Maokai vs Yone
How to Beat Yone as Maokai
based on 9,482 Maokai vs Yone matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Yone Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Yone Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yone as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Yone
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 Yone Counter Stats
How to Counter Yone with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Maokai against Yone matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yone’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yone. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Yone. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Yone
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Who is Better, Maokai or Yone?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Yone, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter for Yone.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Yone, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Yone.
Furthermore, Maokai also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yone. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Yone 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 late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Yone. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Yone.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai to counter Yone during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Yone. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Maokai versus Yone build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Yone than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Yone with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Yone as Maokai, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Maokai vs Yone counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yone as Maokai are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.