Maokai currently holds a 54.0% win rate as a Support champion across 11,602 matches. Here's the optimal build and strategy guide:

Core Build:

• Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
• First Items: Solstice Sleigh > Boots of Swiftness > Trailblazer
• Full Build: Add Locket of the Iron Solari > Unending Despair > Vigilant Wardstone

Optimal Runes:

• Primary: Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching
• Secondary: Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
• Shards: Adaptive Force, Health Scaling, Health Scaling

Skill Order: Q > W > E

Strong Against:

• LeBlanc (59.6% WR)
• Pantheon (57.3% WR)
• Mel (55.8% WR)
• Pyke (55.7% WR)

Weak Against:

• Galio (45.3% WR)
• Tahm Kench (46.1% WR)
• Zilean (47.1% WR)

Best ADC Synergies:

• Nilah (56.1% WR)
• Swain (55.1% WR)
• Ziggs (55.0% WR)

Key Tips:

1. Check ADC positioning before engaging with W
2. Use E (Saplings) in bushes for vision control
3. During teamfights, use R to engage then fall back to peel for ADC

Alternative Build:

• Core: Celestial Opposition > Boots of Swiftness > Locket of the Iron Solari
• Full Build: Add Unending Despair > Thornmail > Vigilant Wardstone
• 50.0% win rate over 4,359 matches

Off-Meta Build:

• Runes: Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band
• Items: Zaz'Zak's Realmspike > Sorcerer's Shoes > Liandry's Torment
• 49.7% win rate over 382 matches

Adjust your item builds based on enemy team composition and match context for optimal performance.

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