Cap How Many Saplings Maokai Can Have Active at Once

Vah Naboris··3 votes·801 views

His ult has a good amount of stun and the damage scales with how far it goes, he has a targeted root, and easy to use knock back. However, saplings deal base damage as well as maximum percent of health damage, with bonuses if they are used in brush. That being said it would be better if he could only have 3 out or something at a time. Every time you walk into a bush against AP maokai or CDR, too many saplings can come out and take you out in a matter of seconds. For a tank who already has a ton of CC in his kit, why don't saplings have a limit? Caitlyn's traps have a max amount that she can have at one time, and all they do is snare for a second and they're useless if she's far away and can't use the double range and they have a high recharge rate at early ranks where as saplings just have an 11 second cooldown at rank one so you can throw two when the laner approaches and already chunk out their heath before a fight happens.

5 Comments

Stick In Mudd1 votes

This is obviously the part where they would nerf Maokai, if they are going to nerf him.

Noxian Pride1 votes

If you look at PBE changes, they're adjusting Maokai to encourage him to build tanky over AP.

For example, the amount of time is saplings stick around after placing is going to scale with his bonus HP, rather than ability level. They're also making his passive have less flat healing and more %max healing.

http://www.surrenderat20.net/p/current-pbe-balance-changes.html#balance source.

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Encephalon Decay,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=PAsHYHP6,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-05-26T20:43:58.028+0000)

If you look at PBE changes, they're adjusting Maokai to encourage him to build tanky over AP.

For example, the amount of time is saplings stick around after placing is going to scale with his bonus HP, rather than ability level. They're also making his passive have less flat healing and more %max healing.

http://www.surrenderat20.net/p/current-pbe-balance-changes.html#balance source.

Are... they... not gonna nerf his sapling damage?

I wouldn't mind if it had a hugeass slow when triggered from a bush, but it's damage is insane. It even procs tlords.

Noxian Pride1 votes

See, friend, this is why I gave you the link. To try and encourage you to do your own research. They're lowering the AP ratio from 2%/100 AP, to 1%/100 AP.

I can provide all the tools but I can't force you to use them :/ come on mate.

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Encephalon Decay,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=PAsHYHP6,comment-id=000100000000,timestamp=2017-05-26T21:20:37.766+0000)

See, friend, this is why I gave you the link. To try and encourage you to do your own research. They're lowering the AP ratio from 2%/100 AP, to 1%/100 AP.

I can provide all the tools but I can't force you to use them :/ come on mate.

Oops

More from Gameplay

More by Vah Naboris