Viktor vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Viktor
based on 2,205 Viktor vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Maokai
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Viktor in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some influential Viktor vs. Maokai counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Maokai. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Viktor often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Maokai. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Maokai
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Who is Better, Viktor or Maokai?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viktor usually loses when facing off against Maokai, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a poor counter to Maokai.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate than Maokai, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Maokaias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor to counter Maokai during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor typically accumulates much more CS relative to Maokai. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Viktor versus Maokai build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Viktor incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Maokai as Viktor, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Viktor vs Maokai counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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