Talk:Maokai/@comment-3145151-20110723153405/@comment-4019444-20110723193050

Consider yourself FLAMED bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!! Seriously, though, that's just fine. Hell, even to this day I am terribad with Shen (I even forget to use my ultimate). This is my opinion: Maokai should be built as a full on tank. You should be grabbing tanky stuff, like any other tank. As to abilities... I go lane (the jungle Maokai players can talk to you about jungling abilities). The first thing you wanna do is grab one rank of Saplings. One rank is really all you'll ever need because (1) The saplings (to do full damage) must land on AND blow up on the champ. 90%+ of the time, that ain't gonna happen, don't even bother and (2) They cost TOO MUCH MANA for what they're worth. Level up Arcane Smash and Twisted Advance. I like leveling up Arcane Smash a bit more than Advance due to the low mana cost and shorter cooldown and the fact that Advance can get you killed... there are people who will let you snare them but they were nice enough to let you snare them under their turret. Yeah... Anyways, those are your two abilities. The saplings should only be used as wards. They are great wards, really. As soon as Maelstrom pops up, grab it, you're gonna need it during huge team fights. I have my build for Maokai on my user page if you wanna check it out (I figure I'll just tell people that than listing the build over and over). Soooo, yeah. Just act like a normal tank, initiate when your team is ready, save some butts with your CC and ultimate and be sure to yell at your team to stay in the damn ring... XD Have fun with Maokai :D