Maokai vs Rumble
How to Beat Rumble as Maokai
based on 2,774 Maokai vs Rumble matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Rumble Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Rumble Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Rumble
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 Rumble
Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.
Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.
Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.
Maokai vs Rumble Counter Stats
How to Counter Rumble with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Maokai versus Rumble counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rumble’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rumble. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Rumble. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Rumble
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Who is Better, Maokai or Rumble?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Rumble, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter for Rumble.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Rumble, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Rumble.
Additionally, Maokai also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Rumble 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Maokai is an above average counter for Rumble. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Rumble.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Rumble 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average accumulates a lot less CS as Rumble. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Maokai versus Rumble build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Rumble than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Rumble with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Rumble as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Maokai vs Rumble counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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