The big tree is back to TFT as a great tank in the early game as a Tier 1 champion, and if placed in the right combo, he will sustain tons of damage.

Maokai, with his tree attributes, uses his roots to heal using his basic attack once his mana bar is full.

In this article, we will mention the combos to best place Maokai, his best items, and how to make sure you use the roots to dominate the arena.

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Maokai is a good pick as he shares important traits, which are the Shadow Isles and Bastion traits, which allow him to sustain a lot of damage.

Maokai’s stats, traits, and items are all to be discussed down below to make sure you get the best outcome from placing him on your team.

Best Maokai builds in TFT Set 9

Maokai’s stats:

• Cost: 1 Gold
• Health: 700 / 1260 / 2268
• Mana: 50 / 125
• Armor: 40
• MR: 40
• Ability Power: 100
• DPS: 30 / 54 / 97
• Damage: 60 / 108 / 194
• Atk Spd: 0.5
• Crit Rate: 25%
• Range: 1

Maokai’s traits:

1. Shadow Isles

After dealing or receiving damage 8 times, Shadow Isles champions gain a Shield for 12 seconds and become Spectral for the rest of combat. Spectral units gain Mana every second.

• 2 40% Health Shield, 5 Mana
• 4 80% Health Shield, 12 Mana
• 6 125% Health Shield, 20 Mana

2. Bastion

Bastion champions gain Armor and Magic Resist. This is increased by 100% for the first 10 seconds of combat.

• 2 +20 Armor, +20 Magic Resist
• 4 +50 Armor, +50 Magic Resist
• 6 +100 Armor, +100 Magic Resist
• 8 +240 Armor, +240 Magic Resist

Maokai’s ability

 Sap Magic

Passive: Whenever an enemy uses their ability, gain 5 Mana.

Active: On next attack, heal.

• Heal: 220% / 260% / 300%

Carousel priority:

These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:

Maokai’s best items

1. Warmog’s Armor

Grants 500 bonus health.

2. Sunfire Cape

Grant 100 bonus Health. Every 2 seconds, an enemy within 2 hexes is 10% Burned and 33% Wounded for 10 seconds.

3. Gargoyle Stoneplate

Grant 15 Armor and 15 Magic Resist for each enemy targeting the holder.

Best comps for Maokai

3. YES YES YES! IT WORKS

Synergies:

• 3 Slayer
• 1 Technogenius
• 2 Bastion
• 3 Demacia
• 3 Yordle

Because low-cost champions are the focus of this competition, you should slow down your rerolling process with good economy and avoid levelling up excessively so that you can level up the champions that cost between one and two coins.

The ideal team for this comp is: 

1. Kled is an excellent tank for the front lines since he has two lives—one for himself and one for Skarl—and he also possesses the slayer and yrodle traits.

2. Maokai has both the bastion and shadow isles traits, and he takes a lot of damage as he heals.

3. Poppy has the Demacia attribute, the Bastion and Yrodle qualities, and is a superb tank in the front lines.

4. Heimerdinger will summon his turret, which has the yordle trait and can stun foes and deliver a ton of damage.

5. While sharing the Demacia tr, Kayle is the third slayer, doing a lot of damage from the backlines.

6. Since she possesses both the shadow isles and the slayer feature, Gwen is the damage dealer.

7. Jarvan IV, the third Demacia trait, will inflict excellent damage and stun opponents.

2. LEVEL 4 SLAY

Synergies:

• 4 Slayer
• 4 Shadow isles
• 1 Redeemer
• 3 Yordle
• 2 Bastion
• 2 Rogue

This sluggish level 8 reroll has excellent economy; it rerolls after you have 50 gold to get the majority of the champions to 3 stars.

The composition revolves around the level 4 yordle and Gwen as the primary damage dealer and is full of champions with 1-2 cost and yordles, which calls for higher levels of champions.

Best setup for this comp:

1. Gwen is the primary damage dealer in this composition since she possesses both the shadow isles trait, which increases her tankiness, and the slayer trait, which increases her damage output.

2. Zed possesses both slayer and rogue qualities, making him a superb damage dealer and assassin.

3. Kled is an effective tank in the front lines since he has two lives—one for himself and one for Skarl—and he also possesses the slayer and yrodle traits.

4. Senna, who also possesses the dark isles trait, will be sheltering troops and delivering massive damage from the backlines.

5. Maokai, who possesses the shadow isles trait, takes a lot of damage while self-healing.

6. Viego is a requirement because he possesses both rogue and shadow isles qualities.

7. Poppy combines qualities with both Bastion and Yrodle, making her an excellent tank on the front lines.

8. Teemo will be tossing his mushrooms as a yrodle from the backlines, inflicting a ton of damage.

1. FULL YORDLES

Synergies:

• 5 Yordles
• 2 Bastion
• 1 Technogenius
• 1 Redemption
• 2 Shadow Isles
• 2 Gunner

This composition is based on the yordle characteristic, which necessitates a delayed reroll to get everyone to level 3, which is essential.

Optimal group for this build:

1. Kled makes a strong frontline tank since he has two lives—one for himself and one for Skarl—and he also possesses the slayer and yrodle traits.

2. Maokai suffers significant damage while he heals himself and possesses the shadow isles and bastion traits.

3. Poppy has attributes with both Bastion and Yrodle, making her an excellent tank on the front lines.

4. Teemo will be throwing his mushrooms as a yrodle from the backlines, inflicting a ton of damage.

5. Tristana, who possesses both the yordle and gunner qualities, is the primary damage dealer in the backlines.

6. Senna, who has the gunner and redemption traits that protect the whole squad, will fit in perfectly in the backlines.

7. Heimerdinger, who possesses the yordle trait, will deploy his turret to deliver massive damage and stun opponents.

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