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How to Win Maokai vs Xayah Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Xayah as Maokai

based on 2,455 Maokai vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
54.7 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Xayah as Maokai came out of an evaluation of 2455 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Maokai has to counter Xayah in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Maokai vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Maokai does a great job of beating Xayah. Typically, he wins a whopping 54.7% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Maokai vs Xayah games, Maokai’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Xayah.

Best Maokai vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernSunfire AegisLocket of the Iron SolariHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Maokai vs Xayah Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
54.7 %
VS
Win Rate
45.3 %
Xayah Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.6
< Deaths >
6.1
12.7
< Assists >
6.8
0.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
48
< Minions Killed >
182
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.28
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,686
< Physical Damage >
21,039
11,202
< Magic Damage >
356
1,004
< True Damage >
414
13,892
< Damage Dealt >
21,809
28,326
< Damage Taken >
20,258
9,265
< Gold Earned >
11,959
1.5
< Towers >
2.27
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
9,099
< Total Healing >
4,669
11,318
< Experience >
12,598
47
< Vision Score >
18
19
< Wards Placed >
9
426
< Time Dealing CC >
56

How to Counter Xayah with Maokai in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several significant Maokai vs. Xayah matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Xayah

Who is Better, Maokai or Xayah?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a great counter to Xayah.

While Maokai does have a much higher winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Xayah.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Xayah matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Maokai is a great counter to Xayah. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Xayah.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

SwainSwain47.6% winrateLilliaLillia48.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser48.4% winrateNilahNilah48.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Maokai, we analyzed 2,455 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 Xayah 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

Maokai Build Xayah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai often gets a lot less CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Maokai versus Xayah build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Xayah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 54.7% when countering Xayah with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Xayah 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 we have analyed for Maokai vs Xayah counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.7% winrate overall.

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