Talk:Maokai/@comment-4644976-20120130190333/@comment-3486816-20120203061136

@Daemonic in my experience you take Trinity on Mao as a late game item to become epic at that point in the game, meaning you already have probably become near-unkillable and you're nearing the stage where the only things that really matter for supporting your team is damage and CC. Trinity helps you dish out damage and lets you punish people that would otherwise simply ignore you because you are already unkillable anyways. In 85% of games I don't end up building it, because the game doesn't get to that point, but to be honest, before the game gets to that point, it's not all that beneficial anyways. Before that point people typically have less mr/health, so less damage is needed and the only really important thing is holding them down for you or a teammate to kill (which, as I said, Maokai excels at naturally) while not dying yourself.