Maokai

JungleSupportTopAPmeleefrontlineteamfightengagepeelscalingpick

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Comp identity — Jungle / Support / Top

Leans Attack — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 80%
Catchworkable · 40%
Protectforced · 20%
Maokai brings the frontline and engage that start the 5v5. Enough Catch and Protect sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive (Sap Magic) heal cooldown is refreshed 4s by casting any ability (1.5s vs large monsters) and is disabled above 95% health, rewarding constant engagement.

Kit quirks

Passive (Sap Magic) heal cooldown is refreshed 4s by casting any ability (1.5s vs large monsters) and is disabled above 95% health, rewarding constant engagement
W (Twisted Advance) dash makes him untargetable while closing distance, then roots the target
R (Nature's Grasp) sends 5 advancing bramble waves rooting for up to 2.25s at max distance and grants movement speed on champion hit
Q (Bramble Smash) is tagged Airborne, one of the few crowd-control types that can interrupt an enemy's dash mid-flight — including cutting off Jarvan IV's Dragon Strike before he closes the gap.

How Maokai actually performs in ranked solo queue · 46 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Support49% WR · 29.9 games
Jungle48% WR · 9.0 games
Top49% WR · 6.7 games

Strongest duos

Jhin+1%

Kai'Sa-1%

Syndra-1%

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Maokai's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Maokai beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Hextech67%vs 62% avg+5pp36g

Cloud76%vs 60% avg+16pp33g

Chemtech67%vs 62% avg+4pp30g

Ocean61%vs 63% avg-2pp28g

Infernal50%vs 60% avg-10pp26g

Mountain (Earth)64%vs 59% avg+5pp25g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Maokai — The Twisted Treant

Class: Vanguard
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Support
Released: 2011-02-16 (V1.0.0.111)
Last changed: V26.22
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	665	+109	2518
Health regen (per 5s)	5	+0.75	17.75
Mana	375	+43	1106
Mana regen (per 5s)	6	+0.6	16.2
Armor	35	+5.2	123.4
Magic resist	32	+2.05	66.85
Attack damage	64	+3.3	120.1
Attack speed	0.8	+2.13%	1.051
Attack speed ratio	0.695
Attack range	125
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 190
Selection radius: 125
Pathing radius: 50
Gameplay radius: 80
Attack delay offset: 0

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.85 · damage taken ×1.1 · healing ×1

Nexus Blitz: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1.05 · healing ×0.95 · shielding ×0.95

One for All: damage taken ×1.05

URF: damage dealt ×1 · damage taken ×1.05 · healing ×0.7

Abilities

Passive

Sap Magic

Static cooldown: 30 – 20 (based on level)

Innate: Periodically, Maokai empowers his next basic attack to have an uncancellable windup and heal him for 4% – 12.8% (based on level) maximum health after a 0.25-second delay.

Each time Maokai casts an ability, hits at least one enemy champion or epic monster with Sapling Toss, or is struck by an enemy's ability, Sap Magic's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds, modified to 1.5 if he is hit by a large monster's basic attack or ability.

Sap Magic resets Maokai's basic attack timer, and will not trigger if he is above 95% maximum health.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfParries: See Notes

Notes (6)

Sap Magic does not occur if Maokai begins his attack windup before its cooldown has elapsed.(unexpected)
Sap Magic does not occur if the attack is dodged and/or missed if Maokai is blinded. It will occur if it is blocked.
The striking ability has to trigger spell effects such as spell damage or area damage for the cooldown to be reduced.
PENDING FOR TEST: Does it trigger only from ability spell effects or any spell effects (such as Hextech Rocketbelt's Super Sonic or Redemption's Intervention)?
If Maokai possesses a spell shield and it consumes an enemy ability, he will still receive the cooldown reduction.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures nor wards.

Map-specific differences (3)

Cooldown reduction changed to 3 seconds.
Heal changed to 4% – 19.2% (based on level) maximum health.
Cooldown refund changed to 3 seconds.

Passive

Sap Magic

Static cooldown: 30 – 20 (based on level)

Innate: Periodically, Maokai empowers his next basic attack to have an uncancellable windup and heal him for 4% – 12.8% (based on level) maximum health after a 0.25-second delay.

Sap Magic resets Maokai's basic attack timer, and will not trigger if he is above 95% maximum health.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfParries: See Notes

Notes (6)

Sap Magic does not occur if Maokai begins his attack windup before its cooldown has elapsed.(unexpected)
Sap Magic does not occur if the attack is dodged and/or missed if Maokai is blinded. It will occur if it is blocked.
The striking ability has to trigger spell effects such as spell damage or area damage for the cooldown to be reduced.
PENDING FOR TEST: Does it trigger only from ability spell effects or any spell effects (such as Hextech Rocketbelt's Super Sonic or Redemption's Intervention)?
If Maokai possesses a spell shield and it consumes an enemy ability, he will still receive the cooldown reduction.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures nor wards.

Map-specific differences (3)

Cooldown reduction changed to 3 seconds.
Heal changed to 4% – 19.2% (based on level) maximum health.
Cooldown refund changed to 3 seconds.

Bramble Smash

Cost: 40 ManaCooldown: 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5Cast time: 0.3Target range: 600Effect radius: 325Speed: 1600

Active: Maokai sends a shockwave in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit and slows them by 99% for 0.25 seconds. Bramble Smash deals bonus magic damage to monsters.

Magic Damage: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+ 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5% of the target's maximum health) (+ 50% AP)
Bonus Monster Damage: 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 / 190
Total Monster Damage: 225 / 280 / 335 / 390 / 445 (+ 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5% of the target's maximum health) (+ 50% AP)

Enemies near Maokai are also stunned for 0.5 seconds and knocked back up to 300 units based on their proximity to him.

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (4)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
Bramble Smash's damage based on the target's health ratio is capped at 9999 against non-champions.
Displacement immunity will also resist the application of the stun.
Maokai remains locked out from the cast time for another 0.075 seconds after it.

Map-specific differences (2)

Cooldown changed to 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds.
AP ratio changed to 60% AP.

Twisted Advance

Cost: 60 ManaCooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10Cast time: noneTarget range: 525Speed: 1300

Active: Maokai dashes to the target enemy while being untargetable. Upon arrival, he deals magic damage and roots them for a duration.

Magic Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 40% AP)
Root Duration: 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 seconds

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (4)

Maokai will track the target if they change locations.
He will dash to the target's previous location without applying Twisted Advance's effects if the target is too far away or moves beyond 2000 units.
He will stop dashing if the target is too far away the moment the dash begins.
Twisted Advance will fail to deal damage and apply the root if the target is untargetable upon arrival.

Sapling Toss

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 ManaCooldown: 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14Cast time: 0.25Target range: 1100Effect radius: 175 • 250 • 350 • 475Sapling movement speed: 400 – 460 (based on level)

Active: Maokai flings a Sapling to the target location, granting sight of the area while it is in-flight.

Once landed, the Sapling grants sight of its surroundings and remains stationary for 30 seconds or until it reacts to the first nearby visible enemy, chasing them for up to 2.5 seconds. The Sapling explodes upon colliding with an enemy or when it expires, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and slowing them by 45% for 2 seconds. A Sapling placed in a brush becomes empowered.

Magic Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 5% bonus health) (+ 25% AP)

Empowered Bonus: Lasts 30 (+ 1.5% bonus health) seconds and causes its explosion to slow enemies hit by 45% (+ 1% per 100 bonus health) (+ 1% per 100 AP) for 2 seconds and reveal them for 3 seconds. Against non- minion targets, the explosion deals 66.7% damage but attaches two Saplings to them for 1.5 seconds, which reapply the same damage every 0.75 seconds over the duration. Targets can only be attached by two Saplings at a time; subsequent empowered Sapling explosions on a target will refresh the duration and only attach a Sapling if one has exploded on them already.

Non-Minion Magic Damage per Instance: 33.33 / 50 / 66.67 / 83.33 / 100 (+ 3.33% bonus health) (+ 16.67% AP)
Total Attached Sapling Damage: 66.67 / 100 / 133.33 / 166.67 / 200 (+ 6.67% bonus health) (+ 33.33% AP)
Non-Minion Total Magic Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+ 10% bonus health) (+ 50% AP)

See Pets for more details about Saplings.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (6)

Applies area damage from a normal Sapling and deals persistent damage to enemies hit by an empowered Sapling.
The Saplings will continue to chase their target even if they lose sight of them.
Saplings cannot be stacked on top of each other; if Sapling Toss is cast to the same point as a Sapling currently on the ground, the new Sapling will move a short distance away from the existing one upon landing.
Sapling Toss's cast does not initially fling the actual Sapling unit but instead a Sapling-like projectile that can be destroyed by projectile-interception effects.
The projectile will stop its flight upon colliding with Unbreakable, causing the Sapling to land in front of the barrier.
When Saplings acquire the Baron Nashor as their chase target, they will move to a specific point next to him before exploding. This behavior only occurs if the Sapling is not already within collision range.

Tips & tricks (1)

Due to empowered Saplings dealing less damage on impact than regular Saplings, and the Sapling Toss debuff only refreshing when a target is hit by multiple empowered Saplings in a short time period, it is advised for empowered Saplings to be placed far enough from each other to ensure their debuffs do not end up overlapping.

Map-specific differences (3)

AP ratio changed to 20% AP.
Total enhanced AP ratio changed to 40% AP.
Limited to 5 Saplings active.

Nature's Grasp

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 130 / 110 / 90Cast time: 0.5Target range: 3000Width: 240Speed: 100 / 400 / 700 / 750 (based on seconds active)

Active: Maokai summons a colossal wall of five thorny brambles that slowly advances in the target direction, accelerating over time, each stopping when they collide with an enemy champion. Hitting at least one enemy champion grants Maokai bonus movement speed decaying over 2 seconds.

Bonus Movement Speed: 40 / 50 / 60%

Each bramble deals magic damage to enemies hit and roots them for 0.75 – 2.25 (based on distance traveled) seconds.

Magic Damage: 150 / 225 / 300 (+ 75% AP)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (3)

The brambles are made up of 4 missiles each which trail 100 units behind one another. The front missile carries the visual effect. When colliding with a champion, all missiles of one bramble are destroyed simultaneously.
Missiles destroyed by other means such as Samira's Blade Whirl may not destroy their fellows from the same branch, resulting in one or more invisible missiles that may still collide.(bug)
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the start of the cast time.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Sapling Toss

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 ManaCooldown: 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14Cast time: 0.25Target range: 1100Effect radius: 175 • 250 • 350 • 475Sapling movement speed: 400 – 460 (based on level)

Active: Maokai flings a Sapling to the target location, granting sight of the area while it is in-flight.

Magic Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 5% bonus health) (+ 25% AP)

Non-Minion Magic Damage per Instance: 33.33 / 50 / 66.67 / 83.33 / 100 (+ 3.33% bonus health) (+ 16.67% AP)
Total Attached Sapling Damage: 66.67 / 100 / 133.33 / 166.67 / 200 (+ 6.67% bonus health) (+ 33.33% AP)
Non-Minion Total Magic Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+ 10% bonus health) (+ 50% AP)

See Pets for more details about Saplings.

Notes (6)

Applies area damage from a normal Sapling and deals persistent damage to enemies hit by an empowered Sapling.
The Saplings will continue to chase their target even if they lose sight of them.
Saplings cannot be stacked on top of each other; if Sapling Toss is cast to the same point as a Sapling currently on the ground, the new Sapling will move a short distance away from the existing one upon landing.
Sapling Toss's cast does not initially fling the actual Sapling unit but instead a Sapling-like projectile that can be destroyed by projectile-interception effects.
The projectile will stop its flight upon colliding with Unbreakable, causing the Sapling to land in front of the barrier.
When Saplings acquire the Baron Nashor as their chase target, they will move to a specific point next to him before exploding. This behavior only occurs if the Sapling is not already within collision range.

Tips & tricks (1)

Due to empowered Saplings dealing less damage on impact than regular Saplings, and the Sapling Toss debuff only refreshing when a target is hit by multiple empowered Saplings in a short time period, it is advised for empowered Saplings to be placed far enough from each other to ensure their debuffs do not end up overlapping.

Map-specific differences (3)

AP ratio changed to 20% AP.
Total enhanced AP ratio changed to 40% AP.
Limited to 5 Saplings active.