Champion sheet · Jungle

Maokai

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.2%#110 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.0%picked in 929 of 18,499 games
Ban: 1.2%205 bans over 17,547 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle49.1% between 44.5% and 53.7% over 318 gamesSoloQ 48.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 26.5 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 316,098 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 Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itFirst Strike, then Liandry's Torment, Bloodletter's Curse, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 99% of junglers.TeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +16.1 pts over 33 games, range above zero.+16.1 pt33 games
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 Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.7%
SoloQ
0.3%
0.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.1%
SoloQ
0.2%
1.1% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 123,725 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
26.5 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 26.5 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

First Strike, then Liandry's Torment, Bloodletter's Curse, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFirst Strike61% · 1,332

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 2,186

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 31 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 55

12%of soloQ games

Liandry's Torment
Bloodletter's Curse
Protoplasm Harness

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 99% of junglers.

Plays teamfightstop1%58% · junglers: 52%
Crowd control (CC)top1%1.9 · junglers: 0.7
Lets allies carry killstop8%rank 92 of 100

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

What marks it

Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other junglers

Damage in mid game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Team damage
Jungle farm

What it is not

Few duels
No poke
Stays home

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 21 in lane, 64 in mid game and 87 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

344-40 vs 383

828+32 vs 796

1,200+144 vs 1,056

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

Maokaijunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 97% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 21 of 100 among junglers344 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 64 of 100 among junglers828 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 87 of 100 among junglers1,200 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 5 of 100 among junglers-467 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 3 of 100 among junglers-768 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 37 of 100 among junglers4.2 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 58 of 100 among junglers895 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 99 of 100 among junglers58% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 2 of 100 among junglers12% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 92 of 100 among junglersrank 92 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 99 of 100 among junglers1.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 49 of 100 among junglers17% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 25 of 100 among junglers63 · median 66
Invade · rank 18 of 100 among junglers6% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ezreal in amateur play: +16.1 pts over 33 games, range above zero.

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.