Maokai damage nerfs?

sjorzac·Sep 28, 2016·2 votes·698 views

Just got done in a match where a Maokai built ONLY RoA, (regardless this was an ARAM) and outdamaged every single person, besides Ziggs who did 3k more damage than him. Maokai did 54k damage, as a pure tank, with a Veigar, ziggs, Pure AP nunu, Draven, Galio, Ekko and Jax. How the hell does a pure tank able to receive so much damage, when I was constnatly Stunning him while we're dropping rotations on him, he just heals it all right back up, and then just kills everyone, with a RoA. Perma root, slow, ETC. Watched him tank Base laser for 3 seconds while I hit him with Veigar ult and a full rotation, plus two turret hits, and then antoher full rotation minus ult before he died. That's a bit much?

11 Comments

RalanrSep 28, 20164 votes

It's ARAM. It's a giant teamfight. Tanks get most of their damage out of those fights.

Sahn UzalSep 28, 20164 votes

Not to mention the Poke Maokai will dish out with Sapling spam An Aram doesn't tell you shit about champion balance.

RalanrSep 28, 20163 votes

True. That's usually what I max first on Maokai. Though I'm never sure if that's what I should max on him in general.

I don't play him much, mainly because I can never control where his Q knock back will go.

Sahn UzalSep 28, 20161 votes

His Q knocks back everything around him, the damage projectile is only where you aim it.

RalanrSep 28, 20161 votes

Yet whenever I use it, I knock people forward. Doesn't seem to matter if I aim it forward or backward.

It makes his Q really unreliable to me.

Sahn UzalSep 28, 20161 votes

The way you should see it, it knocks people away from Maokai, if they are close to him. The way you're aiming your Q has nothing to do with that. If you want to knock folks backwards, you'll have to stand in front of them and then Q :P

RalanrSep 28, 20161 votes

Guess I need to work on the positioning because I swear I do that but it doesn't work.

MinardeSep 28, 20161 votes

You're slightly off there. ARAM tells you about champion balance for ARAM. It might also tell you about champ balance for SR, but only sometimes. After all, different maps naturally have different balance requirements.

Sahn UzalSep 29, 20161 votes

Still shouldnt be used as a source for SR balance tho

xBushxSep 28, 20161 votes

I say it time and time again.

Put Twisted advance on ANY champ in the game and it breaks them.

THAT is the only thing that is remotely broken for him. IMHO it's the only move in the ENTIRE game that currently is without counter play. You can't even flash it and I take flash as a reasonable counterplay to some abilities.