Talk:Maokai/@comment-5763148-20140827025518/@comment-6000413-20140827125112

He has really high base armor and scaling, but he needs some HP items to shine as a tank, thanks to his passive and the ulti's damage reduction.

In the first levels he has some trouble, though.

A fulltank build should include Warmog, FH and Spirit Visage. Those make him a real tank.

A tanky build should be something like RoA, Iceborn, Liandry, Abyssal, situational (Rabadon/Deathfire for assassin-lke plays, FH/Randuin if you're the only real tank, SV against heavy AP teams). This is my favourite.

A full assassin build: RoA, LB, Deathfire, Rabadon, Abyssal/Void Staff. (~650 AP) Rotation (2 procs) = ((1000 + 2*damage absorbed+ 28%hp) base damage + 2145 + 19.5%hp)*1.2. On a 3000 hp, 100 (~70 after runes+VS) MR target, this means 3225 damage (+ autos and 2.4*damage absorbed), Enough to kill him easily. Could work against low-cc teams or if you have a lot of tanks and fighters in the team, but you are still quite squishy