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

Maokai vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Maokai

based on 2,775 Maokai vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.72
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Gragas as Maokai came out of an analysis of 2775 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This pairing is somewhat rare. Maokai has to counter Gragas in only 1.8% of his matches.

Maokai vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Maokai does a good job of countering Gragas. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.8% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Maokai against Gragas rounds, Maokai’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Gragas.

Best Maokai vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Spirit VisageKaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanHollow Radiance

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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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Maokai vs Gragas Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Gragas Image
2.9
< Kills >
5.7
5.8
< Deaths >
5.9
12.9
< Assists >
7.4
0.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.3
49
< Minions Killed >
109
0.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.57
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,722
< Physical Damage >
1,541
11,558
< Magic Damage >
18,761
1,000
< True Damage >
687
14,281
< Damage Dealt >
20,989
29,236
< Damage Taken >
29,903
9,360
< Gold Earned >
11,167
1.53
< Towers >
1.48
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
9,343
< Total Healing >
12,345
11,427
< Experience >
13,853
47
< Vision Score >
21
19
< Wards Placed >
8
427
< Time Dealing CC >
418

How to Counter Gragas with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Maokai versus Gragas matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gragas. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Gragas

Who is Better, Maokai or Gragas?

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 Gragas, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter for Gragas.

While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Gragas.

Moreover, Maokai has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Gragas 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a great counter for Gragas. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Gragas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

SwainSwain47.6% winrateLilliaLillia48.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser48.4% winrateNilahNilah48.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Maokai, we analyzed 2,775 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 Gragas 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.

Other Useful Resources

Maokai Build Gragas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Maokai in order to counter Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai most often gets less CS as Gragas. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Maokai versus Gragas build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Gragas than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 53.8% battling Gragas with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Gragas 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 runes that we analyzed for Maokai vs Gragas face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% winrate overall.

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