Maokai vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Maokai
based on 14,951 Maokai vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Maokai vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some critical Maokai against Caitlyn matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences between the two. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Maokai or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Caitlyn, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a great counter for Caitlyn.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Caitlyn, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Caitlyn matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Caitlyn. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Maokai versus Caitlyn build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Caitlyn as Maokai, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Maokai vs Caitlyn counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.5% win rate overall.
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