Core Build

Build your Maokai support with Flash and Ignite, focusing on tank items:

1. First items: Solstice Sleigh + Boots of Swiftness
2. Core items: Trailblazer + Locket of the Iron Solari
3. Final items: Unending Despair + Vigilant Wardstone

Skill order: Q > W > E

Best Runes

Primary (Resolve):

• Aftershock
• Font of Life
• Bone Plating
• Unflinching

Secondary (Inspiration):

• Biscuit Delivery
• Cosmic Insight

Shards: Adaptive Force + Health Scaling + Health Scaling

Strong Against

• Mel (60.1% WR)
• Lux (56.2% WR)
• LeBlanc (55.4% WR)
• Sylas (54.5% WR)
• Pantheon (54.3% WR)

Weak Against

• Taric (43.0% WR)
• Swain (46.2% WR)
• Leona (47.1% WR)
• Braum (47.3% WR)
• Fiddlesticks (47.9% WR)

Key Tips

• Check ADC positioning before engaging with W
• Use E (Saplings) in bushes for vision control
• During teamfights, use R to engage then peel for your ADC
• Place saplings in bot lane bushes for lane pressure
• Coordinate engages with your ADC's position

Best ADC Synergies

• Zeri (59.7% WR)
• Draven (54.9% WR)
• Tristana (53.5% WR)
• Miss Fortune (53.2% WR)
• Sivir (52.3% WR)

This build currently holds a 54.6% win rate across 6,220 matches in Emerald+ rank.

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