Corki vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Corki
based on 1,867 Corki vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Maokai
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Corki in LoL
The stats shown here show several influential Corki vs. Maokai counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Maokai. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Corki often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Corki and Maokai
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Who is Better, Corki or Maokai?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when facing off against Maokai, with a 44.5% win rate. As a result, Corki makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Corki does have a much lower winrate compared to Maokai, when they face off with one another, Corki also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Corki into Maokai.
Moreover, Corki has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Corki vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Corki is a trash counter for Maokai. 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 Corki against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Corki in order to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki usually gets much more CS as Maokai. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Corki versus Maokai build include Muramana, Malignance, and Spear of Shojin. When Corki incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Maokai than with most other common builds. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 44.5% battling Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Maokai as Corki, Corki players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Corki vs Maokai matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.5% winrate overall.
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