Talk:Maokai/@comment-143.158.254.226-20110218034356/@comment-3213322-20110218035919

Something to comment about the ultimate. The most effective Maokai player I've seen today actually ran in to initiate and used his ultimate to soak up the initial burst of damage by himself and return it immediately. Since this all happened within ~1-2 seconds, my teammates who kept falling for the ploy didn't have time to react and this caused most of our teamfights to start with most of the team 1/4-1/2 health down.

Considering that in this particular game I was the only one who bought decent magic resist items, jungle Shaco died 3 times to the lizard, and our Kassadin disconnected, the evidence that this would always be effective is lacking but I think it's a strategy worth thinking about.