Champion sheet · Top

Maokai

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.7%#103 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.3%picked in 1,597 of 29,966 games
Ban: 1.4%339 bans over 23,781 games, against 0.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.6% between 46.8% and 54.4% over 464 gamesSoloQ 49.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 29,590 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 63% · EUW 26% · NA 11%. SoloQ Master+: 689,059 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 100% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.8%
SoloQ
0.2%
0.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.3%
SoloQ
0.1%
1.3% ban rate in amateur play over 11,801 games, against 0.1% in soloQ over 485,827 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
27 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 27 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying85% · 3,380

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport85% · 3,400

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 123 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 30

6%of soloQ games

Hollow Radiance
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 100% of top laners.

Plays teamfightstop1%63% · top laners: 53%
Lets allies carry killstop1%rank 100 of 100
Crowd control (CC)top2%2.2 · top laners: 0.8

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

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 44 in lane, 57 in mid game and 45 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

595-4 vs 599

899+31 vs 868

1,058-21 vs 1,079

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

Maokaitop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 98% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 44 of 100 among top laners595 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 57 of 100 among top laners899 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 45 of 100 among top laners1,058 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 2 of 100 among top laners-867 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 2 of 100 among top laners-1,347 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 87 of 100 among top laners1,362 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 100 of 100 among top laners63% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 2 of 100 among top laners17% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 100 of 100 among top lanersrank 100 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 98 of 100 among top laners2.2 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 15 of 100 among top laners17% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin60.0% · expected 50.8% · 30 g+9.2 ptSoloQ -1.6

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Jhin53.1% · expected 53.0% · 32 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +1.7

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine58.8% · expected 49.8% · 34 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +1.5

Braum52.9% · expected 49.5% · 34 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +1.6

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV50.0% · expected 49.0% · 38 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +4.0

Viego51.6% · expected 50.1% · 31 g+1.5 ptSoloQ -6.4

Midgap to expected

Viktor53.1% · expected 51.0% · 32 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +3.6

ADCgap to expected

Jhin56.7% · expected 48.2% · 30 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

Jinx55.0% · expected 51.7% · 40 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +4.8

Caitlyn53.3% · expected 52.8% · 30 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -2.1

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus58.5% · expected 50.2% · 53 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +1.0

Lulu48.8% · expected 48.5% · 43 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -1.9

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

Sort by

Top20 champions