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How to Win Maokai vs Kha'Zix Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Kha'Zix

How to Beat Kha'Zix as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the a tier of champions
TankMage
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How to Beat Kha'Zix as Maokai

based on 4,338 Maokai vs Kha'Zix matchups
Win Rate
54.8 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Kha'Zix as Maokai resulted from an evaluation of 4338 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against each other. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Maokai is forced to battle against Kha'Zix in only 2.8% of his matches.

Maokai vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary

Maokai has done a great job of countering Kha'Zix. Typically, he wins a whopping 54.8% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Maokai vs Kha'Zix matches, Maokai’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Kha'Zix.

Best Maokai vs Kha'Zix Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Spirit VisageJak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernFrozen Heart

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

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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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Q
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Kha'Zix

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 Kha'Zix

Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.

Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.

Maokai vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
54.8 %
VS
Win Rate
45.2 %
Kha'Zix Image
2.9
< Kills >
7.7
5.6
< Deaths >
6.4
12.5
< Assists >
6.3
0.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
49
< Minions Killed >
26
0.32
< Dragons Killed >
1.62
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.31
1,709
< Physical Damage >
17,339
11,264
< Magic Damage >
1,111
970
< True Damage >
1,012
13,943
< Damage Dealt >
19,462
29,107
< Damage Taken >
33,653
9,452
< Gold Earned >
12,586
1.6
< Towers >
0.97
0.09
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
9,633
< Total Healing >
16,484
11,610
< Experience >
13,751
46
< Vision Score >
23
19
< Wards Placed >
6
433
< Time Dealing CC >
225

How to Counter Kha'Zix with Maokai in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some influential Maokai versus Kha'Zix counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kha'Zix. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kha'Zix. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Kha'Zix

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Kha'Zix
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Kha'Zix

Who is Better, Maokai or Kha'Zix?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Kha'Zix, with a 54.8% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a great counter to Kha'Zix.

While Maokai does have a much higher winrate than Kha'Zix, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Kha'Zix.

Moreover, Maokai has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Kha'Zix 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 late stage team fights.

Maokai is a great counter to Kha'Zix. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Kha'Zix.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

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Maokai Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Kha'Zix Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kha'Zix as Maokai, we analyzed 4,338 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 Kha'Zix 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 Kha'Zix Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Kha'Zix during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually accumulates more CS relative to Kha'Zix. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Kha'Zix build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Kha'Zix than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 54.8% when countering Kha'Zix with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Kha'Zix as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Maokai vs Kha'Zix face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.8% winrate overall.

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