Maokai vs Trundle
How to Beat Trundle as Maokai
based on 9,732 Maokai vs Trundle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Trundle Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Trundle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Trundle as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Trundle
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 Trundle
Trundle is very powerful at location-based combat. Try to draw him off of his Frozen Domain.
Make sure to get out of his Pillar of Ice as quickly as possible, as it significantly slows you down.
Maokai vs Trundle Counter Stats
How to Counter Trundle with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Maokai against Trundle matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Trundle’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Trundle. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Trundle. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Trundle
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Who is Better, Maokai or Trundle?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when taking on Trundle, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes an ok counter to Trundle.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Trundle, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Trundle.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Trundle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Trundle matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Maokai is a decent counter to Trundle. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Trundle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Trundle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should 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 Trundle. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Maokai versus Trundle 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 significantly better vs. Trundle than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Trundle with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Trundle as Maokai, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Maokai vs Trundle matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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