Raidboss Maokai carries team through a 4v5!
Heard Saintvicious say how stupidly broken maokai was in the jg following his 7-8 game win streak with the champion on probuilds. Tried it out. He wasn't wrong. Maokai JG is so fun after the initial few levels. Even level 1-3 isn't as hard as some people put it out to be. Maokai's level 1 clear is insanely good. Raptor clear would probably be the most optimal route, but the enemy team is likely to invade there considering maokai doesn't do much at level 1 besides toss saplings. At best, you can stack 3 saplings into the raptor bush and your mid laner can throw in a spell to help you clear the small raptors. That gives you level 2 from the small raptor clear alone. I've done this in a normal game where me (as maokai jg) and the mid laner did the small raptors, while my bot lane leashed the red buff a little. This gets me a quick level and a half. After finishing red, go back and clear the big raptor, then clear your blue buff. This same can be replicated on red side, but your bot lane won't be able to leash you your buff. Once level 3, Maokai's kit allow for easy ganks. It's insanely fun to play as a ganking jungler and a tanklord. Would recommend others to try him out especially after this new patch!