Naafiri vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Naafiri
based on 1,939 Naafiri vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Maokai
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Advice to Win Against Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Naafiri vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Naafiri vs. Maokai matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Maokai. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri often has a much larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Maokai
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Maokai?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when taking on Maokai, with a 42.9% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a poor counter to Maokai.
While Naafiri does have a much lower win rate than Maokai, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Naafiri into Maokai.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Naafiri is a bad counter for Maokai. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Maokai 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 grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average gets much more CS relative to Maokai. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Maokai build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs Maokai than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 42.9% when countering Maokai with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Maokai as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Maokai face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 42.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Maokai as Naafiri are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.