Talk:Maokai/@comment-204.185.94.9-20110215153457/@comment-67.180.61.245-20110215183429

The trend as of late tends to be exactly the opposite; release an expensive character that is UP so that people don't call him OP, then buff him one or two patches later to bring him up to viability. The last champion that could even arguably be considered OP on release was probably LeBlanc, and that was a long time ago.

Thusly, I expect him to be a bit UP, especially considering how much CC he has, but because of all his CC a good player will still likely be able to do very well with him even if his numbers are a bit weak.