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How to Win Maokai vs Fiora Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Fiora

How to Beat Fiora as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Fiora as Maokai

based on 3,932 Maokai vs Fiora matchups
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.78
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Fiora as Maokai resulted from an examination of 3932 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Maokai has to counter Fiora in only 2.5% of his matches.

Maokai vs Fiora Matchup Summary

Maokai has done a good job of beating Fiora. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.7% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Maokai against Fiora matches, Maokai’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Fiora.

Best Maokai vs Fiora Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariFrozen HeartKaenic RookernZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
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4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Fiora as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Fiora

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 Fiora

Be careful when casting immobilizing disables on Fiora. If her Riposte is available, she can turn their power against you.

Duelist's Dance shows you where Fiora will try to attack from, so be ready to punish her when she tries.

Maokai vs Fiora Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Fiora Image
2.8
< Kills >
5.7
5.5
< Deaths >
6.2
12.5
< Assists >
4.4
0.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.3
47
< Minions Killed >
183
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.59
1,636
< Physical Damage >
14,198
10,749
< Magic Damage >
1,521
999
< True Damage >
6,937
13,384
< Damage Dealt >
22,657
27,688
< Damage Taken >
31,697
9,161
< Gold Earned >
12,031
1.48
< Towers >
2.98
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,927
< Total Healing >
13,894
11,216
< Experience >
14,902
46
< Vision Score >
16
19
< Wards Placed >
8
413
< Time Dealing CC >
152

How to Counter Fiora with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several valuable Maokai versus Fiora matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Fiora’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Fiora. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Maokai often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Fiora. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Fiora

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Fiora
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Fiora

Who is Better, Maokai or Fiora?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Fiora, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter for Fiora.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Fiora, when facing one another, Maokai also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Fiora.

Moreover, Maokai also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiora. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Fiora matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a good counter to Fiora. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Fiora.

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Fiora Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Fiora as Maokai, we analyzed 3,932 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Fiora as Maokai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Maokai to counter Fiora during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai on average gets a lot less CS compared to Fiora. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Maokai versus Fiora build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Fiora than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.7% when countering Fiora with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Fiora as Maokai, you should equip 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 used for Maokai vs Fiora LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Fiora as Maokai are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.