Leona vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Leona
based on 6,029 Leona vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Maokai
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Leona vs. Maokai matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Maokai..
Leona usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Maokai
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Who is Better, Leona or Maokai?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Leona usually fairs equally well when facing off against Maokai, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Leona makes an ok counter for Maokai.
While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Maokai, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Maokai.
Moreover, Leona also has a great deal of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Maokai matchups, Leona is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Leona is a decent counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Leona in order to counter Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona typically gets less CS relative to Maokai. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Leona versus Maokai build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Maokai than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Maokai with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Maokai as Leona, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Leona vs Maokai fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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