Draven vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Draven
based on 5,047 Draven vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Maokai Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Maokai
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Draven vs. Maokai counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Maokai. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Draven normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Maokai
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Who is Better, Draven or Maokai?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually loses when trying to fight Maokai, with a 44.9% win rate. Thus, Draven makes a poor counter to Maokai.
While Draven does have a much lower winrate compared to Maokai, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Draven into Maokaias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven 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 teammates during teamfights.
Draven is a terribly counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Draven against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Draven to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically gets much more CS as Maokai. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Draven versus Maokai build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Hubris. When Draven used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Maokai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 44.9% when countering Maokai with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Maokai as Draven, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Draven vs Maokai LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.9% win rate overall.
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