Talk:Maokai/@comment-128.111.245.191-20110514083024

I main Maokai as tank (despite being laughed at since a few of my friends consider him the worst tank ever) and I think he's a wonderful tank who can deal great amounts of damage. There are two key issues I want to address, however: 1.) The Mana.... Oh, my, the Mana issues with him. I swear, if there's a buff needed on him, it's his Mana management. Either make his abilities cost less mana or make his base mana a greater value. I am literally forced to carry clarity all the time just to toss a few saplings early game. He can do many great things, but being OOM all the time does not help early game (I get the new Miracle item, it's wonderful, thank you, Riot). 2.) The ult is amazing, however, wouldn't it make more sense to have the ult travel with him? Maybe make the reduction in damage about 25% for allies but about 20% or even 15% for himself? It would be nice because I hate popping the ult and realizing that my team is moving elsewhere or the enemy team decided to punk out of the team fight and I'm stuck having to wait out the ridiculous cooldown in order to use it again.

Other than that, Maokai forever! :D