Champion profile

Maokai in draft

Played at Jungle in 44% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

7 %

picked or banned · 98th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.8%

Picked 6% · 1,460 of 26,254 gamesBanned 2% · 320 of 21,725 drafts with bans

Win rate at Jungle

26,468 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 68% · EUW 23% · NA 10%

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 635 games at Jungle. · 993 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (21,725 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 26, 2026, 1:34 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Sejuani

Skarner

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other junglersTeamfightLets allies carryCCFew duelsNo pokeStays home

03 · With / againstBad against Lee Sin.Good againstno clear pairBad against

Lee Sin28%40 gamesBad duo with

Xayah35%34 gamesGood duo with

Kai'Sa68%40 games

04 · Build3 paths: Liandry's Torment or Sunfire Aegis or Hollow Radiance.

First Strike

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Jungle picks taken by Maokai, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

0.3%4,757 picks out of 1,512,267banned in 0.1% of games · 279 of 223,526patches 16.21 → 16.19

Tournaments

tournament code games

1.2%361 picks out of 30,800banned in 1.5% of games · 185 of 12,018patches 16.21 → 16.19

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

2.8%62 picks out of 2,182lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 4% and 9% since 16.8 · 5.4% on 16.21 · 7.2% on 16.20

show the detail of the 11 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	5.4%	970	First Strike52% · 11
16.20	7.2%	7,756	First Strike50% · 95
16.19	6.8%	6,674	First Strike55% · 82
16.18	7.2%	5,755	First Strike55% · 76
16.17	7.1%	5,712	First Strike59% · 86
16.16	8.0%	5,979	First Strike49% · 73
16.15	9.4%	5,519	First Strike43% · 66
16.14	6.3%	5,697	First Strike42% · 41
16.13	7.4%	7,360	Aftershock40% · 57
16.12	7.4%	5,098	Aftershock37% · 47
16.8	4.2%	205	Stormraider's Surge100% · 1

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

320 bans of 21,725 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G12.3%
G22.7%
G3+3.5%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Jarvan IV18

Sejuani14

Vi13

series, of 149 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (149), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Jungle when Maokai is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Jungle, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Sejuani
5.0% → 10.0%
Skarner
4.1% → 6.9%

320 games where it is banned · 20,256 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Maokai ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the junglers

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4.2 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · junglers: 4.7

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itjunglers
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on junglers: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itTeamfightLets allies carryCC

What it is notFew duelsNo pokeStays home

Split-push — Not applicable to this position.

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 7:06 (6:54), 1st item at 11:24 (10:48), 2nd at 20:00 (19:12), 3rd at 26:30 (25:36).

635 games · median minute of each milestone, junglers in brackets

Its jungle

63 jungle CS at 10 min · junglers: 66
6% of the time in the enemy jungle between 2 and 14 min · junglers: 7%

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
WukongJGL	79	Evenbetween 42% and 60%
LuluSUP	64	Evenbetween 41% and 62%
YunaraADC	62	Leans against itbetween 37% and 57%
NautilusSUP	62	Leans against itbetween 34% and 54%
AhriMID	56	Leans its waybetween 46% and 67%
ViktorMID	55	Unfavourablebetween 28% and 49%
LeonaSUP	55	Leans its waybetween 47% and 69%
EzrealADC	54	Leans its waybetween 46% and 68%
Jarvan IVJGL	50	Unfavourablebetween 26% and 48%
SyndraMID	49	Leans against itbetween 34% and 57%

show 140 other pairs

CaitlynADC	48	Evenbetween 37% and 60%
Kai'SaADC	46	Leans against itbetween 28% and 51%
BraumSUP	46	Unfavourablebetween 26% and 49%
SeraphineSUP	46	Leans against itbetween 34% and 58%
AsheADC	44	Evenbetween 40% and 64%
JinxADC	41	Leans against itbetween 28% and 52%
ThreshSUP	41	Leans against itbetween 28% and 52%
Lee SinJGL	40	Unfavourablebetween 18% and 40%
MilioSUP	38	Unfavourablebetween 23% and 48%
OriannaMID	36	Evenbetween 39% and 66%
JhinADC	36	Evenbetween 39% and 66%
TristanaADC	36	Evenbetween 37% and 63%
OlafTOP	35	Leans against itbetween 28% and 54%
SionTOP	35	Leans against itbetween 30% and 57%
ViJGL	35	Evenbetween 35% and 62%
OrnnTOP	34	Leans its waybetween 48% and 74%
SylasJGL	34	Leans its waybetween 45% and 72%
LucianADC	32	Unfavourablebetween 22% and 49%
AmbessaTOP	31	Leans against itbetween 26% and 53%
K'SanteTOP	31	Leans its waybetween 47% and 74%
RakanSUP	30	Leans its waybetween 45% and 73%
RenektonTOP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
SivirADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
KarmaSUP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
XayahADC	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
SylasMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
YoneMID	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
NocturneJGL	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
AatroxTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
AlistarSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
HweiMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
ZeriADC	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
RellSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
CamilleTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
GnarTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
GalioMID	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
LeBlancMID	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
CorkiADC	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
AuroraMID	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
XerathMID	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
NasusTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AmumuJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AkaliMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
MelMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
BardSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
LilliaJGL	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
SettTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ApheliosADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GwenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
KennenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ShenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
YoneTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
JayceJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
PantheonJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
LockeMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ZiggsADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
PoppyTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
KalistaADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
NeekoSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
GragasTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
JaxTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
KledTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ViegoJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AzirMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
LissandraMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
YasuoMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
PykeSUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
RumbleTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
AniviaMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
AnnieMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
NamiSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
JayceTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
KaynJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LuxMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
RyzeMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
TaliyahMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PoppySUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
YuumiSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AkaliTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GarenTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GravesJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
HecarimJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
TrundleJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZacJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
KassadinMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
VeigarMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
VexMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
VarusADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ViktorADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SorakaSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
DariusTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
UrgotTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YorickTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MalzaharMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZedMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
FioraTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
IreliaTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Dr. MundoJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GalioMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JayceMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Kog'MawADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SeraphineADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
TwitchADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PantheonSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
IllaoiTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TrundleTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VolibearTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
DianaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
EkkoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LockeJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NidaleeJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TalonJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZyraJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Aurelion SolMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Vel'KozMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VladimirMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZoeMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SmolderADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GalioSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LuxSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MorganaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 150 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 635 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on two patches (16.21 + 16.20), all regions. Patch does not reach 30 games (21).

Patch16.21 · 21 games, below the floor of 30
2 patches16.21 + 16.20 · 212 games
Window635 games

Keystone + secondary tree

First Strike+

Domination

50% · 106 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite

100% · 212 games

First maxed skill

99% · 209 games

show 2 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orAftershock+Precision27% · 57 games
orAftershock+Inspiration13% · 27 games

212 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

3 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Liandry's Torment78% · 11:18
Imperial Mandate31% · 18:18
Bloodletter's Curse47% · 25:30
Sunfire Aegis9% · 11:48
Unending Despair38% · 21:00
Hollow Radiance5% · 12:36
Unending Despair36% · 23:42

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).