Talk:Maokai/@comment-98.164.241.191-20111029085938/@comment-3486816-20111029110756

Imo, his base health means he won't be tanking without a considerable amount of farm. Plus, I feel like he just does a better job top or in the jungle. Bottom lane Maokai is okay, but it only really works if you can control the lane well enough that he won't get zoned by the enemy (which is considerably easier to do with a typical support/AD carry setup). Many people take him straight bot, thinking "more passive procs!" and then don't get to use any of them or lose more health than they gain back from each heal each time they try to use it. If you want to take a tank bottom I'd suggest Alistar or Shen.