Yasuo vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Yasuo
based on 10,655 Yasuo vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Maokai
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Yasuo versus Maokai counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Maokai. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Yasuo often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Maokai
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Maokai?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when trying to fight Maokai, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Yasuo does have a lower winrate compared to Maokai, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Maokaias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter to Maokai. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo to counter Maokai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average accumulates much more CS relative to Maokai. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Maokai build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Maokai with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Maokai as Yasuo, Yasuo players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Yasuo vs Maokai face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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