Talk:Maokai/@comment-25306139-20150627170634/@comment-3148314-20150628113305

I stopped starting with E (used to do it 2 seasons ago), especially since Q is now much more effective with lower mana costs. Additional advantages: the 360° knock-back kind of equals a 0.5 stun (imo), you can cast it more often, hence already get a passice proc on Gromp to heal you.

I get a mana item asap. As mentioned before: one of my first items is always I BG. I rarely have mana issues during ganks, hence I prefer take Stalker's Blade for easier ganks. My jungle item has been Cinderhulk since it's introduction. The passive mana reg is all I need, since my main source of damage in the jungle is Q anyway.

I see no use for tank-Maokai to get Runeglaive. If you want to build more AP, take it, but you will be a glass-cannon compared to Cinderhulk-IBG-Maokai.

I use my AD-%HP-CDR/MR runes on Maokai. They include AD/lvl marks and per-lvl-glyphs. I also use 6/21/3 masteries. Mana regeneration runes don't bring that much, imo. I replaced all of them on my runepages.