Talk:Maokai/@comment-118.208.218.248-20110302140042/@comment-78.72.133.17-20110303174611

I do find that getting a second rank in sapling toss at lvl 3 is highly beneficial for him, since he's far from tanky early game. It allows him to harass all the better and if the other team is trying to zone you out you can still get killing blows on minions with it.

I don't go ahead and start building AP though. That is a job for the AP carries, regardless of how cute those sapling might be. I build him as a tank, even though I doubt he scores high on the list of tanks. He needs to be in the fray to do his job of disrupting his opponents so being as sturdy as an Oak can be is the way I prefer to play him.