Talk:Maokai/@comment-5489694-20130403013654/@comment-4038126-20130403092714

Say you are mid game with one rank in your ultimate. A small skirmish happens, and you use it.The enemy team backs of, and comes at you again after 20 seconds. If you had your ultimate ranked a second time, you could have it up to be used again. Happens a lot of times, and since maokai is a ganking jungler getting to use your ultimate to mitigate counter ganks each time you go into a lane is priceless. Also, while more damage and 0.25 root duration may be what makes or breaks a gank, having the ability to reduce more damage since your ultimate will be more times off cooldown is more important.