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How to Win Maokai vs Lillia Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Maokai

based on 9,976 Maokai vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
6.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League matches every week. In our data, Maokai fought Lillia in 9976 rounds. Including so many games with Maokai versus Lillia provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a recommended build to shatter your enemy. This particular champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Maokai has to counter Lillia in only 6.4% of his games.

Maokai vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Maokai does a below average job of beating Lillia. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.1% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Maokai vs Lillia matches, Maokai’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Lillia.

Best Maokai vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernUnending DespairLocket of the Iron SolariJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Lillia as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Lillia

Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.

Maokai vs Lillia Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Lillia Image
2.7
< Kills >
6.8
6
< Deaths >
5.6
12.5
< Assists >
8.7
0.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
49
< Minions Killed >
46
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
1.31
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,736
< Physical Damage >
934
11,533
< Magic Damage >
17,622
1,007
< True Damage >
5,359
14,276
< Damage Dealt >
23,916
30,108
< Damage Taken >
41,617
9,282
< Gold Earned >
12,257
1.38
< Towers >
1.35
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
9,576
< Total Healing >
23,552
11,410
< Experience >
14,258
47
< Vision Score >
21
19
< Wards Placed >
6
411
< Time Dealing CC >
435

How to Counter Lillia with Maokai in LoL

The stats provided here feature several vital Maokai versus Lillia counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lillia..

Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Lillia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Lillia

Who is Better, Maokai or Lillia?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually loses when trying to fight Lillia, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a poor counter to Lillia.

While Maokai does have a lower winrate than Lillia, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Lillia.

Additionally, Maokai also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a somewhat poor counter for Lillia. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Lillia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

SwainSwain47.6% winrateLilliaLillia48.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser48.4% winrateNilahNilah48.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Maokai, we analyzed 9,976 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lillia as Maokai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Maokai Build Lillia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Lillia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lillia. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Maokai versus Lillia build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Lillia than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 48.1% battling Lillia with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Lillia as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Maokai vs Lillia counters, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.

If you need to see Maokai x Lillia tips and counter builds for a a particular player tier, please select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are computed using all games completed with these champions.