Maokai vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Maokai
based on 1,952 Maokai vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Maokai vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Maokai vs. Jayce counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jayce. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Jayce
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Who is Better, Maokai or Jayce?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Jayce, with a 55.6% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Jayce.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Jayce.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Jayce 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 allies during team fights.
Maokai is a great counter for Jayce. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Jayce. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Maokai versus Jayce build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Jayce than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 55.6% when playing against Jayce with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Jayce as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Maokai vs Jayce counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.6% win rate overall.
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