Bard vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Bard
based on 4,973 Bard vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Maokai Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Maokai
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Bard vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Bard in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Bard versus Maokai counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Maokai..
Bard often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Maokai
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Who is Better, Bard or Maokai?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually fairs equally well when taking on Maokai, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Bard makes an ok counter to Maokai.
While Bard does have a lower winrate than Maokai, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Maokaias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically gets less CS as Maokai. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Bard versus Maokai build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Bard incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Maokai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Maokai as Bard, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Bard vs Maokai face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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