Maokai's ARAM build focuses on maximizing his tankiness and crowd control potential with a current win rate of 56.1% across 85,298 matches.

Core Build:

• Start: Steel Shoulderguards, Rejuvenation Bead
• Core Items: Sunfire Aegis, Demonic Embrace, Spirit Visage
• Full Build: Add Thornmail, Warmog's Armor, and Plated Steelcaps

Runes:

• Primary: Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth
• Secondary: Triumph, Legend: Tenacity

Summoner Spells:

• Mark/Dash (Snowball)
• Flash

Ability Order:

1. E (Sapling Toss)
2. Q (Bramble Smash)
3. W (Twisted Advance)

• Max Priority: R > E > Q > W

Effective Combos:

1. Brush Trade: E (into brush) > W > Auto Attack > Q toward sapling > Auto Attack
2. Mid-range Engage: W > Q > R > E > Auto Attacks
3. Long-range Engage: R > E > W > Auto Attacks > Q > Auto Attack

Special ARAM Notes:

• Healing is reduced by 10%
• Focus on brush control with saplings
• Build more damage if team lacks AP
• Consider Warmog's for sustained presence

Situational Items:

• Force of Nature (vs heavy AP)
• Abyssal Mask (for team magic damage)
• Randuin's Omen (vs crit-based teams)
• Gargoyle Stoneplate (for team fights)

Similar Champions:

• Nautilus
• Leona
• Malphite
• Ornn

Key Strategy: Position saplings in brushes before fights, use W to lock down priority targets, and chain CC with Q and R for maximum team impact.

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