Maokai vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Maokai
based on 10,832 Maokai vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Mordekaiser
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.
Advice to Win Against Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Maokai vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Maokai against Mordekaiser matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between this set of champs. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Mordekaiser. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Maokai or Mordekaiser?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually loses when taking on Mordekaiser, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a poor counter for Mordekaiser.
While Maokai does have a lower win rate than Mordekaiser, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Mordekaiser.
Furthermore, Maokai has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser 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 teamfights.
Maokai is a somewhat poor counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Mordekaiser. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Maokai versus Mordekaiser build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Mordekaiser than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Mordekaiser with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Mordekaiser as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Maokai vs Mordekaiser face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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