Items that can help to deal with high Health points tanks.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health +25 Attack Damage +25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage. If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health. (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structure. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item offers a strong blend of survivability and damage: after using an ability your next basic attack is empowered to deal bonus damage based on the target’s max health, and it heals you when used on enemy champions. Perfect for fighter-bruisiers and solo laners who weave abilities into autos and need sustain versus tanks and duelists.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +300 Max Health +70 Ability Power
Torment: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage for 3 seconds.
Madness: Deals 2% more damage for each second in combat against champions, capped at 6% after 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item excels in extended fights. Your abilities and empowered attacks ignite enemies, dealing damage over time based on their maximum health, while your overall damage steadily increases the longer you remain in combat. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and AP bruisers who want to wear down even the toughest frontline champions.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +40 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed +12% Lifesteal
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 8%). Minimum damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 100.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities slows them by 30% for 1.5s. (30s Cooldown) 3100
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Quicksilver Sash
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 1100
Quicksilver Sash TIPS: This enchant instantly removes most crowd control effects and briefly grants immunity to further disables. Once the effect ends, it provides increased resistance to crowd control and slows, helping you escape dangerous situations or continue fighting without interruption. It is an excellent choice against teams with heavy crowd control, allowing you to stay mobile and effective in crucial moments.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control +45 Attack Damage +12% Lifesteal +40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +12 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Banshee's Veil
Blocks an enemy ability +105 Ability Power +40 Magic Resistance
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. (30s Cooldown) 3000
Banshee's Veil TIPS: This item provides strong protection against magic damage while granting a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. It is especially effective against champions who rely on landing a single key spell to start their combo or burst you down. A great choice for mages and AP fighters who need to maintain safe positioning and deny enemy engage or pick potential.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Support MAOKAI Strengths and Weaknesses
Support MAOKAI Strategy and Tactics
Solo Baron MAOKAI Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Solo Baron Line MAOKAI. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Ruby Crystal. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Ruby Crystal +150 Max Health 500
Heartsteel
Increase Maximum Health +700 Max Health +150% Health Regen +20 Ability Haste
Colossal Consumption: While within 700 units of an enemy champion, charges for 2.5 seconds before dealing a huge strike against the enemy champion. This charged attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 140 + 3.5% of maximum Health, and grants maximum Health equal to 15% of the damage dealt. The charge for each target has a 20 second cooldown. 3000
Heartsteel TIPS: This item is perfect for tanks and bruisers who want to combine maximum survivability with massive burst damage against enemy champions. It provides a huge health pool, enhanced out-of-combat regeneration, and ability haste. The “Colossal Consumption” passive requires a 2.5-second charge when near an enemy champion, after which your next strike deals significant bonus physical damage based on your max health and grants you 15% of the damage dealt as bonus health. This allows you to both absorb damage and heal during skirmishes, making the item an excellent choice for extended fights and closing out teamfights. Excellent synergy with Spirit Visage: the healing amplification and regeneration boost from Spirit Visage further enhance the health restoration from this item’s passive, providing incredible survivability and sustain in combat.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Sunfire Aegis
Burns nearby emenies +350 Max Health +40 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Immolate: While in combat, deal magic damage equal to 20 plus 1.5% bonus HP every second to nearby enemies. Immolate deals 130% damage against monsters and 175-250% damage () against minions. 2900
Sunfire Aegis TIPS: This item combines Health, Armor, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. While in combat, it continuously deals magic damage to nearby enemies that scales with bonus Health and is more effective against minions and monsters. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters who stay close to enemies and want to improve both durability and sustained damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health +25 Magic Resistance +30 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Armored Advance
Grants Armor and a shield +150 Max Health +30 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduce damage from champion attacks by 10%.
Noxian Endurance: After taking physical damage from a champion grants a physical shield that absorbs damage equal to 10-140 plus 8% max Health. (12s Cooldown) 2200
Armored Advance TIPS: These boots provide excellent protection against physical damage. They reduce damage taken from enemy champion attacks and grant a protective shield after taking physical damage from a champion, helping you survive extended trades and heavy bursts of physical damage. They are an excellent choice against marksmen, fighters, and other champions who rely primarily on physical attacks.
Chainlaced Crushers
Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage +150 Max Health +30 Magic Resistance +30% Tenacity +45 Move Speed
Noxian Persistence: After taking magic damage from a champion, gain a magic shield that absorbs 10-120 plus 5% maxfor 5s. (12s Cooldown) 2200
Chainlaced Crushers TIPS: These boots greatly improve your survivability against magic damage. After taking magic damage from an enemy champion, you gain a magic shield that helps absorb follow-up spells, while the bonus Magic Resistance and Tenacity make you far more resilient against AP threats and crowd control. They are an excellent choice against teams with heavy magic damage and strong CC.
Heartsteel (Increase Maximum Health) as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps (Reduces damage from champion attacks) or Mercury's Treads (Reduces Magic Damage) depending on the situation. (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Sunfire Aegis (Burns nearby emenies).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Armored Advance (Grants Armor and a shield). You may want to replace it with Chainlaced Crushers (Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Heartsteel
Increase Maximum Health +700 Max Health +150% Health Regen +20 Ability Haste
Colossal Consumption: While within 700 units of an enemy champion, charges for 2.5 seconds before dealing a huge strike against the enemy champion. This charged attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 140 + 3.5% of maximum Health, and grants maximum Health equal to 15% of the damage dealt. The charge for each target has a 20 second cooldown. 3000
Heartsteel TIPS: This item is perfect for tanks and bruisers who want to combine maximum survivability with massive burst damage against enemy champions. It provides a huge health pool, enhanced out-of-combat regeneration, and ability haste. The “Colossal Consumption” passive requires a 2.5-second charge when near an enemy champion, after which your next strike deals significant bonus physical damage based on your max health and grants you 15% of the damage dealt as bonus health. This allows you to both absorb damage and heal during skirmishes, making the item an excellent choice for extended fights and closing out teamfights. Excellent synergy with Spirit Visage: the healing amplification and regeneration boost from Spirit Visage further enhance the health restoration from this item’s passive, providing incredible survivability and sustain in combat.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks +150 Max Health +20 Armor +45 Move Speed
Block: Reduces damage from champion attacks by 10%. 1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against champions who rely heavily on basic attacks. They increase your Health and Armor, while the passive further reduces damage taken from enemy champion attacks. An excellent choice against marksmen, AD fighters, and other auto-attack-focused champions.
Sunfire Aegis
Burns nearby emenies +350 Max Health +40 Armor +15 Ability Haste
Immolate: While in combat, deal magic damage equal to 20 plus 1.5% bonus HP every second to nearby enemies. Immolate deals 130% damage against monsters and 175-250% damage () against minions. 2900
Sunfire Aegis TIPS: This item combines Health, Armor, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. While in combat, it continuously deals magic damage to nearby enemies that scales with bonus Health and is more effective against minions and monsters. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters who stay close to enemies and want to improve both durability and sustained damage.
Unending Despair
Increases tanks' sustain in teamfights +300 Max Health +40 Armor +40 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Anguish: Every 4 second(s) while in combat with a champion, deal 3% of your max Health as magic damage to nearby champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt. Anguish is unaffected by Item Ability Haste. 3000
Unending Despair TIPS: This item turns you into a self-sustaining frontline: while fighting you periodically deal magic damage around you and heal for a portion of that damage. Great for tanks and frontliners — it helps you soak focus, remain in the heart of fights longer, and excel in extended team engagements. Less effective in very short burst trades or on champions that avoid standing in the center of combat.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Situational items
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Frozen Heart
Reduces enemy Attack Speed +80 Armor +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemy champions within 650 units of you by 25%. 2550
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Frozen Heart — This item combines a large amount of Armor, additional Mana, and Ability Haste, providing strong protection against physical damage. Nearby enemy champions have their Attack Speed reduced, making it especially effective against marksmen and other opponents who rely heavily on frequent basic attacks. An excellent choice for tanks and fighters against attack-focused team compositions.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Randuin's Omen — This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 1% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield +200 Max Health +45 Armor +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonusand gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown) 2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Gargoyle Stoneplate — This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +300 Max Health +50 Armor +50 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3200
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Amaranth's Twinguard — This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +400 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance +5% Move Speed
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds (max 4 stacks). Dealing damage to an enemy champion refreshes the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 6% Movement Speed and 70 bonus Magic Resistance. 2800
Force of Nature TIPS: This item combines Health, high Magic Resistance, and Movement Speed, providing strong protection against magic damage. Taking ability damage from enemy champions gradually builds a defensive effect, while damaging enemies refreshes its duration. At maximum stacks, it significantly increases Magic Resistance and Movement Speed, making it especially effective against teams with heavy magic damage.
Force of Nature — This item combines Health, high Magic Resistance, and Movement Speed, providing strong protection against magic damage. Taking ability damage from enemy champions gradually builds a defensive effect, while damaging enemies refreshes its duration. At maximum stacks, it significantly increases Magic Resistance and Movement Speed, making it especially effective against teams with heavy magic damage.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and Ignite (Ignites target enemy champion, dealing true damageand applying Grievous Wounds for the duration. Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Teleport
After channeling for 3.5 seconds, teleport your champion to an allied champion, structure, or ward (excludes areas in range of enemy inhibitors). You can only teleport to structures during the first 6 minutes of the game.
Cooldown: 150s
Runes BUILD
Grasp of Undying (When in combat, your next attack on a champion will occasionally deal bonus magic damage, heal you, and permanently increase your health.) as your keystone, followed by 
Demolish (Your third attack against a turret deals bonus damage), Second Wind (Heals you after taking damage.) and Overgrowth (Gains bonus scalable max Health.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Manaflow Band (Increases max Mana when an ability hits an enemy champions.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Grasp of Undying
Tank, Heal
Every 3s in combat, your next attack on a champion will be enhanced.
Bonus magic damage: 3.3%
Heal: 1.3%
Permanently health increase: 10
On Ranged champions, the effects are reduced by 60%.
Demolish
Destroy turrets faster
Your third attack against a turret deals bonus physical damage (85 + 28% max Health for melee champions; 50 + 20% max Health for ranged champions).
Cooldown: 30s
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Manaflow Band
Increase Mana
Hitting an enemy champion with and ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.
Situational Runes
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Bone Plating — The rune reduces damage from enemy attacks and abilities when you take damage from an enemy champion. It lowers damage from the next few attacks or abilities for a short period, making it useful for most champions, including tanks, fighters, and even some mages. The rune helps improve survivability by mitigating damage in critical moments of the fight, making it suitable for heroes who find themselves in the heart of battles.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Increase survivability when crowd controlled
Gain 10% Tenacity. Gain 10-15 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds when mmobilized. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Perseverance — The rune increases your tenacity by 10%. When immobilized, it grants you bonus armor and magic resistance for a short period. The effect refreshes if you are immobilized multiple times, making the rune especially useful for champions who often find themselves under crowd control. It is ideal for tanks and fighters, enhancing their survivability in fights when they are subjected to multiple crowd control effects.
Manaflow Band
Increase Mana
Hitting an enemy champion with and ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.
Hextech Flashtraption
Gain short-range movement while Flash is on cooldown
While Flash is on cooldown, it is replaced by Hexflash. Dash a distance based on charge time (max 2s). Entering combat with enemy champions to trigger a 6-second cooldown.
Cooldown: 18s
Hextech Flashtraption — This rune provides extra mobility and creative movement options, especially when your main blink is unavailable. It is ideal for aggressive play, engage potential, and unpredictable positioning, allowing you to approach from unexpected angles or quickly close the gap. It works best on supports, tanks, and some fighters where engage, control, and playmaking are key.Skills Order
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
8/7/6/5s 60
Smashes his fist into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that deals 60 magic damage (60/115/170/225 + 50% ) plus 2.5/3/3.5/4% of the target's max Health and slows them briefly for 0.25 seconds. Nearby enemies are also knocked back.
Deals 120 bonus damage to monsters.
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
14/13/12/11s 60
Transforms into a moving mass of roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to an enemy champion target. Upon arriver, he roots them for 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25 seconds and deals 60 magic damage (60/95/130/165 + 50% ).
Deals 180% damage to monsters.
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
(E) SAPLING TOSS
12s 45
Flings a sapling, which stands watch at where it lands for 20 seconds. Saplings chase nearby enemies, detonating on arrival to deal 60 magic damage (60/90/120/150 + 25% + 6% bonus ) and slow nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds.
If placed in brush, saplings stand watch for 30 seconds and cause a larger explosion upon catching up to targets, dealing 200% magic damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% (+1.5% per 100 bonus and +1% per 100 bonus ) for 3 seconds.
Saplings deal 130% damage to minions regardless of whether they are placed in brush or not.
Saplings deal a maximum of 300 damage to monsters.
(E) SAPLING TOSS
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
75/70/65s 100
Summons a slow-moving colossal wave of brambles, dealing 175 magic damage (200/250/325 + 65% ) and rooting enemies hit for 0.8 seconds. Root duration increases with distance traveled by the brambles.
Hitting an enemy champion with this ability grants Maokai 40/50/60% Movement Speed, which decays over 2 seconds. Hitting a new target refreshes this duration.
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
Solo Baron MAOKAI Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Solo Baron MAOKAI. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Solo Baron MAOKAI Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Solo Baron MAOKAI in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against MAOKAI combo.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health +25 Magic Resistance +30 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +400 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance +5% Move Speed
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds (max 4 stacks). Dealing damage to an enemy champion refreshes the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 6% Movement Speed and 70 bonus Magic Resistance. 2800
Force of Nature TIPS: This item combines Health, high Magic Resistance, and Movement Speed, providing strong protection against magic damage. Taking ability damage from enemy champions gradually builds a defensive effect, while damaging enemies refreshes its duration. At maximum stacks, it significantly increases Magic Resistance and Movement Speed, making it especially effective against teams with heavy magic damage.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (70s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +85 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 50-150 + 14% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Penetration
Items with a high indicator Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration neutralize MAOKAI's some of the armor and magic resistance.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +35 Attack Damage +30% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3000
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with armored enemies. Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of their healing and health regeneration. An excellent choice against teams with high Armor, healing, and regeneration.
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +50 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies below 60% current Health by 30% Movement Speed for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item significantly increases physical damage through percentage Armor Penetration while allowing you to use abilities more frequently. Damaging wounded enemies with active abilities or empowered attacks also slows them, making it easier to chase or keep targets at a distance. An excellent choice for AD champions who rely on abilities and need effective Armor Penetration combined with additional control.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist() for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 10% Armor Pen and 10% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
You cannot own this item concurrently with Void Staff. 3000
Terminus TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage and Attack Speed while empowering basic attacks with additional magic damage. Consecutive attacks alternate between effects that gradually increase Armor and Magic Resistance or provide Armor and Magic Penetration. An excellent choice for champions focused on frequent basic attacks and on-hit effects who need both sustained damage and additional durability in extended fights.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +110 Ability Power +15 Magic Penetration
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 40% Health. 3100
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item greatly enhances a mage's finishing power. It provides a large boost to Ability Power and magic penetration while allowing your abilities and empowered attacks to deal increased damage to low-health enemies. An excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who want to execute targets more reliably and maximize their burst potential.
Dominik’s Regards
Armor Pen and bonus damage +35 Attack Damage +35% Armor Penetration +25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus Health, up to 12% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1.200 bonus Health. 3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, percentage Armor Penetration, and Critical Strike Chance, allowing you to effectively deal with durable enemies. Your damage is further increased against champions with large amounts of bonus Health. An excellent choice for marksmen and other AD champions against tanks and fighters who stack Armor and Health.
% Health Damage
Items that can help to deal with high Health points tanks.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks +425 Max Health +25 Attack Damage +25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage. If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health. (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structure. 3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item offers a strong blend of survivability and damage: after using an ability your next basic attack is empowered to deal bonus damage based on the target’s max health, and it heals you when used on enemy champions. Perfect for fighter-bruisiers and solo laners who weave abilities into autos and need sustain versus tanks and duelists.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +300 Max Health +70 Ability Power
Torment: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage for 3 seconds.
Madness: Deals 2% more damage for each second in combat against champions, capped at 6% after 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item excels in extended fights. Your abilities and empowered attacks ignite enemies, dealing damage over time based on their maximum health, while your overall damage steadily increases the longer you remain in combat. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and AP bruisers who want to wear down even the toughest frontline champions.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +40 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed +12% Lifesteal
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 8%). Minimum damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 100.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities slows them by 30% for 1.5s. (30s Cooldown) 3100
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item combines Attack Damage, Attack Speed, and Lifesteal, providing strong sustained damage and additional survivability. Attacks deal bonus physical damage based on the target's current Health, making it especially effective against high-Health champions. Consecutive attacks or abilities also slow the target, helping you stick to enemies. An excellent choice for marksmen and fighters focused on extended fights and basic attacks.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Quicksilver Sash
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 1100
Quicksilver Sash TIPS: This enchant instantly removes most crowd control effects and briefly grants immunity to further disables. Once the effect ends, it provides increased resistance to crowd control and slows, helping you escape dangerous situations or continue fighting without interruption. It is an excellent choice against teams with heavy crowd control, allowing you to stay mobile and effective in crucial moments.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable +20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control +45 Attack Damage +12% Lifesteal +40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +12 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Banshee's Veil
Blocks an enemy ability +105 Ability Power +40 Magic Resistance
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. (30s Cooldown) 3000
Banshee's Veil TIPS: This item provides strong protection against magic damage while granting a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. It is especially effective against champions who rely on landing a single key spell to start their combo or burst you down. A great choice for mages and AP fighters who need to maintain safe positioning and deny enemy engage or pick potential.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Solo Baron MAOKAI Tips
Solo Baron MAOKAI Strengths and Weaknesses
Solo Baron MAOKAI Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift MAOKAI Ability and Tips
SAP MAGIC
BRAMBLE SMASH
TWISTED ADVANCE
SAPLING TOSS
NATURE'S GRASP
(Q) BRAMBLE SMASH
8/7/6/5s 60
Smashes his fist into the ground, unleashing a shockwave that deals 60 magic damage (60/115/170/225 + 50% ) plus 2.5/3/3.5/4% of the target's max Health and slows them briefly for 0.25 seconds. Nearby enemies are also knocked back.
Deals 120 bonus damage to monsters.
Ability Tips
Video
(W) TWISTED ADVANCE
14/13/12/11s 60
Transforms into a moving mass of roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to an enemy champion target. Upon arriver, he roots them for 0.8/0.95/1.1/1.25 seconds and deals 60 magic damage (60/95/130/165 + 50% ).
Deals 180% damage to monsters.
Ability Tips
Video
(E) SAPLING TOSS
12s 45
Flings a sapling, which stands watch at where it lands for 20 seconds. Saplings chase nearby enemies, detonating on arrival to deal 60 magic damage (60/90/120/150 + 25% + 6% bonus ) and slow nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds.
If placed in brush, saplings stand watch for 30 seconds and cause a larger explosion upon catching up to targets, dealing 200% magic damage and slowing enemies hit by 30% (+1.5% per 100 bonus and +1% per 100 bonus ) for 3 seconds.
Saplings deal 130% damage to minions regardless of whether they are placed in brush or not.
Saplings deal a maximum of 300 damage to monsters.
Ability Tips
Video
(R) NATURE'S GRASP
75/70/65s 100
Summons a slow-moving colossal wave of brambles, dealing 175 magic damage (200/250/325 + 65% ) and rooting enemies hit for 0.8 seconds. Root duration increases with distance traveled by the brambles.
Hitting an enemy champion with this ability grants Maokai 40/50/60% Movement Speed, which decays over 2 seconds. Hitting a new target refreshes this duration.
Ability Tips
Video
Wild Rift MAOKAI Skills Combo
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Wild Rift MAOKAI Video
Watch here!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.