How was maokai not hotfixed or nerfs this patch?

RankOneUganda··2 votes·439 views

am I dreaming? this champion has 56% winrate in solo queue. permaban in pro play in all regions. and he is not touched? are you kidding me

Maokai was better last iteratation was a top laner. in which he has a point and click CC. now he practically has two with ulting at close range

when he ganks you. you have two options. Die. or flash and hope to not die. if he flashes as well. you will probably die too because cinderhulk maokai gives no fucks about tower shots.

this cancerous pos tank that scales well late game and is a menace is not interactive. you cant counter jg him because of his E all over the bushes. and you can't do shit to deal with it.

Maokai is a fucking jungler than can tower dive with a point and click root a point and click knockback at melee range and a slow. a slow on the E. and a freaking second root on the ult.

do you see him being a fun interactive experience that takes skill in your games? fuck no. hes absolute cancer as a jungler.

2 Comments

Ben Sharpio3 votes

what? people on the boards were fantasizing and busting nuts at the thought of jungle maokai being viable. And what do you know, point and click CC with mobis is broken? No fucking way

KoKoboto1 votes

Yeah everyone thought he was useless on release. "WOW HIS ULTIMATE IS SO SLOW WTF WHY YOU RUIN MAO'KAI!!" Jeez.

I think people need to understand that a lot of Mao'Kai's tankyness comes from his updated stronger passive and should build executioner's calling against him as you would against Mundo.

Riot also has changes for his W that didn't go to live because they couldn't get it working but I really feel that those changes would make him more balanced. Basically they were testing with a W that would accelerate over time instead of go instantly at the target. The overall time traveled would be the same but the enemy would be able to react to it more. I think they should give Mao'Kai that change, the ability is already so strong for invulnerability, unstoppable, untargetable, mobility, moves fast, positioning for Q and all those reasons we know about.

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