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

Maokai vs Nami

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

based on 4,458 Maokai vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
54 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Nami as Maokai resulted from an examination of 4458 ranked matches where both champs engaged one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Maokai is forced to battle against Nami in only 2.9% of his games.

Maokai vs Nami Matchup Summary

Maokai has done a great job of countering Nami. On average, he wins a whopping 54.0% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Maokai against Nami matches, Maokai’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Nami.

Best Maokai vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernKnight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSpirit 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
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Nami as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Nami

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 Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Maokai vs Nami Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
54 %
VS
Win Rate
46 %
Nami Image
2.7
< Kills >
1.8
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
12.2
< Assists >
15.1
0.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.32
49
< Minions Killed >
24
0.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,649
< Physical Damage >
964
11,126
< Magic Damage >
8,663
968
< True Damage >
618
13,743
< Damage Dealt >
10,246
28,244
< Damage Taken >
16,566
9,265
< Gold Earned >
8,392
1.53
< Towers >
2.08
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0
9,050
< Total Healing >
9,847
11,301
< Experience >
10,523
48
< Vision Score >
58
19
< Wards Placed >
25
421
< Time Dealing CC >
199

How to Counter Nami with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several vital Maokai against Nami counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami..

Maokai normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Nami

Who is Better, Maokai or Nami?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a great counter to Nami.

While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Nami.

Moreover, Maokai has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Maokai is a great counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Nami.

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 Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Maokai, we analyzed 4,458 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 Nami 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 Nami Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai most often accumulates more CS relative to Nami. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Maokai versus Nami build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Nami than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 54.0% when countering Nami with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nami as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Maokai vs Nami counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.0% winrate overall.

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