Maokai vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Maokai
based on 1,867 Maokai vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Maokai vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Maokai against Corki counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Corki’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Corki. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Corki. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Corki
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Who is Better, Maokai or Corki?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Corki, with a 55.5% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Corki.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Corki, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Corki.
Furthermore, Maokai has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Corki. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Corki matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter for Corki. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Corki during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai usually gets a lot less CS relative to Corki. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well 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 case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Maokai versus Corki build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Corki than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 55.5% battling Corki with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Corki as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Maokai vs Corki face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.5% winrate overall.
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