Maokai vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Maokai
based on 4,428 Maokai vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Ahri
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 Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Maokai vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Maokai versus Ahri matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ahri. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ahri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Ahri
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Who is Better, Maokai or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Ahri, with a 55.4% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a fantastic counter to Ahri.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Ahri, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Ahri.
Furthermore, Maokai has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Ahri 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter to Ahri. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Ahri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Ahri. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Maokai versus Ahri build consist of Trailblazer, Sunfire Aegis, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Ahri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 55.4% battling Ahri with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Ahri as Maokai, you should equip 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 combinations we have analyed for Maokai vs Ahri LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Maokai are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.