Maokai vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Maokai
based on 2,414 Maokai vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Maokai vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Maokai against LeBlanc counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than LeBlanc. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Maokai or LeBlanc?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against LeBlanc, with a 57.8% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for LeBlanc.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate compared to LeBlanc, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into LeBlanc.
Additionally, Maokai has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs LeBlanc 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 great counter to LeBlanc. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average picks up less CS compared to LeBlanc. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Maokai versus LeBlanc build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs LeBlanc than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 57.8% battling LeBlanc with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating LeBlanc 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for Maokai vs LeBlanc face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 57.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat LeBlanc as Maokai are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.