La passiva di Maokai lo rende estremamente resistente al fuoco concentrato delle abilità, finché può usare gli attacchi base su qualcosa.
Cerca di attaccare sui fianchi o sfrutta altre situazioni in cui Presa della natura non può essere evitata o coglie i nemici di sorpresa.
I germogli possono essere lanciati nell'erba alta per ottenere un effetto potenziato, ma non si accumulano bene.
La mobilità di Kalista dipende dagli attacchi. Questo significa che è bassa quando è fuori dalla sua portata di attacco e che i rallentamenti riducono la distanza che può coprire in uno scontro.
Se rompi la linea visiva con Kalista, anche con l'erba alta, i suoi attacchi base ti mancheranno, schiantandosi al suolo.
Kalista non può annullare l'animazione del suo attacco base. È molto mobile, ma questa particolarità crea una finestra per mettere a segno le abilità, se si prevede quando inizierà ad attaccare.
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Maokai against Kalista matchup statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kalista. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 56.4% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Kalista.
While Maokai does have a much higher win rate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Kalista.
Additionally, Maokai also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Kalista 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 allied champions during team fights.
Maokai is a great counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Kalista.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Kalista during both the early game 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kalista. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Kalista build consist of Apripista, Corazza spinata, and Medaglione dei Solari di ferro. When Maokai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Kalista than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 56.4% when countering Kalista with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Kalista as Maokai, you should take the Scossa di assestamento, Fonte vitale, Preparazione fisica, Crescita eccessiva, Leggenda: Tenacia, and Trionfo runes from the Determinazione and Precisione rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Maokai vs Kalista counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Maokai are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.