Maokai vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Maokai
based on 1,730 Maokai vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Maokai vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some vital Maokai versus Taric matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taric..
Maokai usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Taric. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Taric
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Who is Better, Maokai or Taric?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually loses when facing off against Taric, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a poor counter to Taric.
While Maokai does have a lower win rate compared to Taric, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Taric.
Furthermore, Maokai has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a somewhat poor counter to Taric. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Taric 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Taric. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Maokai versus Taric build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Taric than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Taric with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Taric as Maokai, you 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 used for Maokai vs Taric LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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