Maokai vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Maokai
based on 2,536 Maokai vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Aurelion Sol
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Maokai vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Maokai versus Aurelion Sol counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aurelion Sol. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aurelion Sol. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Aurelion Sol
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Who is Better, Maokai or Aurelion Sol?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Aurelion Sol, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Aurelion Sol.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Aurelion Sol, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Aurelion Sol.
Moreover, Maokai also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Maokai is a decent counter to Aurelion Sol. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Aurelion Sol. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Maokai versus Aurelion Sol build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Celestial Opposition. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Aurelion Sol than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Aurelion Sol with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Aurelion Sol as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Maokai vs Aurelion Sol face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.
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