Talk:Maokai/@comment-3486816-20110503014527/@comment-3486816-20110503231450

Yeah I've tried it. Supposedly he's considered a 4th-tier jungler but he can start at blue without much trouble. I think it's better to start with a point in q though when starting at blue, as it gives more dps and provides an interrupt (and that's what I'd assume you'll be levelling anyways because, unlike E, it doesn't have an increasing mana cost, and he can run oom even when he does get blue). It's not necessary, but 3 or 4 spellcasts in base will get closer to proccing your heal and makes surviving blue more of a sure thing. Then again I haven't tried jungling at higher elo where it's more dynamic, but for now it works fairly well. He can go Blue, wolves, wraths, red, recall with very little trouble (although I have armor reds, 4 armor yellows and 5 armor per level yellows to do this).