Evelynn vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Evelynn
based on 3,974 Evelynn vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Maokai
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Evelynn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Evelynn against Maokai counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Evelynn usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Maokai
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Maokai?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually loses when playing against Maokai, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Evelynn makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Evelynn does have a much lower winrate than Maokai, when they face off with one another, Evelynn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Evelynn into Maokaias her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Evelynn also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Evelynn is a trash counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Evelynn against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Evelynn 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn usually accumulates less CS relative to Maokai. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly 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 shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Evelynn versus Maokai build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Banshee's Veil, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Maokai than with many other common builds. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average win rate of 45.6% battling Maokai with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Maokai as Evelynn, Evelynn players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Evelynn vs Maokai counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.6% win rate overall.
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