Talk:Maokai/@comment-78.3.25.55-20121206175601/@comment-94.145.98.40-20130108000141

Run machete and healing potions. Get blue buff. Save up 700 or 800 gold and buy either philo stone or spirit stone, then save up gold for the other and/or boots in the order you find you need.

Use proper jungle runes and masteries. Armour seal runes, and tanky and mana masteries. This should make you clear easily.

Next: Have your team help you with wolves and blue to kill it faster and take less damage.

To kill camps it's just a case of Q and/or E and sprinkle hard camps (double golem, or large wolf/wraith when injured) with Smite.

Gank, but don't gank so often you won't obtain any gold. You'd like to get gold for philo stone and boots of mobility if this is the playstyle you prefer.