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

Maokai vs Kled

How to Beat Kled as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kled as Maokai

based on 1,910 Maokai vs Kled matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our dataset, Maokai engaged Kled 1910 times. Having so many matchups for Maokai versus Kled provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a solid build to obliterate your opponent. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Maokai is forced to battle against Kled in only 1.2% of his rounds.

Maokai vs Kled Matchup Summary

Maokai does a ok job of countering Kled. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Maokai versus Kled games, Maokai’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood versus Kled.

Best Maokai vs Kled Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerThornmailSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariJak'Sho, The Protean

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
2
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 Kled as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Kled

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 Kled

Watch Kled's courage bar when he's off his mount - when it reaches 100%, he will remount and regain a significant amount of health.

Kled is much more threatening when he has Violent Tendencies ready.

Kled generates courage by damaging enemies with his Pocket Pistol and basic attacks, killing minions, and attacking structures or epic monsters.

Maokai vs Kled Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Kled Image
2.7
< Kills >
6.7
6
< Deaths >
6.1
12.9
< Assists >
7.1
0.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
45
< Minions Killed >
162
0.28
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.58
1,738
< Physical Damage >
21,943
11,530
< Magic Damage >
154
1,044
< True Damage >
1,059
14,312
< Damage Dealt >
23,156
28,351
< Damage Taken >
37,792
9,166
< Gold Earned >
12,149
1.39
< Towers >
2.98
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,971
< Total Healing >
6,462
11,087
< Experience >
14,401
47
< Vision Score >
17
19
< Wards Placed >
8
427
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Counter Kled with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Maokai vs. Kled counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kled’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kled. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kled. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Kled

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Kled
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Kled

Who is Better, Maokai or Kled?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kled, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes an ok counter to Kled.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Kled, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Kled.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Kled matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a similar 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 Kled. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Kled.

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

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Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Kled Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kled as Maokai, we analyzed 1,910 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 Kled 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 Kled Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Kled during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai most often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kled. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Maokai versus Kled build consist of Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Kled than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Kled with this build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Kled as Maokai, you 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 players picked for Maokai vs Kled counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.

If you need to see Maokai x Kled tips and counter stats for a a distinct rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using every match played with both champs.