Maokai is a beast in the jungle

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Originally Posted by xLykos

Yeah, there's no one way to play any champion. All up to each individual summoner and if it works then you can't really argue against it.

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Indeed. Must admit though, I tried building tanky last night since we were against a team who's only successful damage doers were both AD since we effectively shutdown the rest of the team. Having 4000 hp and 200 armor was pretty nice. I think I'll have to work some more tank factor in to my build.

It always puts a smile on face when it takes the entire team like 25 seconds to kill me in a 1v5. Or just dive in a 1v5, kill someone then walk away. That's so demoralizing to the other team lol

Yes, I laugh the whole time. Also a pretty big fan that nobody seems to even know he exists so odds of me not getting him in a game are pretty low cause he won't be banned and nobody will pick him. Then when I do, they don't know what I do haha. It's great.

I've never in my life seen Maokai ban lol I don't see enough Cho bans though... People don't understand what a good Cho can bring to the game, it's frightening

So I finally tried jungle Maokai. 10-5-26. Great jungler. Although I had a hard time killing monsters early, almost died at blue and then at golems, but got the hang of it soon enough.

Had no idea what I was building though, just kept going for the recommended items.

I feel like Maokai is still pretty good in jungle but no where near how good he was in season 2. I still like him and have him in my repertoire. The best way to get blue with him is to skip wolves and start laying down saplings at like 1:30ish then throwing your last one at 1:56 so it will land as they spawn and they will all explode killing the small minions, then the blue golem will be about half making him easier to kill. I don't even get a leash when I jungle with him.

Second time around with Mao, and it's like I forgot how to play lol. 0-1-2. Only won because our top and bottom was really good. Couldn't keep up with anyone.

I guess first game was beginners luck.

Ha, it happens. I do what xLykosx said as far as the saplings (or pikmins as they are in my brain) and I also have 3 AP quints so I start off with 15 AP. Clears jungle camps real fast.