He was NOT intented to be played as a full AP support, yes he is very OP and unfun to play against currently but that is getting fixed next patch where they are nerfing his E, also making the E max less effective and putting power into other areas into kit. Maokai top is a little bit underpowered but the rework is actually not bad and there is really no need to revert the rework and/or cry about it because people use his E bush interaction to make him work as a support.
I also think that his obscene vision control is really broken. No other champion makes clearing a pink ward as punishing as reworked maokai. At least with Teemo the shrooms don't chase you down
A lot of people don't realize that reworks often have unintended side effects.
Graves jungle, Malzahar Support, Maokai Support, these weren't Riot's original intentions when they designed the rework.
They're perfectly fine with them existing so long as they can be balanced (As seen by their recent Dev Diary), but that doesn't mean it was their intention.
They will solve this thing in time. But people are not patient.
he has has a average win rate top of about 46% since last season and prior to the rework... the rework didnt help him top or jungle it just made him a cheezy gimmick as a support.
