How to Win Maokai vs Warwick Counter Matchup Maokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Warwick

How to Beat Warwick as Maokai in LoL Warwick is in the a tier of champions
Tank Mage
Fighter Tank

How to Beat Warwick as Maokai

based on 8,048 Maokai vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
6.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Warwick as Maokai resulted from an examination of 8048 ranked games where both champs faced off against each other. This champion pairing is somewhat uncommon. Maokai encounters Warwick in only 6.9% of his games.

Maokai vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Maokai has done a ok job of countering Warwick. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.6% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Maokai versus Warwick rounds, Maokai’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood against Warwick.

Best Maokai vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
EvenshroudThornmailDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Frozen HeartForce of NatureShadowflameAbyssal Mask

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level up q
>
Second ability for Maokai to level up w
>
Last skill for Maokai to max out e

Runes

Resolve Aftershock Font of LifeSecond WindUnflinching
Inspiration Biscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability Haste Adaptive Force Health Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai q ability q
Maokai w ability w
Maokai e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Warwick as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Warwick

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.

Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.

Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Advice to Win Against Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Maokai vs Warwick Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Warwick Image
3.5
< Kills >
7.8
6.2
< Deaths >
6.9
12
< Assists >
7.3
0.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.8
47
< Minions Killed >
59
0.5
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,797
< Physical Damage >
8,763
14,381
< Magic Damage >
10,226
1,189
< True Damage >
1,206
17,368
< Damage Dealt >
20,196
30,150
< Damage Taken >
39,120
9,494
< Gold Earned >
11,887
1.28
< Towers >
1.47
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.27
7,453
< Total Healing >
14,421
11,974
< Experience >
13,508
33
< Vision Score >
19
13
< Wards Placed >
6
495
< Time Dealing CC >
293

How to Counter Warwick with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Maokai versus Warwick matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Warwick. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Warwick. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Warwick

Who is Better, Maokai or Warwick?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when taking on Warwick, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes an ok counter for Warwick.

While Maokai does have a lower winrate than Warwick, when facing one another, Maokai also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Warwick.

Additionally, Maokai has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Warwick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Maokai is a somewhat poor counter for Warwick. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Warwick.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

Mordekaiser Mordekaiser 46.5% winrate Illaoi Illaoi 46.5% winrate Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo 46.6% winrate Heimerdinger Heimerdinger 47.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

Nidalee Nidalee 59.7% winrate Qiyana Qiyana 58.7% winrate Yuumi Yuumi 58.5% winrate Twisted Fate Twisted Fate 57.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Xin Zhao Xin Zhao + 55.3% 1251 Games Mordekaiser Mordekaiser + 55.3% 7010 Games Kled Kled + 56.3% 1246 Games Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo + 56.8% 6623 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Maokai, we analyzed 8,048 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Warwick as Maokai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Warwick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Maokai versus Warwick build include Evenshroud, Thornmail, and Dead Man's Plate. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Warwick than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Warwick with this counter build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Warwick as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Maokai vs Warwick face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Maokai versus Warwick tips and builds for a a specific player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and strategies given are calculated using all games run with both champions.