Talk:Maokai/@comment-23820707-20141003093238/@comment-15244341-20141007023400

The less spammy the champion is and the better sustain it has, the better it will do against Mao. His damage is actually good, but not "better than a sustain champion's sustain" good. Also, Aatrox should be good, but he has a big big issue against Mao: you are begging him to get a FH and counter both you and your ADC in teamfights.

I personally pick Shyvana and Irelia into Mao. With those two is pretty much a matter of turning the lane into a farm lane and then playing a DPS/Burst game with Mao. If Irelia/Shiv can deal with Mao's backline faster than he can deal with theirs, they win. And let's be honest. No bruiser murders squishies as fast as Irelia does.