What really happened with Maokai's Rework

StoryDuck··106 votes·4,488 views

Maokai I don't know. Somehow this seems wrong. Teemo What is wrong? Maokai Just placing saplings all over the map and waiting for people to walk into them. Teemo And what is wrong with that? Maokai Well...I mean shouldn't we be fighting or something. I mean I am a tank. Teemo Do you have any shields? Maokai No. Teemo Armor or magic resistance buffs? Maokai no. Teemo Do you gain a bonus to your max health? Maokai No but I do heal a bit. Teemo So you have sustain for laning? Maokai Well....yeah. Teemo Does that sound like a tank to you? Maokai No...not really....but I mean I'm supposed to be a top laner right? Teemo Yes, you are but now you do it my way. Riot brought you to me as a mess of a champion in need of a rework. So I have been training you. Maokai But...all you've told me is to place saplings all over the place and build ap. Teemo Exactly, and now we wait for some fool to come and fight us. Normally the jungler. Maokai But...shouldn't I help the team? Teemo NO! Maokai Why? Teemo Because the enemy will come to you and you will be ready. If you really had a team they would come to you and your saplings. Maokai I donno. Teemo Shhh. Wait. I hear someone coming. Garen Damacia. Do do do do. Damacia. Do do do do. "Sapling runs at Garren" Garen Oh. Hey you cute thing. Are you lost? "explodes on Garren" Garen Gah....my god...this ouch.... I think I'll just.... "steps on mushroom" "explodes" Garen ......gah......"crawling away" Teemo Okay, now you go and attack him. Maokai Isn't that....kinda dirty? Teemo Nah. Here, jsut toss another sapling. That should do the trick. "ENEMY SLAIN" Maokai That...seemed really easy. Teemo I know right? They just keep walking into them. Hell, yours chase them down. Maokai Yeah, I guess so. So I just need to build Liandry's? Teemo Yep. You don't even need to kill them, they just need to keep heading back to base with no CS. Maokai I'm still not comfortable with this. Teemo Alright, alright. here. "hands Maokai a little green mushroom hat" Maokai What will this do? Teemo Just put it on. Maokai ......"Puts it on" Teemo Do you understand now. Maokai Not really. Teemo well give it time. If you start finding everyone hating you you will know you're on the right track. Maokai What? Hating me? Why? Teemo I don't know. Maokai Are you sure I can't just build a Sunfire cape? Teemo Nope. Maokai But I liked being a tank. Teemo Sorry Riot left you in my charge. They said to rework you into something new. Maokai But I liked the old me. Teemo Well...i mean if you really want to I could probably train you to be a support tank. Maokai NO....no anything but that! Teemo Alright then. AP Maokai it is. Maokai Why do I have a bad feeling about this. Teemo bah, don't worry about it. We will give you some more changes to follow up with the rework. Maokai A really really really bad feeling.

46 Comments

Velzard of Koz71 votes

He became such a offense to his family roots.

MysteriousBootie3 votes

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He became such a offense to his family roots.

LELLLLLLLL

PaladinNO3 votes

But at least they did leaf something of his old self. His ult does branch out now, compared to the old one. Shall we say his wood is more polished now, or does that give for a potentially very wrong phrasing.

Personally, his current state is not really what I feel I got the laurel wreath for last season.

S0NA45 votes

He's just... He's gonna be the new Malzahar.

Ripped out of his role, changed to a frustrating and uninteractive support, then nerfed to the ground 3 patches later and lef to be useless.

StoryDuck14 votes

Did you think teemo helping with Maokai's "rework" would have a happy ending?

SpecterVonBaren1 votes

There is a reason it's called a Teemoian Deal... I think that's the right term.

Thefrostyviking2 votes

{quoted}

Did you think teemo helping with Maokai's "rework" would have a happy ending?

Demon Teemo training ghostly tree to become a healthy character?

Why does this seem like a terrible idea just from a few words? ._.

PaladinNO1 votes

So...we can expect Spooky Maokai shortly, right?

Or was it the other way around? So, if this was pre-rework

http://gatorpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/scary-tree.jpg

...this is post?

https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/av0Wqvn_700b.jpg

Re-reading my own words there, I just read "(com)post-rework"... :/

Beowulf880623 votes

This makes me want to see a teemo/mao bot lane duo. Let the world burn

reaperteaser10 votes

ima start ruining bronzies lives with this? thank you for the idea

StoryDuck5 votes

That....is evil.

Eternal Torment1 votes

thats the point of it lol [slayer-jinx-catface]

Serophous1 votes

Welp, I know what I'm doing tonight with a friend

Dataless2 votes

{quoted}

This makes me want to see a teemo/mao bot lane duo. Let the world burn

I've played against it, it was a miserable experience.

Prophet of Urgod2 votes

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HalcyonDweller1 votes

Same!

Lyndris9 votes

He never felt like a tank to me, more of a diver. And wasn't he brought back into the jungle?

TimX24968B13 votes

he is a tree, so wouldn't he belong there?

PaladinNO1 votes

he is a tree, so wouldn't he belong there [in the jungle]?

No, he wouldn't. Don't you remember they reworked stealth not that long ago? There's nothing too obvious anymore.

TimX24968B1 votes

The point ----> ●

You ------------------>

(If you dont get it, the point went way over your head)

PaladinNO1 votes

http://img05.deviantart.net/b35e/i/2015/319/9/d/head_in_a_box_by_greg20033-d9gs5pi.png

I get the joke. A tree belongs in the jungle. And my attempted joke was referring to how they kill off all the memes. Graves cigar, BM Diana, Devil Teemo etc.

Which would mean a meme involving a tree and the jungle naturally couldn't be a thing.

Thought my phrasing made my sarcasm above apparent.

Sexy Jack Rabbit7 votes

I feel like the entire thing was just a big ploy to sell more skins :D

Pale Pirate2 votes

Poor maokai. He sold his soul to Satan.

PaladinNO4 votes
Sraeg20132 votes

I love Zaunderground's art. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

PaladinNO1 votes

Amen to that!

He got such a simplistic art style - yet there is no doubt in the point he's trying to convey. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) He even got an account around here, though he hasn't posted in years (I can only imagine the mods are to "thank" for that).

PaladinNO1 votes

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/player/NA/FarahBoom https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/fancreations/YrZ9NABi-aram-adventures-my-comics-page-join-fellow-aramers

I think Farahboom/Zaunderground is pretty much the same guy, or at the very least a collaboration, because I can't tell their art apart.

Sraeg20132 votes

Does it matter? Here, have an exploitable.

http://i.imgur.com/qnrLVl5.png?b

PaladinNO1 votes

Oh no, that's Jinx and...it's something from the void. Or was it that Robot Rampage bonus page? I obviously wouldn't know, but that's what it looks like.

TL;DR: We need Janitor Jax, right now!

Here, have an exploitable.

I'm snagging this btw.

Sraeg20131 votes

Oh no, that's Jinx and...it's something from the void. Or was it that Robot Rampage bonus page? I obviously wouldn't know, but that's what it looks like.

I obviously wouldn't know it's the latter.

We need Janitor Jax, right now!

https://yurixy.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mapskinfeatimg.png

*tips cap*

I'm snagging this btw.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/603/131/35b.jpg

PaladinNO1 votes

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/603/131/35b.jpg

What I just read. Daymn!

...So, Maokai - what you think of his rework? Personally, I feel sorta cheated. Also, his ult now covers the entire width of the ARAM map. Which is sorta OP.

Sraeg20131 votes

{quoted}

What I just read. Daymn!

It's a donut.

Donut. Steel.

Geddit?

...So, Maokai - what you think of his rework? Personally, I feel sorta cheated. Also, his ult now covers the entire width of the ARAM map. Which is sorta OP.

How would I know? I haven't played a single match in a month.

All I can see is that he changed from a top lane tank to an AP support overnight.

http://i.imgur.com/Iyf8wqG.jpg?b

PaladinNO1 votes

Donut. Steel.

So's the image in my quote. xD

How would I know? I haven't played a single match in a month.

Good man. I'm trying to cut back myself. And I too hven't played LMAOkai since his rework. Played against him twice, but I don't count that.

Sraeg20131 votes

So's the image in my quote. xD

You're either massively trolling me right now or are genuinely oblivious.

Good man. I'm trying to cut back myself.

I haven't really done it on purpose. I simply lost interest in this fuckfest.

And I too hven't played LMAOkai since his rework.

The only reason I even have him on my accounts is because I was Gold last season. Let alone play him.

PaladinNO1 votes

trolling [...] oblivious

This late at night, I'm not really able to tell. Though I do get the feeling I'm missing the point. Sorry.

I simply lost interest in this fuckfest.

After they deliberately ruined ARAM, the last refuge of fun in this game (gg FeralPony), and for some reason refusing to respond to any of my inquiries, my interest recently took a massive hit too. https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/ou8FmdQG-aram-changes-for-710

RIP season 3, back when this game was good.

Sraeg20131 votes

This late at night, I'm not really able to tell. Though I do get the feeling I'm missing the point. Sorry.

"Donut steel."

Try reading it out loud and think how it relates to your "I'm snagging this btw."

RookPusher2 votes

This is hilarious (when he put the hat on I died) and also explains the problem in a way Riot might get.

Stop classifying him as a tank. He's a health mage.

FakeGravity2 votes

the thing about maokai saplings is the same issue with caitlyn traps, you know they are there, but what can you do but avoid them?

HalcyonDweller1 votes

At least in lane the minions can trigger the saplings for you. Caitlyn can just set up a bunch of traps right under your turret and you can't even defend it.

mickeefree1 votes

id rather get trapped in caits trap.. than get those sapling explode on you 3x.... and caits trap doesnt chase you either lol

o Recovery o2 votes

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