Talk:Maokai/@comment-84.145.207.58-20110605003342

maokai seems to be somewhat of the new fotm right now but... meh... i´ve seen em, i´ve played em, and i´ve fought em in a couple of matches lately (1600+ ELO) in all the different play styles there are (tanky mage, full tank, DPS hybrid offtank being the most common i guess) and still can´t really say that i see why he is so popular atm.

he sure isn´t bad per se, and tanky mage seems to be the best working build out there, but even then i´d much rather have a vlad or alistar on my team than maokai. his W is nice, i would agree on that, and a well placed ult can turn a team fight in your favor if your opponents are as clever as a common cockroach and stay within its range, but you really should not count on that. and the sappling? seems gimmicky to me, far less useful than you might think apart from early harassing, and his Q is pretty bad imo.

overall not cutting it for me, but well... trends pass by after a while and he will most likely get less played next week or so again, and i won´t have em on my team all the time until then hopefully :P