Maokai Support

VladCuzBad·Apr 30, 2016·2 votes·595 views

After having some fun with maokai in urf, I decided to try him in normal games. Tried a bunch of different roles. Jungle (obviously) seemed to work. But support stood suprisingly well. Rooting the enemy adc while maxing sapplings. Huge poke and cc. Sapplings slow, W roots, Q even slows. I am not sure if I should rank with this, but I have 3 wins and 0 losses when I played jg or supp. ( I played other roles and lost, basically if i took tp or ignite). My real question is , is mao support viable? I am unsure if I am getting lucky. Usually something goes REALLY WELL and I lose my first game with it in ranked. Any tips though?

7 Comments

ValyrianBladeApr 30, 20161 votes

Maokai support is viable.

Perhaps others are better options (Leona does much the same thing, except without mana problems) but he's still a solid pick.

khorneyApr 30, 20161 votes

it depends, i would go ap and max the saplings cause of the harass or you max your root and dont harass. ill be honest i go sej supp and j4 supp and i was goign naut supp back in season 3 and people were calling me trolll and now its a thing, also i was going adc corki and adc trist is season 3 and people were callign me troll and all of a sudden its a thing lol

VladCuzBadApr 30, 20161 votes

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it depends, i would go ap and max the saplings cause of the harass or you max your root and dont harass. ill be honest i go sej supp and j4 supp and i was goign naut supp back in season 3 and people were calling me trolll and now its a thing, also i was going adc corki and adc trist is season 3 and people were callign me troll and all of a sudden its a thing lol

I've been maxing supplings (:

MrLlamaWaffleApr 30, 20161 votes

Maokai is just OP, so yeah, pretty much works anywhere

VladCuzBadApr 30, 20161 votes

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Maokai is just OP, so yeah, pretty much works anywhere

Is it played in higher elo? Me being a bronzish noob, I never see maokai.

MrLlamaWaffleApr 30, 20161 votes

He's played A LOT in higher elo in the top lane. He's in the top 3 of best top laners so if he's available he's usually going to the top to win lane and not in the bottom lane.

DehitayApr 30, 20161 votes

Maokai was actually originally designed to be a support. But his kit turned out to be good for jungling so he got moved there. But his W range (and consequently ganking power) got nerfed in a rework, then he moved to top lane where his sustain was useful.