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

Maokai vs Ornn

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

based on 3,384 Maokai vs Ornn matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Ornn as Maokai resulted from an evaluation of 3384 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Maokai fights Ornn in only 2.2% of his matches.

Maokai vs Ornn Matchup Summary

Maokai does a decent job of beating Ornn. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Maokai versus Ornn games, Maokai’s side is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Ornn.

Best Maokai vs Ornn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernSolstice SleighCelestial OppositionJak'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 LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic 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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Q
2
W
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 Ornn as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Ornn

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 Ornn

Try to stay away from walls. Ornn is much less strong if he cannot stun you.

Attack Ornn to keep him from creating items in lane.

Maokai vs Ornn Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Ornn Image
2.8
< Kills >
3.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5
12.9
< Assists >
8.7
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
0.88
49
< Minions Killed >
167
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,775
< Physical Damage >
6,695
11,737
< Magic Damage >
13,472
1,063
< True Damage >
415
14,575
< Damage Dealt >
20,583
29,898
< Damage Taken >
34,525
9,367
< Gold Earned >
10,698
1.47
< Towers >
2.13
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,650
< Total Healing >
4,254
11,360
< Experience >
14,680
47
< Vision Score >
16
19
< Wards Placed >
8
427
< Time Dealing CC >
564

How to Counter Ornn with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Maokai against Ornn matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ornn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ornn. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Maokai often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Ornn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Ornn

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Ornn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Ornn

Who is Better, Maokai or Ornn?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Ornn, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter for Ornn.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Ornn, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Ornn.

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

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Ornn matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Maokai is a decent counter for Ornn. You will do well by focussing your actions 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 Ornn.

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Ornn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ornn as Maokai, we analyzed 3,384 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 Ornn 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Ornn during both the laning 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 suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually gets a lot less CS compared to Ornn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Maokai versus Ornn build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Ornn than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Ornn with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Ornn as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Maokai vs Ornn face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.

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