Talk:Maokai/@comment-217.210.251.18-20110819134248/@comment-71.59.218.232-20110821175312

Sunfire and Aegis on Maokai? No thanks - wasted slots as far as I'm concerned.

I've found Maokai to be extremely powerful when build mostly tank with some AP. Here's how I build him:

Philo stone > boots > heart of gold > warden's mail, negatron cloak, tear of the goddess or all three (depending on situation)... Eventually, by end game, I usually have the following: Mercury Treads, Randuin's Omen, Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, Force of Nature (or Warmog's) with the last slot as needed. I've played games where even when I initiate and am smack dab in the middle of battle, they'll all ignore me just because Maokai is supposed to be a tank so I end up filling the last slot with an Abyssal (often in combination with Warmog's). If I'm being focused heavily, last slot usually goes to Banshee's Veil or Guardian Angel.