Maokai vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Maokai
based on 2,205 Maokai vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Maokai vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Maokai versus Viktor matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Viktor. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Viktor
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Who is Better, Maokai or Viktor?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Viktor, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Viktor.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Viktor, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Viktor.
Additionally, Maokai also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This 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 Viktor matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Maokai is a decent counter for Viktor. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai in order to counter Viktor during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Viktor. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Maokai versus Viktor build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Viktor than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Viktor with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Viktor as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Maokai vs Viktor face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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