Talk:Maokai/@comment-3532889-20111209233658/@comment-3532889-20111215183110

nice! Yeah, it's my go-to build still as well. The trinity force adds a metric ton of utility, that really contributes to Mao's effectiveness. It's is very helpful being able to actually catch up to those squirrely AD carries, and the phage helps with Mao's CC rather well. A phage hit essentially guarantees that the next Q will go off, vice versa, etc. As Silas has pointed out, If you don't start off well, it may be beneficial to build the Warmogs earlier. When I have a slow gold income, I've been satisfied going Stone - Treads - RoA - Phage- Warmogs - Trinity - etc. The Rod of Ages is very important, as you really can't go without the catalyst boosts at earlier levels. I finally got around to trying the Spirit Visage, which I found effective for CDR, which i'd put in sometime before warmogs. My only complaint with it is that one of the main strengths of the build is that it remains effective throughout the mid, and easily into the late game.