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

Maokai vs Jax

How to Beat Jax as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jax as Maokai

based on 10,447 Maokai vs Jax matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.79
Pick Rate
6.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Jax as Maokai came out of an evaluation of 10447 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Maokai is forced to battle against Jax in only 6.7% of his matches.

Maokai vs Jax Matchup Summary

Maokai does a good job of beating Jax. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.1% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Maokai vs Jax matches, Maokai’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Jax.

Best Maokai vs Jax Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerSolstice SleighAbyssal Mask

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateKnight's VowLiandry's TormentSpirit Visage

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

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteArmorArmor
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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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Jax as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Jax

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 Jax

Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.

Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

Maokai vs Jax Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Jax Image
3
< Kills >
6.3
5.6
< Deaths >
6.5
12.6
< Assists >
5.5
0.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
50
< Minions Killed >
117
0.32
< Dragons Killed >
0.64
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,641
< Physical Damage >
12,406
11,345
< Magic Damage >
8,152
992
< True Damage >
721
13,979
< Damage Dealt >
21,280
28,849
< Damage Taken >
30,437
9,378
< Gold Earned >
11,879
1.48
< Towers >
2.08
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
9,439
< Total Healing >
9,047
11,492
< Experience >
14,264
45
< Vision Score >
19
18
< Wards Placed >
9
446
< Time Dealing CC >
197

How to Counter Jax with Maokai in LoL

The stats provided here feature some strategic Maokai vs. Jax matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jax. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jax. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Jax

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Jax
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Jax

Who is Better, Maokai or Jax?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Jax, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter for Jax.

While Maokai does have a higher winrate compared to Jax, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Jax.

Additionally, Maokai also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Jax 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 good counter to Jax. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Jax.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

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Maokai Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Jax Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jax as Maokai, we analyzed 10,447 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 Jax 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 Jax Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Jax during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually gets less CS relative to Jax. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Jax build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Abyssal Mask. When Maokai included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Jax than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Jax with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Jax as Maokai, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Maokai vs Jax matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.

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