Talk:Maokai/@comment-3238314-20110218160731/@comment-3238314-20110218184511

Agreed. His base stats aren't on tank level. Alistar has way more health per level, and yes, malphite gains magic resist per level. However, with the exception of rammus, singed and alistar, who have abilities that make them magic resist damage much better, i find his magic resist at level 18 to be on par. perhaps a positive tweak would be increasing his starting life points, and providing some resist per level, though the last one would be picky.

Item wise, I start with doran's shield/ring. I'm curious wether i can lane properly with just clarity yellows and blues, and meditation, so i can get regen and armor, or the ap and regen are imperative. to be honest, i think the extra ap and regen so far do better. Also, i max sapling first, and it provided decent farm when i manage to last hit with it. After a couple of practices, it should come off fine. The first item i'd rush after would be catalyst, and finish with rod of ages. Also, I'd try laning top blue/bot purple to be close to golem. That should end up the last of your worries. After that, a frozen heart and banshee's veil. For the sake of resistances (having both armor/mres), you could build glacial shroud and then focus on banshee's veil, finishing heart after it. I'll still test things tomorrow.

Now, while his base stats are lacking, i think his skill set is definetly tank material. We'll see how everything plays out in the following days.