Revert Maokai Ultimate and start a trend towards reducing damage.

I memba balance ··1 votes·1,038 views

Arguably the most annoying part about pre-rework Maokai was his W that had % max HP magic damage thrown on it. A point and click ability. With the % max HP damage attached now to his Saplings, he is much more healthy to fight in a 1v1 setting toplane. Damage is stupid high in this game and has been. Maokai's current ultimate is an actual joke. It's probably around twice as wide as a Nami ultimate at the cost of being ridiculously slow. Revert Maokai's R back to his Aoe 20% damage reduction that also stores absorbed damage. Instead of releasing it in a explosion at the end of the cast as double the damage he absorbed (up to a cap), why not make it so that it grants a shield or a heal for all teammates within the Shockwave AoE at the end of the cast that has a minimum amount and maximum amount depending how much much damage was mitigated/absorbed? Or, the heal/shield could have nothing to do with the 20% damage reduction attached to his Ultimate and the amount healed/shielded for could be a scaling that is attached with Maokai's Max/Bonus Health.

3 Comments

Warpes1 votes

as a player who is actually known for his maokai (literally 3 years mained), i enjoy his current ultimate.. i cant lie and say that i dont miss his old one. but i think this was a reasonable trade off.

he might need a little tuning atm, but overall hes really fine.. his kit is solid, was one of the few really good 'reworks' ...and, the suggestions you made are.. not great.

honestly i think the worst problem people have with his ultimate is that.. well, 75%, or more, of people who use it do not use it properly.

Akenero1 votes

His old ult was highly impactful, but NOBODY realized how good it was. They changed it and now he's quite a bit better imo

jocomotion1 votes

His Ult just wasn’t healthy when paired with the rest of his Kit. If something like that would pop up on a new Support though, I wouldn’t complain.

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