Talk:Maokai/@comment-4019444-20110824234027/@comment-3486816-20110825232035

I still haven't been able to play enough recently to thoroughly test it, but I think I'd recommend Spirit Visage earlier. Right after Chalice at best. It's just so amazing on him early game. As for Rod of Ages, it honestly IS pretty good on him. He's one of the best health-scaling champions in the game, and really appreciates the AP and mana. It's definitely a good buy on him (especially for the early catalyst) but I've been trying to spend money on more survivability-heavy items lately. The build I've been working on starts with three Doran's rings for a similar effect as an RoA for half the cost; the only issue is that I obviously get rid of them later; which can leave me mana screwed. I don't mind losing out on the damage part too much later though, as I'll usually just be CC-ing the enemy for my team at that point and relying on my base damages.