Maokai Counters

Searching for dependable Maokai counters? Everything below comes from live ranked Support games, not guesses drawn from tier lists. Right now the hardest lane matchups for Maokai are Zaahen, Mordekaiser and Ambessa, where his win rate in the current dataset sinks lowest. Zaahen is the biggest problem: Maokai has won only 39.8% of 128 recorded games against him. Maokai, on the other hand, holds up well against Sylas, Neeko and Poppy, which makes them safer matchups to take on.

Each card reports Maokai’s win rate along with the sample size behind it. A matchup backed by tens of thousands of games deserves more trust than one built on a few hundred. The Easy, Even and Hard tags are derived from those percentages (under 48% reads as Hard, over 52% as Easy) and serve only as a quick guide, not as a separate statistic. The figures cover ranked Emerald-and-above games in every region on patch 16.13.1 and update automatically every 48 hours, so they shift as the meta does. Matchups are only part of the picture, so pair them with the current Maokai build for top items and runes, or visit the Maokai champion page for ability breakdowns and full details.