Talk:Maokai/@comment-41.232.206.93-20120613054853/@comment-79.117.158.182-20120614172112

Best runes for him are as marks,armor seals,mr/level glyphs and flat ap quints,going 0/9/21 in masteries grabbing extra gold and gold/5,as well as take in defense the less damage from minions and maybe the mr masteries because you dont have mr/scaling.Start with regrouth pendant and 2 health pots,place sapling at wraths at 1:04 so you kill them instatly at 1:42,then go blue buff,take a leash,go wolves,wraith,red,golems,wraith and go gank somewhere.take E first,W if there is an excelent ganking oportunity,if not get q then E then w and search for a vulnerable lane,then skill orde should be like this R>Q>W>E,if you feel you dont need the damage and cd on ult and could use extra damage or root put them in w or e instead.Your build should be like this:Pendant,healthpots->philo+boots,then grab a hog and get aegis and upgrade boots to either tabi or mercs,from now on you can upgrade philo or keep it for more gold,after this get glacial shroud,frozen heart,warmrogs can work if you need the more tankyness,but usually shurelya+ aegis and masteries is all you need.End game build should be like this :Mercs-aegis-frozen heart-force of nature-shurelya and last item can be abysall if you want damage and you are snowballing or warmrog,randuin if they are ad heavy or trynity force if you need to carry your team because it sucks.Also remember to buy elixirs.