Maokai vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Maokai
based on 5,244 Maokai vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Maokai vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Maokai vs. Tristana matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tristana. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Tristana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Tristana
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Who is Better, Maokai or Tristana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Tristana, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Tristana.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Tristana.
Furthermore, Maokai has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Tristana 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 teammates during team fights.
Maokai is an above average counter for Tristana. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically accumulates a lot less CS as Tristana. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Maokai versus Tristana build include Knight's Vow, 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 Tristana than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Tristana with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Tristana as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Maokai vs Tristana battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.
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