Talk:Maokai/@comment-78.86.228.200-20130120184850/@comment-91.22.67.48-20130121015442

"anyone given a it a try? is it viable or just idiotic?"

Did so several times and he is very viable. Thus I disagree with almost anything the above Anon said.

First of all: Just as with any other support you can control your mana - only excessive use would cause mana issues.

Your sapplings not only ARE a nice poke+zoning ability (most players actually try to avoid them) but additionally offer a "free" up to 30sec ward that damages any enemy that dares to come close.

You actually only steal farm with Maokai if you really want to steal it. If you allow him to hit a minion only once from time to time (passive) he also has a nice self-sustain.

His root works perfectly well in ganking situations (especially if combined with his ultimate) and if those 2 seconds aren't enough you can still knock-back and slow them with Q. This can secure a kill in most situations.