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

Maokai vs Rammus

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

based on 2,663 Maokai vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.74
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rammus as Maokai came out of an examination of 2663 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Maokai has to counter Rammus in only 1.7% of his games.

Maokai vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Maokai has done a decent job of countering Rammus. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Maokai against Rammus matches, Maokai’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Rammus.

Best Maokai vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Hollow RadianceKaenic RookernSpirit VisageFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotTreasure Hunter
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
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Q
3
E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Maokai vs Rammus Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Rammus Image
2.9
< Kills >
4.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.7
13
< Assists >
11.6
0.6
< Killing Sprees >
0.92
48
< Minions Killed >
33
0.3
< Dragons Killed >
1.15
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,741
< Physical Damage >
2,491
11,978
< Magic Damage >
12,515
1,099
< True Damage >
839
14,819
< Damage Dealt >
15,847
30,040
< Damage Taken >
32,265
9,473
< Gold Earned >
10,670
1.48
< Towers >
1.12
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
9,743
< Total Healing >
12,686
11,479
< Experience >
13,045
46
< Vision Score >
21
19
< Wards Placed >
7
441
< Time Dealing CC >
602

How to Counter Rammus with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several vital Maokai against Rammus counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rammus..

Maokai typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Rammus

Who is Better, Maokai or Rammus?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Rammus, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Rammus.

While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Rammus, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Rammus.

Additionally, Maokai also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Maokai is a decent counter to Rammus. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Rammus.

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 Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Maokai, we analyzed 2,663 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 Rammus 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 Rammus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Maokai to counter Rammus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Rammus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, 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 do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Maokai versus Rammus build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Rammus than with many other common builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Rammus with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Rammus as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Maokai vs Rammus fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.

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