Support Maokai Build
Support Maokai build with runes and items. Support Maokai guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Maokai build in League of Legends Patch 14.20!
Updated: 2024-05-17 ()
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
E
W
Q
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Support Maokai Runes
Resolve
Precision
Passive
How it works
Support Build specific
- You play Support who goes tanky.
How to play
Support Build specific
- Identify your role within the team (engage, peel, frontline)
- If your team needs engage, go Trailblazer and Shurelya's Battlesong
- If your team needs peel, go Knight's Vow and Locket of the Iron Solari.
- Knight's Vow is a surprisingly good item. Buy it and use it if you have carry or bruiser/fighter who is doing well.
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
- Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.
Tips and Tricks
General
- You can use E for brush control.
Riot
- 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.
Skill Order
- Bramble SmashQ
- Twisted AdvanceW
- Sapling TossE
- Nature's GraspR
Items
Starting items
Boots
For peel
For engage
Good tank items
Good MR items
Good Armor items
Situational items
For the last fight
Example final build