1Tank Engine
GoldOn takedown, gain a stack that increases your size and max Health. Lose stacks on death.
BARAM: Mayhem · Patch 16.20MaokaiARAM: Mayhem build
the Twisted Treant
- ARAM: Mayhem rank
- #45 / 173
- Top augment
- Tank Engine
Tier B
Ravenous Bind · Dropkick
Maokai best augments
All augments →1
2Ravenous Bind
GoldImmobilizing or Grounding enemy champions with deals extra damage and heals you.
3Dropkick
PrismaticYour Attacks and Abilities execute low Health enemy champions, Knocking Back and causing an explosion while healing you.
4Heavy Hitter
SilverYour Attacks deal additional physical damage equal to 3.5% of your max Health.
5Celestial Body
GoldGain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
6Steel Your Heart
GoldQUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300+ stacks. REWARD: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3.
7Recursion
GoldGain 60 Ability Haste.
8Goliath
PrismaticBecome large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
9Slap Around
SilverGain 10 Adaptive Force when you Immobilize or Ground an enemy. Lose 50% on death.
10Courage of the Colossus
PrismaticGain 150 - 450 (based on level) (+4% max Health) Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Augment order comes from OP.GG. Runes, items and skill order below come from regular ARAM games on the same map.
Recommended Maokai build
Most played and most reliable choicesRunes
Spells
Skill priority
E
Q
WStart
Boots
Core
Maokai runes
51.3% WR34.6% pick23,684 games
Resolve
Precision
52.0% WR26.2% pick17,915 games
43.7% WR14.8% pick10,171 games
51.4% WR0.4% pick280 games
Maokai skill order
53.0% WR25.4% pick12,757 games
Q123456789101112131415W123456789101112131415E123456789101112131415
R123456789101112131415Maokai summoner spells
50.6% WR77.4% pick51,820 games
48.2% WR5.0% pick3,319 games
Power curve
Strongest early, falls off later
49.6
50.9
49.3
48.3
41.3
Win rate (%) by game length in minutes. Dashed line = 50%.
Maokai items
First three completed items56.2%
7.0% · 3,388 games
53.3%
4.3% · 2,087 games
49.4%
3.2% · 1,560 games
49.4%
2.2% · 1,075 games
53.4%
1.5% · 727 games
Start50.7%
34.9% · 23,088 games
Start44.5%
10.9% · 7,205 games
Boots51.4%
60.6% · 34,418 games
Boots50.4%
22.3% · 12,655 games
Boots45.5%
9.4% · 5,330 games
Maokai situational items
How often each item ends up in the final buildHeartsteel57.7% · 50.0%Spirit Visage39.5% · 52.8%Fimbulwinter39.0% · 53.4%
Thornmail33.2% · 49.0%
Unending Despair26.2% · 52.4%
Liandry's Torment26.2% · 48.1%Tear of the Goddess15.4% · 47.0%
Warmog's Armor12.8% · 51.2%
Malignance11.6% · 46.6%
Bramble Vest10.6% · 49.0%
Blackfire Torch9.9% · 46.5%
Kaenic Rookern7.9% · 54.0%
Jak'Sho, The Protean6.8% · 50.5%
Randuin's Omen3.9% · 52.0%
Frozen Heart3.4% · 51.6%
Hollow Radiance3.0% · 57.3%Maokai abilities
PassiveSap Magic
Maokai's basic attack also heals him and deals additional damage on a moderate cooldown. Each time Maokai casts a spell or is struck by an enemy's spell, this cooldown is reduced.
QBramble Smash
Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.
Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5s · Cost: 40WTwisted Advance
Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.
Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10s · Cost: 60ESapling Toss
Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.
Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80RNature's Grasp
Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.
Cooldown: 130/110/90s · Cost: 100