Maokai

5 costAP Tank

Juggernaut

Old Growth

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// Stats

1150Health

0/100Mana

80Attack Damage

100Ability Power

0.65Attack Speed

60Armor

60Magic Resist

1Range

// Ability

Sow the Seeds

Passive: After every 650 / 300 damage blocked, a sapling jumps towards a nearby enemy and deals 7 / 75% () max Health magic damage. On death, 3 / 5 / 10 saplings jump out. Active: Deal 6 / 100% () max Health magic damage to target and restore 330 / 400 / 2000 () + 10 / 100% missing Health.

Damage Mitigated Per Sapling[ 650 / 650 / 300 ]

Sapling Damage Health Scalar[ 7% / 7% / 75% ]

Saplings On Death[ 3 / 5 / 10 ]

Active Damage Health Scalar[ 6% / 6% / 100% ]

Active Base Heal

[ 330 / 400 / 2000 ]

Active Missing Health Heal[ 10% / 10% / 100% ]

// Cast timeline

1.75 smana lock per cast

1.75 scast windoweffect 0.24 s

From the mana bar filling until mana can come in again. No mana comes in during this time.

0 / 100mana at start / to cast

+5mana per attack

0.65attacks per second

0.62 sattack delay: from the start of an attack until it hits

0.00 safter the hit until it can cast or attack again

0.0 s0.65 attacks/s

0/100

attack animation
attack lands
attack recovery
cast window (mana locked)
effect

First cast at 29.85 s with 0.65 attacks per second. Items, traits and damage taken change the mana pace; the cast, effect and channel windows do not.

Step by step, in words

Mana reaches 100/100: the cast starts and the mana lock goes on (no mana from attacks, ticks or damage taken).
0.00 to 1.75 s: cast window. The unit plays its cast animation and its return to idle; it cannot auto attack.
0.24 s: the ability's effect fires (projectile launch, damage, shield...).
1.75 s: unlock. Mana starts again (overflow kept) and a fresh attack starts from zero; it lands at 2.37 s at base attack speed (the attack delay is 40% of the attack animation).
Attack loop: the attack lands at 40% of the attack animation (mana granted) and unlocks at 40%; a cast that becomes possible at the landing starts at that unlock point, cutting the rest of the attack.
Mana gain: 5 per attack; combat starts at 0/100.
Overflow is banked: mana past 100 from attacks or regen is kept through the cast (98/100 plus 5 casts and comes back with 3). Same rule for every champion; only the amounts differ by role.

// Damage calculation

Measured at 2 stars on a level 8 board the Trait Explorer builds around its traits (optimal tall, its traits at their lowest breakpoint, teammates at 2 stars without items, positioned by role), against a level 8 enemy comp (Elderwood Lux, Ornn, Xayah, Alistar, LeBlanc, Hecarim, Ezreal, Gnar: 3 tanks, 1 melee, 4 ranged, 2 stars), over 20 seconds of combat with real cast times, mana lock and item effects.

Its board: Maokai, Blossom Lux, Karma, Yorick, Yunara, Azir, Master Yi, Ahri.

57DPS with no items

// Survivability

Alone, no items, 2 stars: its own damage against a 30 armor / 30 magic resist dummy, and what it soaks under 600 damage per second, half physical, from 4 attackers, over 20 s.

66DPS alone

4,272Effective health · dies at 7 s

14,867Best tank build

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Builds are ranked by calculated damage: every damage item alone first, then every 3-item combination of the 12 best. Ability model confidence: medium. Change the enemies, items and teammates in the calculator.

// Itemized Roles

Main TankPrimary

Warmog's Armor

Gargoyle Stoneplate

Spirit Visage

5-cost AP Tank (game role tag). Tanks take the frontline item set. Mana lock 1.75 s per cast; tanks fill mainly from damage taken (1% of pre-mitigation and 3% of pre-shield damage per hit, capped at 50), so the lock length matters more than item mana. The classic main tank trio: a huge Health pool, resists that grow as more enemies focus the tank, and healing amplification to stay standing longest.

Main Tank picks can also serve as a Support Tank, holding debuff auras on the carry's side of the board.