Mao isn't playing like he's designed to.

BBag0hxULG·May 22, 2017·2 votes·265 views

Go support, spam the E button and one shot late game. I understand that nerfs are coming (for obvious reasons)

12 Comments

meowwow7May 22, 20172 votes

yeah one shot anyone that doesn't notice you are building ap but i heard they are nerfing his e but buffing his passive a good bit

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 22, 20172 votes

plz show me this one shot maokai is doing

BBag0hxULGMay 22, 20171 votes

Look it up on youtube, it's everywhere.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 22, 20171 votes

lol he dont one shot any one..

with what damage ratios ?

they already nerfed his E from the rework

BBag0hxULGMay 22, 20171 votes

Are you dumb? I just got one shot by one last game.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 22, 20172 votes

bullshit...

look at the damage ratios he has on his abilities... he does not one shot any one...

PaquayMay 22, 20171 votes

My guess is he's talking about facechecking a 3 or 4 sapling brush as a squishy with no MR.

That's just a guess.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 22, 20171 votes

maybe so but the E got nerfed already

E - Sapling Toss COST 60 mana at all ranks ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80 mana BASE DAMAGE 45/70/95/120/145 ⇒ 25/50/75/100/125 ENEMY HEALTH RATIO 6/6.5/7/7.5/8% (+2% per 100 ability power) target’s max health ⇒ 8% (+2% per 100 ability power) target’s max health

so not only did the base damage get nerfed so did the %hp damage to targets and the ap ratio on it

PaquayMay 22, 20171 votes

Yeah I know they got nerfed. They are still pretty ridiculous if they are stacked but I don't think they're op. I've played a lot of Maokai with this sapling cheese because it's funny as all hell. It's easy to avoid though. the only real kill threat he has is when he stacks them up and that takes a long time of sitting around the same brush then hoping someone will facecheck it.

I just got out of a game where the enemy continually walked into my saplings, even after they warded. I have also played games where teams will avoid it and I become useless.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 22, 20171 votes

I play him the same way I played him for 3 seasons. ap bruiser... max out cdr and tanky bruiser items... I typically don't ever lose lane even if camped and ganked... I typically hold my own through out the entire game... where I fail with him cuz he is a tank and he does lack damage that if enemy carries get fed and my carries feed im kinda useless with out a team that can kill the enemy and back me up . due to the nerfs on E prior to the rework where they took the impact damage away its harder to farm vs a bad match up where you get zoned hard. but even then as long as your team aren't "special" you can typically still scale enough and get your two core tank/bruiser items and be effective mid into late game. he is in a bad place and has been for a while... going back to last season about mid way... he dipped to a 46% win rate on average and has been that way to date expect for the last patch with the AP maokai support cheese . even with this I still maintain a 57-60% win rate on him... and apparently 13th in NA in mastery score on the champ.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoMay 22, 20171 votes

Maokai Q:MAGIC DAMAGE: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 40% AP) W: MAGIC DAMAGE: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 40% AP) E: MAGIC DAMAGE : 25/50/75/100/125 + 8% (+2% per 100 ability power) target’s max health R: MAGIC DAMAGE: MAGIC DAMAGE: 150 / 225 / 300 (+ 75% AP)