Talk:Maokai/@comment-4636093-20140218105437

I seem to be having a lot of luck with AP Maokai reciently.

21/9/0 masteries, Hybrid Pen or Magic Pen Reds, Armor Yellows, CDR or AP Blues, AP Quints.

Max R>E>W>Q first. Start with Flask then build RoA, Sorc shoes, Archangel's, Abyssal Scepter, Zhonyas, Deathcap (for more damage) or DFG (for cherrypicking). Other good items are Athene's (I don't really like mana regen over having a huge mana pool though), Lich Bane (the burst this gives will wipe anyone off the map while they're CC locked), Morellonomicon (for CDR), Void Staff (when more than one enemy picks up a large MR item), Soulstealer (for the lulz (don't...)), or Liandry's (the magic pen is nice, although Maokai can't really make use of the burn despite his CC, because he bursts not pokes).

Toss E towards the enemy you want to kill, W them to make sure it explodes on them, Ult, hit Q and ignite them, then deactivate ult before they're going to walk out of it. And they should ether be dead or in no shape to fight back.

In teamfights, toss Es at them from afar, ult when the engage starts (your team will thank you for it). If you can reach their squishy targets then kill them (they won't get away) then back off and toss more Es.

Best used against people with not a mobility who don't appreciate their damage being reduced by 20%... or against people with a lot of mobility who don't appreciate being CC locked.