Maokai vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Maokai
based on 3,311 Maokai vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Gwen Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Maokai Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Gwen as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Maokai vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Maokai against Gwen counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Gwen
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Maokai or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter for Gwen.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Gwen.
Additionally, Maokai also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Gwen 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 team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Gwen. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Gwen.
Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai
Additional Information for Maokai Players
How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Gwen Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Gwen during both the lane 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often gets a lot less CS as Gwen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Maokai versus Gwen build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Gwen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Gwen 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. Out of all the runes players chose for Maokai vs Gwen fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.5% win rate overall.
If you would like to see Maokai x Gwen tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the stats and build suggestions shown are calculated using all games completed with these champs.