Talk:Maokai/@comment-8468980-20140621034647/@comment-8468980-20140625031410

"^ Comparing Mao to Sejuani top is plane wrong. Seju needs to engage, Mao can poke from afar (Sapplings, 600rng-Q). I play both champs (mostly jungle) and tried both top. Mao is by far the easier of the two to be played up there."

Being better than Sej at Top doesn't make him a viable top choice. While E is better range poke than nothing, it eats a lot of mana for the small amount of damage it does which doesn't work well especially in this meta against low mana / no mana / tankier tops who will either out trade mao easily or shrug off his base damage like it was nothing.