Talk:Maokai/@comment-78.2.132.78-20121223220800/@comment-68.109.110.108-20121224213712

^ "and sight stone (preferably ruby) so you don't have to buy all the wards your team won't get"

Your support can't be expected in solo queue to get all the wards your team needs forever, and besides, they spend too much time bot to ward important places like top, mid and jungle camps (people often try to counterjungle maokai).

If you just assume your support will always leave base with 7 wards, or your solo lanes will wards when they're getting camped, then you have more reliable teammates than me.

As for "why maokai", Maokai is a jungling tank. His major strength is his ult (reduced damage) and his CC, neither of which is item dependent. As a result, he's basically a support in the jungle, and can be built as such, with cheap support items like locket and sightstone.