Maokai vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Maokai
based on 7,876 Maokai vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Aatrox
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Maokai vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Maokai vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Maokai or Aatrox?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter for Aatrox.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Aatrox.
Moreover, Maokai has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Aatrox matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Maokai is an above average counter for Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Maokai versus Aatrox build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Aatrox than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Aatrox with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Aatrox as Maokai, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Maokai vs Aatrox clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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