Maokai vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Maokai
based on 5,258 Maokai vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Maokai vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Maokai against Katarina matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Katarina. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Katarina
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Who is Better, Maokai or Katarina?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Katarina, with a 55.2% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a fantastic counter to Katarina.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Katarina.
Moreover, Maokai also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Katarina 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Katarina. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Maokai versus Katarina build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Katarina than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 55.2% battling Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Katarina as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai vs Katarina counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.2% winrate overall.
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