I was solo top vs morde

Denied him the whole time, killed him 3 times. He couldnt farm or anything and I got the tower. It was great. Maokai's combo is great and followed with ignite brings the pain

Ended up 13-4-16

But my team was horrible and we lost.

I bought: 3x doran ring, merc treads, spirit visage, frozen heart, abyss scep, aegis, then rylia's

I was doing really well with that.

myopia

United States2928 Posts

April 07 2011 05:20 GMT

#22

HEY CLG is playing a 5 man game and Chauster is jungling Maokai - can someone check his mastery/rune setup and post it here?

and before you ask no I can't check

LancerJ

United States160 Posts

April 07 2011 06:24 GMT

#23

0/21/9
ArPen
Armor
Mp5pL
1x ArPen
2x Health

+ Show Spoiler +

Morphx2

147 Posts

April 08 2011 01:06 GMT

#24

i was maokai 1v1 top vs corki

i harass corki like crazy he says "maoaki is supposed to be a tank...."

i say "says who"

he says "says riot"

hehehe

then he dies from me

then complains that im not supposed to do that much damage

)

afterwards his team said he complained so much about it

Morphx2

147 Posts

April 08 2011 03:58 GMT

#25

Just played another game

I felt bad for the other team

Bottom lane: Poppy and I (Maokai) vs Irelia and Morde

We super smashed them.

Micko1

United States26 Posts

April 08 2011 07:42 GMT

#26

tapi is like "fk that maokai thread it sucks the build sucks so i make my own kekeke" right right?

BluzMan

Russian Federation4235 Posts

April 08 2011 08:03 GMT

#27

God if only the blasted tree didn't eat so much mana.

ZERG_RUSSIAN

10417 Posts

May 16 2011 11:04 GMT

#28

Dude maokai is so good right now, open Dring -> dring -> sorc boots -> roa -> triforce -> whatever and sometimes toss a philo stone in there like chu8 does. Basically you win your lane and teamfights every time you show up if you farm well.

BluzMan

Russian Federation4235 Posts

May 16 2011 12:40 GMT

#29

Tried no-sapling Maokai with roaming in mind recently and it felt very good. You don't really do THAT much damage early on, but your ganks are terrifying (both your disables are extremely reliable, unlike most roamers) and you're much more mana efficient than the sapling variance that has to b essentially after 2 combos.

Btw, Maokai is retardedly strong, I wonder how much time it will take for people to actually realize it, since it's like my highest win rate champ and I don't see anybody else playing him.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

May 16 2011 14:27 GMT

#30

On May 16 2011 21:40 BluzMan wrote:
Tried no-sapling Maokai with roaming in mind recently and it felt very good. You don't really do THAT much damage early on, but your ganks are terrifying (both your disables are extremely reliable, unlike most roamers) and you're much more mana efficient than the sapling variance that has to b essentially after 2 combos.

Btw, Maokai is retardedly strong, I wonder how much time it will take for people to actually realize it, since it's like my highest win rate champ and I don't see anybody else playing him.

I played him since release, sup (on EU, okay)

I tried a hybrid build for shits and giggles (sheen, boots, triforce, abyssal, sunfire, woulda prolly gone for gunbalde (lol) or more damage, his passive keeps him alive soo good)

APurpleCow

United States1372 Posts

May 16 2011 17:02 GMT

#31

Just played him for the first time, seems very strong.

Sapphire+2 pot start into fast cata lets you spam E all you want, gives you very strong laning presence. Then go into RoA+tank items+sheen and you're very hard to kill while providing lots of utility and decent damage.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

May 16 2011 17:27 GMT

#32

On May 17 2011 02:02 APurpleCow wrote:
Just played him for the first time, seems very strong.

Sapphire+2 pot start into fast cata lets you spam E all you want, gives you very strong laning presence. Then go into RoA+tank items+sheen and you're very hard to kill while providing lots of utility and decent damage.

remember that abyssal is also really good on him after rod

EpicPleasure

United States164 Posts

May 16 2011 21:09 GMT

#33

So since you're building RoA and Tri force, would you go armor pen or magic in that case?

ZERG_RUSSIAN

10417 Posts

May 16 2011 21:16 GMT

#34

I still like magic pen because I also build sorc boots

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 16 2011 21:38 GMT

#35

+1 for magic pen on Maokai. His natural AS is so slow.

BluzMan

Russian Federation4235 Posts

May 16 2011 22:10 GMT

#36

Magic Pen for that crazy lvl5-7 combos. No other choices rly.

Tooplark

United States3977 Posts

May 16 2011 22:56 GMT

#37

What's the logic behind Triforce?

myopia

United States2928 Posts

May 16 2011 23:03 GMT

#38

On May 17 2011 07:56 Tooplark wrote:
What's the logic behind Triforce?

chu does it. yes I know it makes no sense (beyond triforce being #1 item and always being a good idea)

also please don't make treeman FOTM, he's my favorite champ behind Shen, and you can imagine how often I get to play Shen.

ZERG_RUSSIAN

10417 Posts

May 16 2011 23:06 GMT

#39

sheen procs add HUGE damage, your attackspeed goes up, your base damage is retarded high, it gives you movespeed and allows your passive to proc harder

it basically gives you an auto-attack that people have to worry about

Bloodash

Netherlands1384 Posts

May 17 2011 13:07 GMT

#40

love mao, tough I'm constantly playing him the same way as for now thats the only build I've had success with; You have iced his killing tree

does anyone use the saplings as wards in the bushes if you stretch yourself too much top/bottom lane? I've had mixed results, it can be a lifesaver if you have lots of mias but if nothing happens it drains your mana fast