Maokai vs Warwick
How to Beat Warwick as Maokai
based on 6,492 Maokai vs Warwick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Warwick Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Warwick
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 Warwick
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Maokai vs Warwick Counter Stats
How to Counter Warwick with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Maokai vs. Warwick counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Warwick. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Warwick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Warwick
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Who is Better, Maokai or Warwick?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Warwick, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a great counter for Warwick.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Warwick, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Warwick.
Additionally, Maokai also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Warwick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Warwick matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Maokai is a great counter to Warwick. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Warwick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Warwick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Maokai versus Warwick build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Celestial Opposition. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Warwick than with most other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.1% when playing against Warwick with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Warwick as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Maokai vs Warwick clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Warwick as Maokai are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.