Maokai vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Maokai
based on 2,291 Maokai vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Maokai vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Maokai versus Lulu matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lulu’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lulu..
Maokai usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lulu. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Lulu
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Who is Better, Maokai or Lulu?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Lulu, with a 56.0% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a fantastic counter to Lulu.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate compared to Lulu, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Lulu.
Additionally, Maokai also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lulu. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Lulu 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 team members during teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter to Lulu. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Lulu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average picks up more CS as Lulu. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Maokai versus Lulu build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Lulu than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 56.0% battling Lulu with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Lulu as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Maokai vs Lulu counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.0% winrate overall.
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