Galio vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Galio
based on 4,061 Galio vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Maokai
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Galio in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Galio vs. Maokai matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Maokai. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Galio usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Maokai. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Maokai
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Who is Better, Galio or Maokai?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when taking on Maokai, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Galio makes an ok counter to Maokai.
While Galio does have a higher win rate than Maokai, when facing one another, Galio also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Galio into Maokai.
Furthermore, Galio 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 Galio vs Maokai matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Galio is a decent counter to Maokai. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Galio against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Galio in order to counter Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio often gets more CS as Maokai. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Galio versus Maokai build include Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Maokai than with many other common item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Maokai with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Maokai as Galio, you should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Galio vs Maokai battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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