Talk:Maokai/@comment-213.94.145.138-20120227180219/@comment-79.210.190.205-20120227182105

For laning mao, they played him right after release for awhile. He actually can do 3 roles in my opinion, jungler, tanky AP or supporter. I tried him as a full supporter and hes actually quite good if your laning partner dont need heals all 5 seconds. You have Q to hold champions in range of your dd, W is a allround weapon vs the enemy jungler and helping for succesful ganks, and E is the ultimate skill for constant harass. Downside is you might steal some cs with the saplings, but great zoning ability. I played him as aura support once, got for gp5 and then just upgraded to the usual stuff. Since most aura items give health, it benefits good from his passive. Your best lane partner is a skill spammer.