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

Maokai vs Viego

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

based on 6,274 Maokai vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our data, Maokai faced Viego 6274 times. With so many matchups for Maokai versus Viego gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce actionable stats and a solid build to destroy your rival. This champion pairing is somewhat uncommon. Maokai encounters Viego in only 4.0% of his matches.

Maokai vs Viego Matchup Summary

Maokai does a good job of beating Viego. On average, he wins a terrific 52.4% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Maokai against Viego matches, Maokai’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Viego.

Best Maokai vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernTrailblazerLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartSpirit VisageUnending Despair

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
Ability HasteMove SpeedHealth
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
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Viego as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Viego

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.

Maokai vs Viego Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Viego Image
2.8
< Kills >
7.2
5.8
< Deaths >
6.3
12.6
< Assists >
6.8
0.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
47
< Minions Killed >
34
0.28
< Dragons Killed >
1.62
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,630
< Physical Damage >
15,691
10,856
< Magic Damage >
2,142
1,007
< True Damage >
942
13,493
< Damage Dealt >
18,777
28,261
< Damage Taken >
33,134
9,243
< Gold Earned >
12,115
1.49
< Towers >
1.38
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
8,896
< Total Healing >
16,517
11,304
< Experience >
13,621
46
< Vision Score >
22
19
< Wards Placed >
6
419
< Time Dealing CC >
236

How to Counter Viego with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Maokai vs. Viego counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viego. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Viego. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Maokai and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Viego

Who is Better, Maokai or Viego?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Viego, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a good counter to Viego.

While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Viego, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Viego.

Additionally, Maokai also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Viego 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 late stage team fights.

Maokai is a good counter to Viego. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Viego.

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 Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Maokai, we analyzed 6,274 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 Viego 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 Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Viego. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Viego build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Viego than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 52.4% battling Viego with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing Viego 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Maokai vs Viego LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.

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