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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Maokai

the Twisted Treant

TankSupport

League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA78,388 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Top)

BTier
49.7%
Win Rate
15.3%
Pick Rate
0.8%
Ban Rate

78,388

Games

Very High

Confidence

Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

36,058 games

50.1%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

25,868 games

48.8%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

9,407 games

52.2%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Resolve

  • Guardian
  • Font of Life
  • Conditioning
  • Overgrowth

Secondary: Domination

  • Taste of Blood
  • Grisly Mementos

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

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Ability details

  • Sap 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.

    Passive — never cast

  • Bramble Smash

    Maokai knocks back nearby enemies with a shockwave, dealing magic damage and slowing them.

    Cost 40 ManaCooldown 7/6.5/6/5.5/5sRange 600

  • Twisted Advance

    Maokai contorts into a mass of moving roots, becoming untargetable and dashing to the target. Upon arrival, he roots the target.

    Cost 60 ManaCooldown 14/13/12/11/10sRange 525

  • Sapling Toss

    Maokai flings a sapling to the target area to stand guard. More effective in brush.

    Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 18/17/16/15/14sRange 1100

  • Nature's Grasp

    Maokai summons a colossal wall of brambles and thorns that slowly advances forwards, damaging and rooting any enemies in the path.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 130/110/90sRange 3000

Scaling — level 1–18

MaokaiTop average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Maokai

  • Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks

  • Track the roam — it is strongest where the enemy jungler already is

  • Punish the cooldown — Maokai is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 3/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

ARAM performance

A
50.9%
Win Rate
▼ 0.4%
8.5%
Pick Rate
▲ 4.1%
0.4%
Ban Rate
▲ 1.1%
Damage dealt
93.2%
Damage taken
104.1%
Healing
90.7%
Shielding
102.6%
Ability Haste
+1

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now-0.1
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.0
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.6
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.2
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.6

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.