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

Maokai vs Miss Fortune

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

based on 19,708 Maokai vs Miss Fortune matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
12.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Miss Fortune as Maokai resulted from an analysis of 19708 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against each other. This champ pairing is somewhat common. Maokai is forced to battle against Miss Fortune in 12.7% of his matches.

Maokai vs Miss Fortune Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Maokai has done a poor job of beating Miss Fortune. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Maokai versus Miss Fortune rounds, Maokai’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Miss Fortune.

Best Maokai vs Miss Fortune Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Boots of SwiftnessWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailSolstice SleighJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Knight's VowAbyssal MaskKaenic RookernLocket of the Iron Solari

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
DominationZombie WardRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteMove SpeedHealth
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
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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Guide to Countering Miss Fortune as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Miss Fortune

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 Miss Fortune

Miss Fortune's speed boost is removed if she is damaged by an enemy.

Miss Fortune is easy to kill if you can reach her; target her first in team fights.

Maokai vs Miss Fortune Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Miss Fortune Image
2.9
< Kills >
8.2
5.8
< Deaths >
6.3
12.3
< Assists >
7.2
0.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
50
< Minions Killed >
174
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,727
< Physical Damage >
21,669
11,545
< Magic Damage >
1,235
1,022
< True Damage >
1,025
14,295
< Damage Dealt >
23,929
29,722
< Damage Taken >
19,969
9,427
< Gold Earned >
12,908
1.38
< Towers >
2.35
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
9,572
< Total Healing >
4,430
11,564
< Experience >
12,857
46
< Vision Score >
20
19
< Wards Placed >
10
438
< Time Dealing CC >
151

How to Counter Miss Fortune with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Maokai versus Miss Fortune matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Miss Fortune’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Miss Fortune. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Miss Fortune. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Miss Fortune

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Miss Fortune
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Miss Fortune

Who is Better, Maokai or Miss Fortune?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually loses when facing off against Miss Fortune, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a poor counter for Miss Fortune.

While Maokai does have a lower winrate than Miss Fortune, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Miss Fortune.

Additionally, Maokai also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Miss Fortune. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Miss Fortune matchups, Miss Fortune is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Maokai is a somewhat poor counter to Miss Fortune. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Miss Fortune.

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Miss Fortune Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Miss Fortune as Maokai, we analyzed 19,708 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 Miss Fortune 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Miss Fortune during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually racks up a lot less CS as Miss Fortune. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Miss Fortune build include Thornmail, Solstice Sleigh, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Miss Fortune than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Miss Fortune with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Miss Fortune as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai vs Miss Fortune fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Maokai x Miss Fortune tips and counter builds for a a specific rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the stats and guides shown are computed using every game finished with these champions.