Maokai vs Sejuani
How to Beat Sejuani as Maokai
based on 1,637 Maokai vs Sejuani matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Sejuani Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Sejuani Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sejuani as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Sejuani
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 Sejuani
Dodging Arctic Assault and Glacial Prison can give you a huge advantage.
Focus on avoiding the second swing of Winter's Wrath which carries the brunt of the damage.
Melee enemies can also stack Frost for Sejuani, be very careful around them.
Maokai vs Sejuani Counter Stats
How to Counter Sejuani with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Maokai against Sejuani matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sejuani’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sejuani..
Maokai normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Sejuani. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Sejuani
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Who is Better, Maokai or Sejuani?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Sejuani, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Sejuani.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate than Sejuani, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Sejuani.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sejuani. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Sejuani matchups, Maokai is the better champion 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 for Sejuani. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Sejuani.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Sejuani during both the lane 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 stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sejuani. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Maokai versus Sejuani build consist of Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Sejuani than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 55.5% when countering Sejuani with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Sejuani as Maokai, Maokai players should use 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 combinations we have analyed for Maokai vs Sejuani battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.5% winrate overall.
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