Greenpeace issues official petition for Maki buffs
Nerfs our favorite tree received in 6.11 don't look like much, but nature of base stat nerfs is that they much harder than they look like, and also his itemization was hit hard.
Maki used to be too strong, and 6.11 nerfs were definitely justified, but when they combo'd with indirect nerfs, he was really left to rot. Mallet/Rylai/Ashe meta doesn't help him either, his engage is almost undoable when he is consistently slowed, because of how short ranged it is. Right now he is both bottom-tier toplaner and bottom-tier jungler.
I find it kind of sad, because out of all tanks out there, Maki is one that actually requires you to think a bit to maximize your tanking potential. Microing sap magic, arcane smash and twisted advance to tank highest amount of damage possible might not require super-korean mechanix, but it's still more entertaining than "press W to get even tankier for a while" pattern most other tanks use.
Please consider buffing Maki to level when he stops gimping his team no matter how good he does, TIA <3