Maokai vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Maokai
based on 5,661 Maokai vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Maokai vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Maokai against Shaco counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Shaco
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Who is Better, Maokai or Shaco?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Shaco, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter to Shaco.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Shaco, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Shaco.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Shaco 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 teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter to Shaco. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Shaco. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Maokai versus Shaco build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Shaco than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 53.7% battling Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Shaco as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Maokai vs Shaco LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
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