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

Maokai vs Irelia

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

based on 4,077 Maokai vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Irelia as Maokai resulted from an examination of 4077 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Maokai fights Irelia in only 2.6% of his matches.

Maokai vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Maokai does a decent job of countering Irelia. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.7% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Maokai versus Irelia games, Maokai’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Irelia.

Best Maokai vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Knight's VowKaenic RookernFrozen HeartIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceArmorArmor
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
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Maokai vs Irelia Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Irelia Image
2.8
< Kills >
7.3
5.6
< Deaths >
6.9
12.7
< Assists >
5.2
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
48
< Minions Killed >
206
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,672
< Physical Damage >
16,965
10,987
< Magic Damage >
6,567
1,068
< True Damage >
788
13,727
< Damage Dealt >
24,320
28,160
< Damage Taken >
31,175
9,175
< Gold Earned >
12,853
1.45
< Towers >
2.29
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,082
< Total Healing >
10,834
11,274
< Experience >
14,874
46
< Vision Score >
17
19
< Wards Placed >
8
429
< Time Dealing CC >
117

How to Counter Irelia with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Maokai vs. Irelia matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Irelia

Who is Better, Maokai or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Irelia, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Irelia.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Irelia.

Moreover, Maokai has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Irelia matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Maokai is a decent counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Irelia.

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 Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Maokai, we analyzed 4,077 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 Irelia 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

Maokai Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Maokai versus Irelia build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Irelia than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Irelia as Maokai, you 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Maokai vs Irelia LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.

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