Taric vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Taric
based on 1,730 Taric vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Maokai
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Advice to Win Against Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Taric vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Taric in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Taric vs. Maokai counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Maokai..
Taric normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Maokai
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Who is Better, Taric or Maokai?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Maokai, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a good counter for Maokai.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Maokai, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Taric into Maokai.
Additionally, Taric has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Taric vs Maokai matchups, Taric is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Taric is a decent counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric to counter Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Maokai. Champs who typically 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 able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Taric versus Maokai build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Taric incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Maokai than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Maokai as Taric, Taric players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Taric vs Maokai LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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