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How to Win Maokai vs Draven Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Maokai

based on 5,047 Maokai vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
55.1 %
K/D/A
2.91
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Maokai faced Draven in 5047 games. Having so many matchups for Maokai vs Draven gives us a lot of faith in our ability to produce informative statistics and a recommended build to counter your foe. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Maokai encounters Draven in only 3.2% of his games.

Maokai vs Draven Matchup Summary

Maokai does a great job of countering Draven. Normally, he wins a fantastic 55.1% of games the champs battle each other in. In Maokai vs Draven games, Maokai’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Draven.

Best Maokai vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsChain Vest

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernTrailblazerSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariJak'Sho, The ProteanFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
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W
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Draven as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Maokai vs Draven Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
55.1 %
VS
Win Rate
44.9 %
Draven Image
2.9
< Kills >
8.1
5.5
< Deaths >
6.9
13.1
< Assists >
5.7
0.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
48
< Minions Killed >
175
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,724
< Physical Damage >
22,193
11,380
< Magic Damage >
132
949
< True Damage >
504
14,054
< Damage Dealt >
22,829
27,780
< Damage Taken >
22,577
9,294
< Gold Earned >
13,613
1.56
< Towers >
2.19
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
9,013
< Total Healing >
6,639
11,298
< Experience >
12,174
46
< Vision Score >
15
19
< Wards Placed >
7
435
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Counter Draven with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Maokai against Draven counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Draven. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Draven

Who is Better, Maokai or Draven?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Draven, with a 55.1% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Draven.

While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Draven, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Draven.

Furthermore, Maokai also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Draven matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a great counter to Draven. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Draven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

SwainSwain47.6% winrateLilliaLillia48.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser48.4% winrateNilahNilah48.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Maokai, we analyzed 5,047 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Draven as Maokai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Draven. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Draven build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Draven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 55.1% battling Draven with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Draven 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Maokai vs Draven counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 55.1% winrate overall.

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