Maokai vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Maokai
based on 4,410 Maokai vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Maokai vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Maokai versus Vi counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vi. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Vi
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Who is Better, Maokai or Vi?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Vi, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Vi.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Vi.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Vi matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a higher 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 Vi. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Vi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai
Additional Information for Maokai Players
How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Vi Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai in order to counter Vi during both the laning 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically racks up more CS relative to Vi. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Maokai versus Vi build include Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Vi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Vi with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Vi as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Maokai vs Vi fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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