I haven't seen a single person who thinks he deserves it yet. Why did he get it when the likes of 
were all popular for longer in both pro play and ranked play. Can someone explain this?
I have a better question.
Why does it matter? It's free.
Because, despite being off-meta, Maokai is still pretty strong and deserves to see a bit more play.
riot did it just so all of you can cry and bitch about free stuff
You haven't seen a single person? Here I am.
We have a cycle. It goes Top (Jarvan), Support (Janna), Jungler (Elise), Mid (Morgana), ADC (Sivir).
Now we're back to top lane. And Maokai was one of the dominant top laners in the spring. The Victorious skin tends to focus around the champions who were strong in the early parts of the season, because Riot has to actually make the skin over a few months.
Karma, Shen, Azir, Irelia, Rek'Sai, and Trundle would have been sick. Maokai seems... bleh.
