Maokai

Maokai

Maokai is now a sentient purple people protector. Mana costs and damage on Maokai's abilities have gone down, but he's gained increased disruption with W on a lower cooldown and his Doublelift Ashe - LoL Saplings slowing whoever they explode on. W's range has gone down so Maokai doesn't just become a nonstop ganking tree. Vengeful Maelstrom now centers on Maokai and travels with him.

These changes are to give Maokai more of a 'core' identity as a defensive peeling support tank who can disrupt the baddies that jump on his squishy friends. Some of you might be asking: why so much change for the tree? Old Maokai might not be the strongest jungler on the scene but he's still very capable of shutting down entire lanes in the early to mid game while not Doublelift contributing much to later teamfights. These updates let us balance around new Maokai kit without bringing back the Maokai pain train of Season 2 (such nonstop reliable tower dives, wow).

Q - Arcane Smash

SLOW DURATION : 2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds

COST : 55 mana ⇒ 45 mana

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W - Twisted Advance

REMOVEDCAST TIME : Maokai no longer has to 'wind up' before advancing to an enemy (travel time remains the same)

DAMAGE : 80/115/150/185/220 (+0.8 ability power) ⇒9/10.5/12/13.5/15% + (0.04 ability power)% of target's maximum health

COST : 75/80/85/90/95 mana ⇒ 75 mana at all ranks

COOLDOWN : 13 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 13/12/11/10/9 seconds
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RANGE : 650 ⇒ 525

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E - Sapling Toss

NEWSPEEDY SAPLINGS : Sapling movement speed now scales with Maokai's bonus movement speed

NEWANNOYING SAPLINGS : Enemies damaged by a sapling explosion are now slowed by 50% for 1 second

SAPLING BASE MOVEMENT SPEED : 475 ⇒ 450

LANDING MAGIC DAMAGE : 40/75/110/145/180 (+0.4 ability power) ⇒40/60/80/100/120 (+0.4 ability power)

EXPLOSION MAGIC DAMAGE : 80/130/180/230/280 (+0.6 ability power) ⇒80/120/160/200/240 (+0.6 ability power)

COST : 70/80/90/100/110 mana ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100 mana

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R - Vengeful Maelstrom

NEWUTILITY : Vengeful Maelstrom is now self-cast and circles Maokai instead of sitting in a targeted area

NEWGOOD JOB MAOKAI : Vengeful Maelstrom now shows (through combat text) how much damage Maokai is mitigating for his teammates (this is only visible to Maokai) Doublelift Ezreal

INITIAL COST : 75 mana ⇒ 40 mana

RADIUS : 550 ⇒ 475