Talk:Maokai/@comment-71.31.0.193-20120705001808/@comment-122.60.89.147-20120722051201

AP Carry, Semi-Tank Maokai

Take mid lane. Start with boots, 2 hp pots, 1 mana pot. Farm/harrass until you have enough money for tear (mana). Always spam ur abilities at base and while travelling to maximise mana. Take mana pot after spamming abilities while travelling. Keep farming/killing until you have enough money for Archangel's. Finish mercury treads (for the magic res) and build catalyst next and complete Rod of Ages. You now should have 2.5k mana and with AP scaling off mana, roughly 220 AP. Kill dragon. Build frozen heart (armour) starting with glacial shroud. Once finished ur mana should be over 3k and AP about 250. Now go for Lich Bane, increasing mana, AP, and magic res. To complete, add anything that gives you more hp. Probably go for Rylai's. Your hp should be 3k, mana almost 4k, AP over 400, armour 200, magic res just below 100.

For spells take ignite and heal. Masteries split them evenly to get hp, mana, armour/magic res and AP. Use ignite as much as possible as when it is on cd u get +5 AP.

You will be an Ap carry with some characteristics of a tank, but if the game does drag on till the 45 min mark, once you complete rylai's you will become a beast.