Tier A Vanguard · Maokai: comp guide
Style: Level 9Vanguard · Maokai is a tier A comp in patch 18.5: average placement 4.72 and top 4 in 46% of 39 games from Platinum to Challenger. Maokai carries with Thief's Gloves, Crownguard, Guinsoo's Rageblade. Level 9.
- Avg
- 4.72
- Top 4
- 46%
- 1st
- 13%
- Games
- 39
- Level
- 9
Set 18 Patch 18.5 77,232 high-elo games Games from 6 Oct to 20 Oct
Early comps
what to open with to reach the final comp in good shape
Item priority
3 of them
2 of them
2 of them
The items the comp's units want most.
Carries
Traits
Approximate layout
Worked out by role (range, health and items). Faded = flexible.
Leveling
- Lvl 42-1
- Lvl 52-5
- Lvl 63-2
- Lvl 73-5
- Lvl 84-1
- Lvl 95-1
Roll down for the comp at level 9 (5-1). A guideline, based on the comp's style.
Stage 2 · level 4-5 · what to open with to reach the final comp in good shape
Transition · level 6-7 · before switching into the final comp
Riot only provides the board each player ends with, not how it looked in stage 2 or 3: we calculate these openers from the comp's traits, the units that stay in the final board and each unit's strength in high elo. Gold border: the ones that stay.
Carry items (Maokai)
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+ Components of its 3 main items: 2× Sparring Gloves, 2× Needlessly Large Rod, Chain Vest, Recurve Bow.
Items per champion
Best items per champion (in any comp)
Roles
Deduced from the data: the secondary carry is the champion with the most damage items after the carry; the frontline, melee champions or those with tank items.
Core champions
Rakanin 59% · 1.7★ on averageElisein 41% · 2.3★ on averageDianain 85% · 1.8★ on averageHecarimin 46% · 1.7★ on averageMorganain 44% · 1.8★ on averageSentinelin 87% · 1.6★ on averageAlunein 46% · 1.4★ on averageMaokaiin 100% · 1.3★ on averageTaricin 79% · 1.2★ on averageFlexible champions
Champions by cost
Cost 1-2 · the first you'll find
Cost 3 · the middle of the game
Cost 4-5 · the final board
Related comps
They share core champions: use them to pivot if yours gets tough.
More about the comp
Why play this comp?
- Tier A: average placement 4.72 and top 4 in 46% of 39 high-elo games.
- Clear build: Maokai carries Thief's Gloves, Crownguard, Guinsoo's Rageblade (Thief's Gloves in 77% of games).
- Late-game comp: reaches level 9 with 5 cost 4-5 champions in its core.
- Rarely played (0% of games): fewer opponents competing for its champions.
When not to play it
- Small sample: only 39 games, so its average can change a lot with more data.
- Below the meta comps' average (4.72 against 4.49).
- If you don't get components for Maokai: its items need 2× Sparring Gloves, 2× Needlessly Large Rod, Chain Vest, Recurve Bow.
- If you're short on health or gold: its typical final level is 9 and getting there takes economy.
Based on the comp's high-elo stats; the style is deduced from the carry's cost and stars and the final level.
No augments: the Riot API doesn't include augments in match data, so there are no reliable stats for them.