Maokai vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Maokai
based on 10,655 Maokai vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Maokai vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some influential Maokai against Yasuo counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Yasuo. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Maokai or Yasuo?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Maokai has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Yasuo 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 teamfights.
Maokai is a decent counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Maokai versus Yasuo build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Yasuo than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Yasuo as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai vs Yasuo clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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