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

Maokai vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Maokai

based on 5,440 Maokai vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
2.78
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Garen as Maokai came out of an evaluation of 5440 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Maokai is forced to battle against Garen in only 3.5% of his games.

Maokai vs Garen Matchup Summary

Maokai has done a good job of beating Garen. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.2% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Maokai against Garen games, Maokai’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Garen.

Best Maokai vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernTrailblazerSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowJak'Sho, The ProteanForce of NatureLocket of the Iron Solari

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
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
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
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Garen as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Maokai vs Garen Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Garen Image
2.8
< Kills >
5.9
5.5
< Deaths >
5
12.5
< Assists >
4.2
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
48
< Minions Killed >
178
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.59
1,729
< Physical Damage >
14,712
11,145
< Magic Damage >
242
1,029
< True Damage >
4,829
13,904
< Damage Dealt >
19,783
28,593
< Damage Taken >
31,691
9,301
< Gold Earned >
12,125
1.48
< Towers >
2.74
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,336
< Total Healing >
3,256
11,419
< Experience >
15,200
46
< Vision Score >
17
19
< Wards Placed >
8
428
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Counter Garen with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here show several important Maokai versus Garen counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Garen. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Garen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Garen

Who is Better, Maokai or Garen?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Garen, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter for Garen.

While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Garen, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Garen.

Moreover, Maokai has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Garen 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a great counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Garen.

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 Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Maokai, we analyzed 5,440 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 Garen 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually gets a lot less CS as Garen. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Maokai versus Garen build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Garen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 53.2% battling Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Garen as Maokai, Maokai players 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 runes players chose for Maokai vs Garen counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.

If you want to view Maokai vs Garen tips and builds for a a distinct player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all matches with data with both champions.