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

Maokai vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Maokai

based on 9,357 Maokai vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
2.67
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Lucian as Maokai came out of an examination of 9357 ranked matches where both champions opposed one another. This champ pairing is somewhat uncommon. Maokai fights Lucian in only 6.0% of his games.

Maokai vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Maokai does a great job of beating Lucian. Typically, he wins a terrific 54.4% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Maokai against Lucian matches, Maokai’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Lucian.

Best Maokai vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernThornmailSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateKnight's VowUnending DespairSpirit Visage

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 LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
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
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Lucian

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 Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Maokai vs Lucian Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
Lucian Image
2.8
< Kills >
7.5
5.8
< Deaths >
6.5
12.7
< Assists >
6.7
0.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
50
< Minions Killed >
185
0.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,668
< Physical Damage >
19,430
11,341
< Magic Damage >
2,804
989
< True Damage >
552
13,999
< Damage Dealt >
22,786
28,674
< Damage Taken >
21,079
9,336
< Gold Earned >
12,384
1.55
< Towers >
2.21
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
9,171
< Total Healing >
4,826
11,426
< Experience >
12,573
47
< Vision Score >
19
19
< Wards Placed >
9
425
< Time Dealing CC >
41

How to Counter Lucian with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Maokai versus Lucian counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lucian. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Lucian

Who is Better, Maokai or Lucian?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Lucian, with a 54.4% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter for Lucian.

While Maokai does have a much higher win rate than Lucian, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Lucian.

Furthermore, Maokai has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Lucian 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 team members during teamfights.

Maokai is a great counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Lucian.

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

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Maokai, we analyzed 9,357 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 Lucian 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 Lucian Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai on average gets a lot less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 top items to have in your Maokai versus Lucian build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Lucian than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 54.4% battling Lucian with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Lucian as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Maokai vs Lucian battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.4% win rate overall.

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