Talk:Maokai/Strategy/@comment-50.54.242.240-20110724153313/@comment-70.176.221.190-20110724213811

I'm not sure you need to sustain your ult long enough for that to matter. The AoE isn't huge, chances are the fight will force teammates out of it (or you will pop it for some damage) before mana becomes an issue, unless you had an extremely low mana pool to start with. I've been considering Chalice on him anyway, but I'll probably just spam saplings less often in early/mid game. Late game the raw mana from items like RoA, BV, and/or Frozen Heart should keep you from having to worry about mana. Blue buff at any point in the game always helps of course.