Maokai vs Urgot
How to Beat Urgot as Maokai
based on 2,864 Maokai vs Urgot matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Urgot Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Urgot Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Urgot as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Urgot
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 Urgot
If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.
Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.
Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.
Maokai vs Urgot Counter Stats
How to Counter Urgot with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Maokai versus Urgot matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Urgot’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Urgot. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Urgot. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Urgot
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Who is Better, Maokai or Urgot?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Urgot, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Urgot.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Urgot, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Urgot.
Additionally, Maokai has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Urgot. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Urgot matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Maokai is a decent counter for Urgot. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Urgot.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Urgot during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically gets a lot less CS relative to Urgot. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Urgot build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Urgot than with most other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 52.0% battling Urgot with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Urgot as Maokai, you 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 players used for Maokai vs Urgot counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
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