Maokai

Arena changes

• I: Cooldown refund changed to 3 seconds.
• Q: AP ratio changed to 60% AP.²

• Maokai can peel for a team built around a sustained-damage champion.³
• Courage of the Colossus, Guilty Pleasure, Rabble Rousing, and an additional augment for critical healing or ability haste are recommended for Maokai, alongside Spirit Visage and one of Lightning Rod, Gargoyle, or Warmog’s.⁴
• Reverberation, Moonflair Spellblade, Hullbreaker, Blade of the Ruined King, Heartsteel, and Darksteel make up a Maokai build that repeatedly casts spells to trigger Heartsteel procs without basic attacks.⁵
• Mirage Blade can replace Moonflair Spellblade for Maokai in a build for crowd-control champions with dashes.⁶

• Maokai’s W dodges Veigar’s damage and cage.⁷
• Maokai can receive attack damage from adaptive force without items that grant attack damage or ability power; this may be correct.⁸⁹
• Courage of the Colossus is strong on Maokai.¹⁰
• Mercy is an augment that Maokai can use to proc its crowd-control break and follow with another ability rotation.¹¹