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

Maokai vs Udyr

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

based on 4,857 Maokai vs Udyr matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Maokai faced Udyr 4857 times. Including so many games with Maokai versus Udyr gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare useful data and a supported build to wreck your foe. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Maokai is forced to battle against Udyr in only 3.1% of his rounds.

Maokai vs Udyr Matchup Summary

Maokai does a good job of beating Udyr. Typically, he wins a whopping 52.5% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Maokai versus Udyr rounds, Maokai’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Udyr.

Best Maokai vs Udyr Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernTrailblazerLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Knight's VowJak'Sho, The ProteanSpirit VisageForce of Nature

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
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
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
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Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Udyr as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Udyr

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 Udyr

After using the more powerful, Awakened version of an ability, Udyr cannot Awaken other abilities for some time.

Udyr has limited ranged options, try to keep distance.

Maokai vs Udyr Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Udyr Image
2.7
< Kills >
4.9
5.6
< Deaths >
5.8
12.5
< Assists >
7.5
0.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
49
< Minions Killed >
82
0.27
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,634
< Physical Damage >
7,735
10,846
< Magic Damage >
9,802
948
< True Damage >
818
13,429
< Damage Dealt >
18,356
28,604
< Damage Taken >
32,793
9,201
< Gold Earned >
11,393
1.49
< Towers >
1.84
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.23
9,372
< Total Healing >
13,443
11,302
< Experience >
14,017
46
< Vision Score >
19
19
< Wards Placed >
6
412
< Time Dealing CC >
2,063

How to Counter Udyr with Maokai in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several influential Maokai vs. Udyr matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Udyr’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Udyr. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Udyr. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Udyr

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Udyr
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Udyr

Who is Better, Maokai or Udyr?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Udyr, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Udyr.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Udyr, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Udyr.

Furthermore, Maokai has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Udyr. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Udyr 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 allies during teamfights.

Maokai is a good counter for Udyr. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Udyr.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

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Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Udyr Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Udyr as Maokai, we analyzed 4,857 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 Udyr 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 Udyr Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Maokai in order to counter Udyr during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai on average accumulates less CS as Udyr. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Maokai versus Udyr build include Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Udyr than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 52.5% when playing against Udyr with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Udyr as Maokai, Maokai players should use 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 rune sets players used for Maokai vs Udyr fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Udyr as Maokai are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.