Talk:Maokai/@comment-89.164.179.203-20120829191936/@comment-109.95.150.200-20120829204146

Heh, this is similiat to my way of jungling. I suck with clearing, countering, countering the countering and all these games, so I prefer junglers that win games by endless ganking. Alistar and Mao are my favourite ones :)

So, here we go:

1) Ganking start time - Ali wins, he needs only blue buff and lvl 2. Mao requires 3, which usually means you have to get wolves, wraiths and wolves again in addition to blue.

2) Ganks themselves - I would say a draw, both are amazing. Ali can punish enemy harder for bad positioning, but Mao has faster and more reliable gap closer.

3) Clearing speed (still, sometimes it is helpful to get that red) - Mao wins, he has more AoE on lower CDs

4) Utility - Mao wins, he can scout with saplings and win baron/dragon teamfights just using R

5) Late game - Ali wins, he is just more useful here with QW and ult

TL,DR: They are very similiar, ganks-oriented junglers.