Talk:Maokai/@comment-3238314-20110219164539

After playing a couple more games with him, i definetly get the tank feeling. I know he takes alot of damage guys, i do. But the gameplay is definetly pure tank. You just strut around the fight, landing your ult, on your allies, and disrupting enemies like crazy. I see alot of people didn't learn to play against him, so i can harass with E like no one's business, and you can say bye bye to ganks any time, while being an excelent ganker. You blink and root, and Q them back into your team mates, and this ensures a kill. drop the ult if they fight back, and pop it again. I wish there was some visual aid to see how much it absorbed. He does not have much burst, but if you keep auto attacking, you won't be brought down. I pulled some epic escapes with Q and W, and if you pick rylai, you can be even more epic. The only problem is that there's no one to take the heavy damage early on, and the ultimate can only do so much to help you get tankier, so rush mercury, and have someone in the team that can go armor before you, because you're going disruption tank mage. Yeah, baby... Or you can play him as full on tank, getting sunfire and force of nature, then glacial shroud=>banshee's veil=>frozen heart, + aegis of the legion whenever, preferably after FoN or sunfire, because with your ult you will increase survivability by ALOT. Also gives you teh magic resist you so need. Give it a shot:D.

Also, i saw someone say crap initiation. Well, not all heroes can have unstoppable force. Nuff said. this is great for outing a meele or tank for 2 seconds, jumping on a meele char, or just getting in to pop your ult and absorb the first burst while knocking back the nearby bishis. It just works, it's a basic skill, and it roots, letting your team pick off your target. It's just awesome. Learn to combo with maokai and you'll do alot of service to your team, while being whatever role you want to be.

And don't forget to sap on them every chance you have (unless you're already drowning in hit points), and since your ultimate does not deal any damage while placed on the ground, you can prepare sweeeet ambushes. Deny burst while getting damage? sound fine for me. This champ is funny. But, like someone said, he requires good team mates, but all tanks do, more or less.