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

Maokai vs Leona

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

based on 6,029 Maokai vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.61
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches every week. In our database, Maokai engaged Leona 6029 times. With so many games with Maokai vs Leona gives us confidence in our capacity to produce actionable stats and a recommended build to crush your rival. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Maokai has to counter Leona in only 3.9% of his rounds.

Maokai vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Maokai does a poor job of countering Leona. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.3% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Maokai vs Leona matches, Maokai’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Leona.

Best Maokai vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateKnight's VowJak'Sho, The ProteanFrozen Heart

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 LifeConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Leona as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Maokai vs Leona Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Leona Image
2.9
< Kills >
2.1
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
13.3
< Assists >
14.3
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
48
< Minions Killed >
32
0.28
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,710
< Physical Damage >
3,016
11,830
< Magic Damage >
7,339
1,075
< True Damage >
1,053
14,615
< Damage Dealt >
11,409
29,142
< Damage Taken >
23,756
9,330
< Gold Earned >
8,670
1.44
< Towers >
1.54
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,202
< Total Healing >
2,894
11,341
< Experience >
10,583
47
< Vision Score >
56
19
< Wards Placed >
24
434
< Time Dealing CC >
240

How to Counter Leona with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several vital Maokai against Leona counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona..

Maokai normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Leona. 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 not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Leona

Who is Better, Maokai or Leona?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when facing off against Leona, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes an ok counter for Leona.

While Maokai does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Leona.

Additionally, Maokai also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Maokai is a somewhat poor counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Leona.

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 Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Maokai, we analyzed 6,029 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 Leona 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 Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Maokai in order to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai on average gets a similar amount of CS as Leona. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Leona build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Celestial Opposition. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Leona than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Leona with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Leona as Maokai, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Maokai vs Leona counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.

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