Talk:Maokai/@comment-5077844-20141110223656/@comment-24057740-20141119134810

Well i like pen runes (hybride pen) more than AS but i think, it's up to you. I start with the flask everytime with mao. You can buy an additional ward and with teleport it pays for itself even faster. It gives enough mana for me in the earlygame.

Well and try to trade allways in your minionwave. if they wan't to fight you somewhere else use your Q as disangage (knockup + slow help imense) kite a bit, and fight them with your mobwave + W + AA and a Q to end the fight. This helped me against many aggressive laners. Well even if u lost more HP during this fight then your oponnent, flask + your passive will regenerate you way to fast. If your passive isn't up or you don't have a great way to fight in your mobs, than just try to disengage with your Q.

You will slowly widdle them down, while you stay healthy. When the enemy is really low, you can order an gank, or try to be more aggresive, to kill an unprepared enemy. Switching between defensive/offensive is a great way to make kills happen.

When you push the lane with your skills, you have 2 wards. try to use them a little bit deeper than just the bush, cause mao is fucking slow. You can also use your E bether, if you see the enemy sooner.

Only use E if both parts of the spell will hit your enemy and don't use it if you don't have catalyst (ganks are exceptiosn).