Sivir vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Sivir
based on 2,143 Sivir vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Maokai
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several significant Sivir against Maokai counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the pair. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Maokai..
Sivir usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Maokai. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Maokai
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Who is Better, Sivir or Maokai?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sivir usually loses when facing off against Maokai, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Sivir makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Sivir does have a lower win rate than Maokai, when facing one another, Sivir also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Sivir into Maokai.
Additionally, Sivir also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sivir is a bad counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sivir in order to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir typically racks up much more CS compared to Maokai. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Sivir versus Maokai build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Sivir combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sivir had an average winrate of 47.1% when playing against Maokai with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Maokai as Sivir, Sivir players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sivir vs Maokai counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
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